<p>In this episode, Dr. Stader has an appointment with Tom, a chronic pain patient grappling with a new diagnosis of sleep apnea and the need to wear a CPAP machine. Following the encounter, Dr. Stader and Dr. Barnett discuss the stages of change patients traverse.</p>

In this episode, Dr. Stader has an appointment with Tom, a chronic pain patient grappling with a new diagnosis of sleep apnea and the need to wear a CPAP machine. Following the encounter, Dr. Stader and Dr. Barnett discuss the stages of change patients traverse.

Episode 2: Stages of Change

The Compass Opioid Stewardship Clinical Cases podcast aims to provide clinicians with practical skills for managing patients on chronic opioid therapy. This 11 part podcast series introduces a framework to approaching clinical encounters with legacy patients on long term opioid therapy. Episodes highlight clinical patient scenarios through roleplaying and are followed by a discussion of the science, structure and pertinent clinical skills by Board Certified Addiction Medicine physician Dr. Donald Stader and clinical pharmacist Dr. Rachael Duncan. Episodes address initial encounters, building therapeutic alliance, reframing pain understanding, managing risk, tapering opioids, implementing common sense harm reduction, and integrating multimodal pain management alternatives to opioids into your practice among many other topics.

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Episode 2: Stages of Change

Episode 2: Stages of Change