PMP Features to Enhance Patient Safety

1 CME Credits
Opioid Credits: 1
619 STUDENTS ENROLLED

This course is intended to provide clinicians with information on features of the PMP. At the end of this course, users should have an understanding of the available tools in the PMP and a basic understanding of interpreting risk scores.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, participants will:

  • How to use the PMP as a tool for patient safety.
  • The new PMP functionalities.
  • The ‘Overdose Risk Score’.

Course Structure

This course is self-paced and available to any user who registers with the Maine Medical Association, Center for Quality Improvement Learning Lab. The course consists of multiple sub-sections or units and will contain various elements, including video lessons, hyperlinks to readings and web resources, and pre-and post-tests for you to gauge your knowledge and understanding of the course topic.

Estimated Time to Complete: 60 minutes

Note: The course is divided into short digestible units (10-20 minutes in length) that can be completed in small increments.

Disclosures

The planners, presenters, and speakers do not have any relevant financial relationships to disclose. Their position titles and organizational affiliations are those at the time the course was recorded.

Elizabeth Fowlie Mock, MD, MPH, FAAFP
Board Certified in Family Medicine & Addiction Medicine
Clinical and Policy Advisor to PMP
State of Maine Office of Behavioral Health

Amy Carter, BSHA-M
Director
Maine Medical Association, Center for Quality Improvement

Marshall McLaughlin
Project Coordinator
Maine Medical Association, Center for Quality Improvement

Funding Statement
Funding for this online course was provided by the Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine.

Joint Providership Statement
The Hanley Center for Health Leadership and Education designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This activity qualifies for 1 credit(s) of the 3 CME credit requirement for opioid medication education found in P.L. 2015, Chapter 488, Maine’s legislation to address the opioid drug crisis.

This activity qualifies for 1 hour of the 8 hours required by the MATE Act on training for opioid or other substance use disorders and the appropriate treatment of pain.

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Hanley Center for Health Leadership and Education and the Maine Medical Association, Center for Quality Improvement. The Hanley Center for Health Leadership and Education is accredited by the Maine Medical Association Committee on Continuing Medical Education and Accreditation to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Original Launch: November 2022
Renewed: June 30, 2025
Expires: June 30, 2028

Assessment and Grading

This course begins with a pre-test that will test your knowledge and allow you to gauge your baseline understanding of the topics to be covered. At the end of the course, there is a post-test. A comparison of your pre-test score and post-test score will help you assess how much knowledge you’ve gained on the topic.

To Obtain a CME Certificate or a CME Certificate of Participation

  • Complete all the units within the course
  • Complete the Survey Monkey evaluation at the end of the course

Upon completion of the evaluation in Survey Monkey, including the required demographic information, a CME Certificate will be emailed to M.D.s and D.O.s and a CME Certificate of Participation will be emailed to all other learners. These certificates will be emailed within 10 business days of completing the evaluation.

Table of Contents

Getting Started

  • Test Your Knowledge: PMP Features to Enhance Patient Safety

Course Units

  • Brief Introductory Tour of the PMP
  • Mandatory Use and the PMP
  • PMP Menus: RxSearch and User Profile
  • Overdose Risk Score and Patient Report Reviews

Course Wrap Up

  • Post Test: PMP Features to Enhance Patient Safety
  • Evaluation Survey: PMP Features to Enhance Patient Safety

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