The second edition of the University of Calgary’s Wise Prescribing and Deprescribing: Opioid Skills for the Frontline Clinician is now available for free.
The online, self-learning course of modules provides opportunities for you to review the principles and guidelines for opioid tapering and reflect on your own practices.
Course takeaways:
- Identify whether opioid tapering is an appropriate plan for a given patient
- Plan a tapering discussion that is evidence-based and responsive to the patient’s readiness for change
- Execute an opioid taper with a motivated patient
- Troubleshoot challenges that occur during an opioid taper