The videos posted on this page are divided into various series based on the topic(s) discussed within them. Other than the full length lectures, most of the videos are less than 15 minutes in length. Much of what is discussed in the videos assumes a prior understanding of certain words and concepts. To ensure you get the most out of the other educational offerings, it is recommended that you first watch the Important Nomenclature video in the “Introductory Series”, which provides the basic definitions for terminology about opioids, pain and substance use disorders. There is also a document of the same name, found HERE, that you can download and use as a reference. Please scroll through the page to see all the various presentations offered. We hope you find these videos useful. Enjoy, and thanks for watching!
Introductory Series
Opioid Pharmacology
Acute/Inpatient Pain Management
Full Length Lectures
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Introductory Series
Important Nomenclature
by: Darin J. Correll, M.D.
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Chair, Acute Pain Committee
Chair, Education Task Force | B-CORE Program
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia
Harvard Medical School
This video provides basic definitions for terminology about opioids, pain and substance use disorders that should prove helpful in understanding the other educational offerings. [13:44]
MassPAT Orientation
by: Scott G. Weiner, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Clinical Director
Director, Health Policy and Research Translation Fellowship
Department of Emergency Medicine
Director, B-CORE Program
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Harvard Medical School
This video discusses Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs, the Massachusetts law regarding MassPAT, how to access MassPAT on Epic and how to interpret a patient profile. [12:51] 
Opioid Pharmacology
What are Opioids?
by: Darin J. Correll, M.D.
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Chair, Acute Pain Committee
Chair, Education Task Force | B-CORE Program
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia
Harvard Medical School
This video discusses where opioids come from, some basics of opioid receptors and a few specifics of the available agonists, antagonists and mixed agonist/antagonists. [13:20]
Opioid Receptors - Which do What?
by: Darin J. Correll, M.D.
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Chair, Acute Pain Committee
Chair, Education Task Force | B-CORE Program
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia
Harvard Medical School
This video discusses the major effects that occur when opioid agonists bind the different opioid receptor sub-types. [6:33]
Opioids - Mechanism of Action
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by: Darin J. Correll, M.D.
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Chair, Acute Pain Committee
Chair, Education Task Force | B-CORE Program
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia
Harvard Medical School
This brief, but advanced, video discusses the cellular mechanisms of action of opioids. [6:53]
Acute/Inpatient Pain Management
IV PCA - Basics of Use
by: Darin J. Correll, M.D.
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Chair, Acute Pain Committee
Chair, Education Task Force | B-CORE Program
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia
Harvard Medical School
This video discusses the data behind the use of IV PCA as an analgesic modality. It also covers the various PCA parameters and the Partners PCA templates. [16:52]
IV PCA - Querying the Pump
by: Darin J. Correll, M.D.
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Chair, Acute Pain Committee
Chair, Education Task Force | B-CORE Program
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia
Harvard Medical School
This video discusses how to extract data from the PCA pump and introduces the management decisions that the information can help address. [11:02]
IV PCA Pump Queried - Now What?
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by: Darin J. Correll, M.D.
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Chair, Acute Pain Committee
Chair, Education Task Force | B-CORE Program
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia
Harvard Medical School
This video goes over how to approach the most common management decisions that arise in patients using a PCA. [21:23]
Full length lectures
Optimizing Care for Inpatients with Opioid Use Disorder
by: Darin J. Correll, M.D.
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Jennifer Johnson, M.D.
Division of Infectious Disease
Christine Murphy, PMHCNS-BC, CARN-AP
Psychiatric Nursing Resource Service
Christin Price, M.D.
Brigham and Women’s Physician Organization
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
This lecture was recorded on September 21, 2018 in the Bornstein Amphitheater as part of the Opioid & Quality Rounds Lecture Series presented by the Department of Quality and Safety at BWH. [57:24]
The Learning Objectives were:
- Become familiar with the challenges surrounding and suggestions for acute pain management in hospitalized patients with opioid use disorder.
- To describe the care approach when working with patients with opioid use disorder.
- To identify key concepts of interprofessional collaboration when providing care.
Embracing the Challanges of Addiction: Caring for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder, Pain Management and Opioid Withdrawal
by: Christine Murphy, PMHCNS-BC, CARN-AP
Program Director, Psychiatric Nursing Resource Service
Department of Nursing Services
Inna Zinger, RN, MS, ANP-BC
Nurse Practitioner, Postoperative Pain Management Service
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
This lecture was recorded on September 20, 2018 in the Bornstein Amphitheater as part of Grand Rounds presented by the Department of Nursing Services at BWH. [1:00:25]
The Learning Objectives were:
- To describe neurobiology related to the brain disease of addiction.
- To identify the impact stigma has on treatment accessibility and subsequent impact on patients.
- To describe challenges in treating patients with pain and Opioid Use Disorder.
- To describe treatment options for patients with co-morbid pain and Opioid Use Disorder.
- To describe care approaches for patients with Opioid Use Disorder and withdrawal.