Public Workshop: Training Health Care Providers on Pain Management and Safe Use of Opioid Analgesics

Training Health Care Providers on Pain Management and Safe Use of Opioid Analgesics – Exploring the Path Forward

As part of the work by the Federal Government to address the epidemic of prescription and illicit opioid abuse, the FDA is announcing a public workshop to obtain input on issues and challenges associated with Federal efforts to support training on pain management and the safe prescribing, dispensing, and patient use of opioids (safe use of opioids) for health care providers. 

The workshop has three main goals:

1. Participants will be asked to discuss the role that health care provider training plays, within the broader context of ongoing activities, to improve pain management and the safe use of opioids. 
2. Participants will be asked to comment on how best to provide health care providers, who prescribe or are directly involved in the management or support of patients with pain, appropriate training in pain management and the safe use of opioids. 
3. Participants will be asked about the issues and challenges associated with possible changes to Federal efforts to educate health care providers on pain management and the safe use of opioids.

Read the Federal Register Notice

Register for the Public Workshop: Deadline extended until COB today, May 4, 2017.

(Additional information will be made available regarding accessing the Webcast 2 days prior to the public workshop.)