Continuing Medical Education

New online CME  courses are available. For more information, click the link below.

The State of Illinois recently passed a law that requires all prescribers with a controlled substance license to complete 3 hours of accredited continuing education on proper prescribing of opioids when renewing their license. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/100/PDF/100-1106.pdf.

The following courses meet the requirement for Opioid Prescribing for CME:

Palliating Pain While Avoiding Abuse: Strategies for Responsible Opioid Prescribing

Naloxone for the Reversal of Opioid Overdose

Maternity Care and Opioid Use Disorder (OUD)

The Opioid Epidemic: Screening, Treatment, Harm Reduction, and Health Equity

Drug Testing in Addiction Medicine

Induction and Follow-up

Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome

Illinois Advance

Illinois ADVANCE is composed of clinical pharmacists from the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC). We provide academic detailing services to Illinois Medicaid prescribers via one-on-one meetings.

The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services is partnering with the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy to provide drug information and academic detailing services through Illinois ADVANCE. To learn more, click here