Fridays at the University The Streetwise Practitioner Navigating Prescription Drug Use and Abuse Jun 7 2019

Objectives

• Select appropriate patients for outpatient management of alcohol withdrawal and implement an appropriate care plan in primary care settings
• Identify opioid use disorder and explain relevant treatment options to patients
• Learn about the role that patient education and rational opioid prescribing plays in prevention and mitigation of the opioid crisis.
• Understand how the range of harm reduction interventions in primary care settings provides a cost-effective pathway to better health for all.
• How local, provincial death data should transform primary care prescribing

Agenda

0800 – Registration and continental breakfast

0820 – Welcome and Introductions

0830 – Alcohol Use Disorder in Primary Care

• Can you help me with my shakes? Alcohol withdrawal in primary care – Jennifer Newman MPAS CCPA
• In-patient detox: who needs it and how do they get it? – Laurie Shorting, BScPN, RPN
• Sober longer: The role of naltrexone and acamprosate in primary care – Jennifer Newman MPAS CCPA

0930 – Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care

• It’s opioid use disorder – Now what? – Dr. Joanna Lynch MD, CCFP (AM)
• Suboxone – The basics and that’s all! – Nicole Nakatsu, BSc Pharm, BCPS, EPPh
• Myth busting! Rational opioid prescribing and stewardship – Nicole Nakatsu, BSc Pharm, BCPS, EPPh

1030 – Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care

• RAAM and beyond – Dr. Erin Knight, MD, CCFP (AM), ISAM
• Health for all through harm reduction – Dr. Erin Knight
• You can do it in your clinic! Suboxone in primary care – Dr. Kernjeet K. Sandhu, MD, CCFP, ABFM

1130 – Lunch and networking break

1215 – Benzodiazepines in primary care. Is it still a debate? – Dr. Erin Knight, MD, CCFP (AM), ISAM and Nicole Nakatsu, BSc Pharm, BCPS, EPPh

• The good, the bad and the ugly! Evidence and experience
• When to use benzodiazepines in primary care and how?
• “I need my alprazolam for anxiety and temazepam for sleep!” An approach to inherited prescriptions

1315 -Polypharmacy and other risky business – Dr. Marina Reinecke, MBChB, CCFP (AM), ISAM

• The medical examiner weighs in
• The sleepier it gets – perhaps less is more!
• Risk that increases over the counter

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MBTelehealth

New this year – all University of Manitoba CPD events are automatically available to all MBTelehealth sites.
To attend:

1. Reserve your location through the coordinator at your preferred site prior to registering for the event.
2. Register online at cpd-umanitoba.com. Only paid registrants can receive credits and access speakers’ presentations post-event.

This one-credit-per-hour Group Learning program meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been approved by the CPD Medicine Program, University of Manitoba for up to 5 Mainpro+ credits.
This event is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by the CPD Medicine Program, University of Manitoba for a maximum of 5 hours.

Participants should only claim credit for the actual number of hours attended.

The University of Manitoba CPD Medicine Program is fully accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Continuing Medical Education (CACME).