Nursing Medical Marijuana CNE
$149.00
Target Audience
This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of physicians involved in the care of patients who are considering using medical marijuana as part of their care plan in States that recognize marijuana as a medical treatment.
Program Agenda
- Module 1: History and Legal Landscape
- Module 2: The Discovery of the Endocannabinoid System
- Module 3: The Endocannabinoid System
- Module 4: Cannabinoids and Terpenes
- Module 5: Studies on Therapeutic Uses
- Module 6: Cannabis and Opioids in Chronic Pain Treatment
- Module 7: Side Effects and Chronic Effects
Course is available online from July 2020 through July 2021
Estimated time to complete activity: 10 hours
If you are a medical group or network and need multi-seat pricing, please call 844.411.0500 x814
Program Overview
The activity is an educational overview of medical cannabis in its current legal context in the US. Currently there are 2.1 million registered medical marijuana patients and there are an estimated 3.5 million patients using medical marijuana nationwide. The constantly changing legal environment in which cannabis can be used in the United States has resulted in confusion for both physicians and patients. Currently, 33 states have legalized medical marijuana and 10 states have also legalized recreational marijuana. Due to the lack of knowledge of the legality of discussing medical marijuana, physicians, nurses and pharmacists are hesitant to discuss with their patients. The lack of communication between the patient and physician can lead to the patient self-medicating with no guidance from a medical professional.
SynAptiv is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the California Board of Registered Nursing. Provider approved by California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #16031 for 10 contact hours.
Course is available online from July 2020 through July 2021
Estimated time to complete activity: 10 hours
If you are a medical group or network and need multi-seat pricing, please call 844.411.0500 x814
Disclosure Statement
Your CE Source ensures balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all our educational activities. In accordance with this policy, SynAptiv identifies conflicts of interest with its instructors, planners, content managers, and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of an activity.
The following faculty, planner and/or content manager reported the following financial relationship with commercial interests whose products or services may be mentioned in this CE activity:Royalty/Patent Holder for Medical Cannabis Textbooks Consulting Fees: Callitas Therapeutics
After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:
- Interpret the legal context in which cannabis can be discussed with a patient and how states can have legalized medical marijuana even though it is recognized as a federally illegal substance.
- Compare and relate the historical medicinal uses of marijuana to modern resurgence in patient use of medical marijuana.
- Explain why there is a lack of clinical studies due to Schedule I classification of marijuana.
- Summarize and explain the discovery of the Endocannabinoid System and how its discovery has led to further research into how cannabinoids interact with the receptors.
- Summarize the function of the Endocannabinoid System in the regulation of the body through a vast network of receptors involved in maintaining homeostasis, neuroprotection, and other regulatory functions.
- Discuss and interpret how cannabinoids and terpenes affect the Endocannabinoid receptor system.
- Assess pros and cons of cannabinoids and their effects on the symptoms of ailments such as anxiety, chronic pain, epilepsy, gastrointestinal disorders, neurodegenerative illnesses, post-traumatic stress and migraines.
- Evaluate the current research studies regarding opioids versus cannabinoids in the treatment of the symptoms of chronic pain.
- Discuss side effects and contraindications of medicinal cannabis and safety concerns with its use.
- Identify signs of abuse, misuse and chronic effects of marijuana use.
- 10 Contact Hours
- Instant access to all course materials
- Printable and downloadable infographics
- All research materials used for the online course
- Lifetime, unlimited access
- 24/7 access
- No time limits
- Start anytime
- Work on your own time and at your own pace
- Affordably priced
Dr. Gregory Smith has been in primary care practice for over 30 years. He is board certified in Preventive Medicine and obtained his MPH from Harvard University. He first trained on the use of medical cannabis in 2000 in California. He has written extensively on the subject, including his popular textbook, “Medical Cannabis: Basic Science and Clinical Applications” published in 2016, and more recently “Cannabidiol, CBD: What you need to know.” And most recently in 2019, “THCV: Appetite Killer.”
Dr. Kevin Smith has also been in primary care practice for over 30 years. He is board certified in Preventive Medicine and obtained his MPH from Yale University. He trained on the use of medical Cannabis several years ago and has been very active in educating physicians and other medical professionals.
Disclosure Statement
SynAptiv ensures balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all our educational activities. In accordance with this policy, SynAptiv identifies conflicts of interest with its instructors, planners, content managers, and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of an activity.
The following faculty, planner and/or content manager reported the following financial relationship with commercial interests whose products or services may be mentioned in this CE activity:Royalty/Patent Holder for Medical Cannabis Textbooks Consulting Fees: Callitas Therapeutics
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Great Course. Learned quite a bit
great
Videos to verbally explain as well. Some of the slides were packed with information, so they were sometimes hard to read without having to re-read. However, the slides were not many, so with the completion of each module, the course seemed less ominous.
I feel I can apply the info learned here on a daily work basis
Excellent depth, balance, graphics of a timely topic
This was very good educational activity
I will approach medical marijuana with more scientific based knowledge on how it relates to patients biochemistry and disease processes.
more info the better
I’m still having trouble understanding how doctors cannot prescribe medical marijuana.
When I know they can give you a medical marijuana card but not a prescription. It’s also very frustrating to try and talk to doctors about medical marijuana. I now understand why they don’t talk to me. The legal implications for them are huge. I still don’t understand the medical marijuana card well. I’m also trying to figure out when you get a medical marijuana card then apparently the state is aware of your use. My question would be if you are on a work related accident case (L/I)and you use medical marijuana ,and the state is aware ( if you get a medical marijuana card )will this affect your case ?
I feel like I am able to discuss medical marijuana use in my CRPS support group. I feel very informed. Also wondering why so much Education is out there and not taught to healthcare providers. To me this should be required in medical school also nursing school. It is sad that research is limited. It appears that there’s a lot that can be done for cancer From medical marijuana.
many of the test questions were ” know dates or numbers” I would suggest not needing to “remember” but to learn and get educated on facts
very educational met my current needs increased my kmowledge base
It was excellent
I was satisfied with it and do not see any other area of improvement at this time. I was a little concerned that there was not much talk about pregnancy, child delivery, post partum depression, and C-sections.
Just keep updating the information.
As this was geared towards providers, I would have benefited from more in depth information on drug interactions
This was an excellent course
I found this course extremely comprehensive. It is exceeded my learning expectations.