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Physician Prescribing
Physician Prescribing
Medical Board of California approved CME course
Course Dates and Status
Start Date | End Date | Enrollment Cutoff | Status |
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04/21/2025 | 04/22/2025 | 04/14/2025 | OPEN |
*This course Fulfills the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) MATE Act Training Requirements.
Schedule
- Day 1 and 2: 8 am PDT to 4:30-5:15 pm PDT(11 am EDT to 7:30-8:15 pm EDT)
Course Description
The Physician Prescribing Course is a two-day small group CME program designed to improve the participant's prescribing behavior by providing education on the legal, biomedical and clinical aspects of prescribing drugs, especially controlled drugs.
Course topics include:
- Proper prescribing practices for physicians
- State Laws and Medical Board Guidelines for the Prescription of Controlled Drugs
- Pharmacokinetics and Drug Metabolism
- Pharmacology of Sedatives, Narcotics, and Amphetamines
- Drug Interactions
- Patient Compliance
- Charting Drug Prescriptions
- Managing the "Difficult" Patient
- Critical Review of the Medical Literature
- Management of Chronic Pain
- Special Issues in Chronic Pain: Headache and Back Pain
Accreditation
The University of California, San Diego School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of California, San Diego School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 27.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
DEA MATE Act Training Requirements: The Medication Access and Training Expansion (MATE) Act requires new or renewing DEA Licensees to complete 8 hours of addiction continuing education. The required 8 hours can be satisfied through a combination of courses or activities. Completion of this course fulfills 8 hours in the area of pain and symptom management including the new one-time license requirement for opioids and other controlled substances awareness training standards for prescribers and dispensers of controlled substances, and the eight hour minimum of controlled substance prescribing. DEA MATE Act: Provides 27.0 of the 8.0 credit hours required.