Mark Servis, Scott M Fishman, Mark S Wallace, Stephen G Henry, Doug Ziedonis, Daniel Ciccarone, Kelly R Knight, Steven Shoptaw, Patrick Dowling, Jeffrey R Suchard, Shalini Shah, Naileshni Singh, Lynette C Cedarquist, Navid Alem, David J Copenhaver, Marjorie Westervelt, Brigham C Willis
OBJECTIVE: The University of California (UC) leadership sought to develop a robust educational response to the epidemic of opioid-related deaths. Because the contributors to this current crisis are multifactorial, a comprehensive response requires educating future physicians about safe and effective management of pain, safer opioid prescribing, and identification and treatment of substance use disorder (SUD). METHODS: The six UC medical schools appointed an opioid crisis workgroup to develop educational strategies and a coordinated response to the opioid epidemic...
December 14, 2020: Pain Medicine