Evidence-Based Opioid Education that Reduces Prescribing: The 10 Principles of Opioid Prescribing in Foot and Ankle Surgery

The United States Opioid Epidemic is a worsening public health crisis. We aim to determine if a voluntary educational intervention containing standard opioid and non-opioid analgesic prescribing ranges for common surgeries is effective in altering postoperative prescribing practice. We utilized a mixed methods approach and sent out a questionnaire to American podiatric physicians, including residents (baseline group A), via email in early 2020 for baseline data; then, we interviewed foot and ankle surgeons and the primary themes of these semi-structured interviews informed us to target residents for an educational intervention.
Source: Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Tags: Original Research Source Type: research