How to finish your Texas requirement for opioid CME

Texas now requires 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ related to opioids. Fortunately, you can use Orbit to satisfy this requirement.

To review all your Texas CME requirements check out this blog post.

1. Log into your Orbit account

If you're new to Orbit, select one of the Texas-focused plans here. Larger plans are cheaper on a per-credit basis. Once you're logged in, browsing that you perform will automatically convert into AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

2. Read four articles/abstracts related to opioid-focused topics

Search PubMed (free) or other major journals for articles and abstracts related to these opioid-focused topics, recommended by the Texas Medical Board:

1. Best practices, alternative treatment options, and multi-modal approaches to pain management that may include physical therapy, psychotherapy, and other treatments;
   
   
2. safe and effective pain management related to the prescription of opioids and other controlled substances, including education regarding:
   - standards of care
   - identification of drug-seeking behavior in patients
   - effectively communicating with patients regarding the prescription of an opioid or other controlled substances
   
   
3. prescribing and monitoring of controlled substances.

Or check out these recommended articles below:

1. Optimizing Opioid Prescriptions for Patients in the Emergency Department—How Much Is Almost Never?, JAMA Network Open, 2022

2. Factors Associated With Opioid Overdose After an Initial Opioid Prescription, JAMA Network Open, 2021

3. Assessment of Postoperative Opioid Prescriptions Before and After Implementation of a Mandatory Prescription Drug Monitoring Program, JAMA Health Forum, 2021

4. Prevention of Opioid Overdose, New England Journal of Medicine, 2019

5. Opioid-Prescribing Patterns of Emergency Physicians and Risk of Long-Term Use, New England Journal of Medicine, 2017

6. Opioid Abuse in Chronic Pain — Misconceptions and Mitigation Strategies, New England Journal of Medicine, 2016

3. Redeem your detected articles using the Controlled Substances tag

Your detected abstracts or articles appear on your Earn tab. Each detected abstract/article counts for 0.5 credits. You'll need 4 detected abstracts/articles to complete your 2 credits. Redeem the articles using the Controlled Substances tag. 

4. Celebrate

You're done with your Texas opioid-related CME requirement for your upcoming license renewal.

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