Responding to the Opioid Crisis: An Educator’s View
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AFMC’s Response to Opioid Crisis Project: Advanced Knowledge of Pain & Management of Chronic Pain Modules are now Live
The Response to Opioid Crisis project is excited to announce the launch of two additions to the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada’s PGME curriculum: PGME 6.1. “Advanced Knowledge of Pain” and PGME 6.2. “Management of Chronic Pain”.
Addressing the Urgency: AFMC and Queen’s Health Sciences Launch Specialized National Curricula for Opioid Education
New, national curricula for opioid education has been launched to help physicians contend with Canada’s addiction crisis.
AFMC’s Response to Opioid Crisis Project Patient Profiles
The AFMC’s Response to Opioid Crisis Project has worked in tandem with the University of Montreal’s Center of Excellence on Partnership with Patients and the Public (CEPPP) and their patient subject matter experts (SMEs), to develop a Postgraduate Medical Education (PGME) and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) curricula on treating and managing substance use disorder and […]
Visit the AFMC’s Response to Opioid Crisis booth at ICAM
Visit the AFMC’s Response to Opioid Crisis booth at ICAM to learn more about the UGME, PGME and CPD curricula. These curricula have been developed to address gaps in medical education in pain management and opioid use disorder. These free, bilingual, online competency-based curricula can be used as a whole or can be integrated into […]
Developing a Curriculum for Addressing the Opioid Crisis: A National Collaborative Process
Abstract BACKGROUND: The burgeoning use of opioids and the lack of attention to the safe prescribing, storage, and disposal of these drugs remains a societal concern. Education plays a critical role in providing a comprehensive response to this crisis by closing the training gaps and empowering the next generation of physicians with the knowledge, skills, […]
Development of a national PGME pain and substance use curriculum
Abstract Context: Opioid overdoses and surging death rates are a national public health crisis for Canada. Primary healthcare providers have a key role to play in curbing the opioid epidemic and this begins with education. In January 2021, the Association of the Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC), launched an online pain management and opioid stewardship […]
FMF LOVED is available
FMF LOVED is available January – August 2022 Check out our FMF Loved promotional video here. VIEW CONTENT FMF LOVED. Anytime, Anywhere. This innovative virtual space provides continuing professional development opportunities in an accessible format. For $50 per certified session, gain unlimited access to the (FMF). Expertly vetted, each session is peer-to-peer, evidence-based education that is […]
