U of C: Opioid skills for the frontline (online modules)

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

Explore the opioid modules