After completing this 90-minute course, you will be able to:

• Use strategies to reduce the risks of opioid prescribing.
• Assess patients who are on higher doses of opioids for chronic non-cancer pain to determine who would benefit from an opioid taper.
• Implement a safe opioid taper or rotation.

• Physicians and other health care professionals
• Health Professionals Trainees

Jennifer Wyman, MD, CCFP, FCFP, DABAM, MPH, Women's College Hospital, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto

Anthony J. Levinson, MD, FRCPC, MSc, Director, Division of e-Learning Innovation, Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University

Abhimanyu Sud, MD, CCFP, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Director, Safer Opioid Prescribing, Continuing Professional Development, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

Ruth Dubin, PhD, MD, CCFP, FCFP, DAAPM, DCAPM, Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Queen's University

Thank you to Drs. David Daien, Megan Messenger and Eric Wooltorton as well as the members of the Expert Panel for their invaluable contribution.

College of Family Physicians of Canada Mainpro+ (National)

This Self-Learning program meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been certified by the McMaster University Continuing Health Sciences Program for up to 1.5 Mainpro+ credits.

The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Section 1

This activity 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 McMaster University, Continuing Health Sciences Education Program for up to 1.5 MOC Section 1 hours.

• Identify patients for whom treatment with buprenorphine can be appropriately managed in the primary care setting
• Manage patients on buprenorphine, including: adjusting doses, writing prescriptions and using urine drug testing for monitoring
• Educate patients to recognize and temporarily reverse an opioid overdose with naloxone

• Physicians and other health care professionals
• Health Professionals Trainees

Jennifer Wyman, MD, CCFP, FCFP, DABAM, MPH, Women's College Hospital, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto

Anthony J. Levinson, MD, FRCPC, MSc, Director, Division of e-Learning Innovation, Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University

Mel Kahan, MD, CCFP, FRCPC, Medical Director of Substance Use Service, Women's College Hospital, Associate Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto

Lynn Wilson, MD, CCFP, FCFP Vice Dean, Partnerships, Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

Thank you to Drs. David Daien, Megan Messenger and Eric Wooltorton as well as the members of the Expert Panel for their invaluable contribution.

College of Family Physicians of Canada Mainpro+ (National)

This Self-Learning program meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been certified by the McMaster University Continuing Health Sciences Program for up to 1.5 Mainpro+ credits.

The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Section 1

This activity 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 McMaster University, Continuing Health Sciences Education Program for up to 1.5 MOC Section 1 hours.

• Identify patients with opioid use disorder (OUD)
• Provide treatment options for patients with OUD
• Educate patients on strategies to prevent opioid overdose

• Physicians and other health care professionals
• Health Professionals Trainees

Jennifer Wyman, MD, CCFP, FCFP, DABAM, MPH, Women's College Hospital, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto

Anthony J. Levinson, MD, FRCPC, MSc, Director, Division of e-Learning Innovation, Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University

Mel Kahan, MD, CCFP, FRCPC, Medical Director of Substance Use Service, Women's College Hospital, Associate Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto

Lynn Wilson, MD, CCFP, FCFP Vice Dean, Partnerships, Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

Thank you to Drs. David Daien, Megan Messenger and Eric Wooltorton as well as the members of the Expert Panel for their invaluable contribution.

College of Family Physicians of Canada Mainpro+ (National)

This Self-Learning program meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been certified by the McMaster University Continuing Health Sciences Program for up to 2 Mainpro+ credits.

The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Section 1

This activity 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 McMaster University, Continuing Health Sciences Education Program for up to 2 MOC Section 1 hours.