Practitioner Resources
Procedures
- Nurse Practitioner: Methadone for Pain Control
- Nurse Practitioner: Prescribing for Opioid Use Disorder
- Nurse Practitioner: Practice Assessment Review Form for Opioid Use Disorder and/or Methadone for Pain Management
Clinical Tools
Diagnosis
- DSM-5 Clinical Diagnostic Criteria for Opioid Use Disorder
- Neuropathic Pain Questionnaire (DN-4)
- Prescription Opioid Misuse Index (POMI)
Assessment
- Opioid Risk Tool (ORT)
- Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia Scale (PAINAD)
- Brief Pain Inventory (BPI)
- Subjective Opiate Withdrawal Scale (SOWS)
- Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale (COWS)
Tapering
Management
- Opioid Manager
- Management of Chronic non-Cancer Pain Tool
- Comparing Treatment Options for Pain: The C-TOP Tool
- RxFiles Opioid Withdrawal Prescription
Information/Websites
- Opioid Self-Assessment Program
- RxFiles: Opioid and Pain Related Resource Links for Providers
- Links to Resources for those Living with Pain
- Opioids and CNCP: What can Pharmacists Do to Better Address Both “Pain" & “Addictions/Diversion" Concerns?
- ISMP Essential Clinical Skills for Opioid Prescribers
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)
- Centre for Effective Practice
- The Pain Toolkit (for Professionals)
- ISMP Canada: Opioid Stewardship
CADTH
Continuing Education
- The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health:
- Safe and Effective Use of Opioids for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain ($) (Online)
- Motivational Interviewing (MI): Introduction and Application Course ($) (Online)
- Opioid Dependence Treatment (ODT) Certificate Program ($) (Online/In-person ON) – If there is no interest in obtaining the certificate, courses can also be taken individually.
- University of Calgary:
- Alberta Opioid Dependency Treatment Virtual Training (Free) (Online)
- Wise Prescribing and Deprescribing: Opioid Skills for the Frontline Clinician ($) (Online/In-person AB)
- Suboxone Training Program (Free) (Online)
- MacHealth: Opioids Clinical Primer (Free) (Online)
- MD CME: Introduction to Safe Prescribing: Opioids, Benzodiazepines, and Stimulants ($) (Online)
- Continuing Professional Development NP & RN: Prescribing Narcotics and Controlled Substances ($) (Online)
- McGill University: Graduate Certificate in Chronic Pain Management ($) (Online)
- University of Alberta: Certificate in Pain Management ($) (Online)
- University of British Columbia:
- Addiction Care and Treatment (Free) (Online)
- Provincial Opioid Addiction Treatment Support Program (Free) (Online)
- Safe Prescribing (Free) (Online)
- Saskatchewan Surgical Initiative: Assessments and Management of Low Back and Leg Pain (Free) (In-person SK)
- Pain BC: Pain Foundations (Free) (Online)
- University of Toronto: Safer Opioid Prescribing ($) (Online/In-person ON)
Guidelines
- The 2017 Canadian Guidelines for Opioids for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain
- CSHP Controlled Drugs and Substances in Hospitals and Healthcare Facilities: Guidelines on Secure Management and Diversion Prevention
- PEER simplified guideline: Managing opioid use disorder in primary care
- Pathway Document
- Managing Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care (Supporting Video)
- An Office-Based Induction of Buprenorphine/Naloxone Using PEER Guideline (Supporting Video)
- CRISM National Guideline for the Clinical Management of Opioid Use Disorder
- CPSS Standards & Guidelines for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder
