Pharmacokinetics in Opioid Use Disorder and Breastfeeding 

Self-Paced Program

Release Date: 6/28/21

Expire Date: 6/24/22

Estimated time for completion: 60 minutes

This virtual educational activity is jointly provided by AXIS Medical Education and the Connecticut Hospital Association in collaboration with the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services

Target audience:  Physicians, pharmacists, nurses, social workers, quality professionals, risk managers, healthcare executives, and all healthcare professionals working with women and families affected by trauma and addiction.

Description: Human milk feeding is associated with better health outcomes for both the infant and mother, yet certain populations--including women with opioid use disorder--are less likely to provide milk to their infant. These disparities have been perpetuated by concern that the risk of infant drug exposure outweighs the benefits of human milk.

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be better able to:

• Discuss the evidence regarding infant exposure to opioids in milk from women with opioid use disorder.

• Identify the benefits associated with lactation and specifically how they relate to maternal opioid use disorder.
• Explain the evidence-based methods to support a mother’s infant feeding choice.

Your Faculty:

Sarah N. Taylor, MD, MSCR, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics (Neonatology), Yale School of Medicine

Dr. Sarah Taylor is an associate professor of pediatrics at the Yale School of Medicine.  She is the Director of Yale Neonatal Clinical Research and leads the Yale Neonatal NOuRish team with research focused on outcomes related to mother and infant nutrition.  In addition to her National Institutes of Health (NIH) and foundation-funded research program, Dr. Taylor participates in the development of evidence-based guidelines in lactation and infant nutrition for both the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.  Additionally, she has served on three NIH work groups to identify research priorities in preterm infant nutrition or lactation.  While on faculty at the Medical University of South Carolina, she started the Mother’s Milk Bank of South Carolina in 2015. 

ACCREDITED CONTINUING EDUCATION

Accreditation Statement

 In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by AXIS Medical Education and the Connecticut Hospital Association. AXIS Medical Education is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 1.0 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.

Credit Designation for Physicians

AXIS Medical Education designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Credit Designation for Pharmacists

This knowledge- based activity is approved for 1.0 contact hours of continuing pharmacy education credit JA4008106-9999-21-065-H01-P

Credit Designation for Nursing

AXIS Medical Education designates this continuing nursing education activity for 1.0 contact hours.

Learners are advised that accredited status does not imply endorsement by the provider or ANCC of any commercial products displayed in conjunction with an activity.

Social Workers

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, AXIS Medical Education is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. AXIS Medical Education maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.0 continuing education credits.

Quality Professionals

This program has been approved by the National Association for Healthcare Quality for a maximum of 1 CPHQ continuing education credits for this event.

Risk Management

This meeting has been approved for a total of 1.0 contact hours of Continuing Education Credit toward fulfillment of the requirements of ASHRM designations of FASHRM (Fellow) and DFASHRM (Distinguished Fellow) and towards CPHRM renewal. 

Healthcare Executives

ACHE Qualified Education credit must be related to healthcare management (i.e., it cannot be clinical, inspirational, or specific to the sponsoring organization). It can be earned through educational programs conducted or sponsored by any organization qualified to provide education programming in healthcare management. Programs may be sponsored by ACHE, chapters, or other qualified sources, whether the programming is face-to-face or distance offerings (webinars, online seminars, self-study courses, etc.). You will receive a certificate of completion for 1.0 hours.

AXIS Contact Information

For information about the accreditation of this program please contact AXIS at info@axismeded.org.

Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest

AXIS Medical Education requires faculty, instructors, authors, planners, directors, managers, reviewers and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of this activity to disclose all real or apparent conflicts of interest they may have with ineligible companies. An ineligible entity is any organization whose primary business is t producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. All relevant conflicts of interest are identified and mitigated prior to initiation of the planning phase for an activity. 

AXIS has mitigated and disclosed to learners all relevant conflicts of interest disclosed by staff, planners, faculty/authors, peer reviewers, or others in control of content for this activity. Disclosure of a relationship is not intended to suggest or condone bias in any presentation but is made to provide participants with information that might be of potential importance to their evaluation of a presentation or activity. Disclosure information for faculty, authors, course directors, planners, peer reviewers, and/or relevant staff is provided with this activity.

The faculty reported the following relevant financial relationships or relationships they have with ineligible companies of any amount during the past 24 months:

The directors, planners, managers and reviewers reported the following financial relationships they have with any ineligible company of any amount during the past 24 months:

Disclaimer

Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of patient conditions and possible contraindications or dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.

Requirements for credit:  

• Participate in the enduring educational activity and review all activity materials. 
• Complete the posttest with a score of 80 percent or higher
• Upon reaching a score of 80 percent or higher you will be emailed instructions to sign in to an electronic CE Attestation Portal.  Please engage with this portal within 30 days of activity completion.
• Upon successful completion of the portal process your statement of completion will be presented to you for printing. Pharmacists: your record will be uploaded to CPEMonitor.