Governor Baker Enlists State's Medical Schools in Fighting Opioid Epidemic
Governor Charlie Baker met with the Massachusetts Medical Society and the deans of four medical schools to discuss enhancing curriculum and establishing cross-institutional best practices in pain management and safe prescribing of opioids.
This first-in-the-nation effort, part of the comprehensive set of 65 recommendations released in June by the Governor’s Opioid Working Group, aims to educate all medical students on pain management and safe opioid prescribing methods.
View the recommendations from the Governor’s Opioid Addiction Working Group.
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