2025-26 Course Objectives
After completing The 2025-26 State Requirements Course you should have acquired the knowledge that will better enable you to:
- Understand the historical, cultural, and clinical factors that contributed to the rise of the opioid epidemic.
- Recognize how implicit bias influences clinical decision-making and identify strategies to promote equitable care.
- Apply core ethical principles to complex end-of-life decisions involving patient autonomy, surrogate authority, and treatment futility.
- Recognize how adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) influence long-term health and identify trauma-informed strategies for clinical care.
- Implement updated clinical strategies to manage opioid use disorder and overdose in the context of fentanyl and emerging synthetic opioids.
- Implement evidence-based strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections through infection control and antibiotic stewardship.
- Recognize the impact of intergroup anxiety in clinical interactions and apply strategies to improve communication and trust.
- Differentiate between the major medication-assisted treatments for opioid use disorder and recognize their clinical indications and limitations.
This 8-hour course addresses high-priority topics required by many state licensing boards for ongoing medical practice. Presented by subject matter experts across law, ethics, public health, and clinical care, the curriculum includes focused lectures on implicit bias, opioid prescribing and management, domestic violence, hospital-acquired infections, and end-of-life care.
The content is designed to be both compliant and clinically meaningful, ensuring participants meet their licensing obligations while gaining valuable knowledge they can apply in daily practice. With a convenient two-day schedule and a destination-based format, this course offers a streamlined way to complete essential education in a setting that encourages reflection, learning, and renewal.
This activity is planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the appropriate continuing education accrediting bodies. Continuing education credit will be available for physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and other licensed healthcare professionals.
Participants will have the opportunity to earn up to 8 hours of CME credit, with content specifically aligned to fulfill topics commonly required by state medical licensing boards.