Webinar Series for Healthcare Providers

Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA)

CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) partnered with CDC’s Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA) and the University of Washington to present a webinar series about the CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain. This seven-part series is intended to use a data-driven approach to help providers choose the most effective pain treatment options and improve the safety of opioid prescribing for chronic pain. The primary objective is to provide informative, case-based content that will demonstrate and instruct participants on how the 12 recommendations of the CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain can be incorporated and applied in a primary care practice setting.

Original webinar recordings, related materials, and resources:

• Overview of the CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain
  June 22, 2016
• Nonopioid Treatments for Chronic Pain
  July 27, 2016
• Assessing Benefits and Harms of Opioid Therapy
  August 3, 2016
• Dosing and Titration of Opioids
  August 17, 2016
• Assessment for Opioid Use Disorder and Referral to Evidence-Based Treatment
  November 29, 2016
• Risk Mitigation Strategies: PDMPs, UDT, and Naloxone
  December 6, 2016
• Effective Communication with Patients About Opioid Therapy
  December 13, 2016

More Information

• Download the webinar presentations (for training and review purposes):
  All 7 COCA Webinar Presentations pdf icon[PDF – 8M]
• Download the learning objectives for each individual webinar:
  CDC’s Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain: Webinar Series Objectives pdf icon[PDF – 117K]
• MMWR: CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain — United States, 2016
• JAMA Special Communication: CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Painexternal icon