MJ2106 13th Annual John D. Loeser Pain Conference: Chronic Pain from Disease, Injury and Other Life Traumas: Identification, Prevention, and Management

Online Registration has CLOSED effective Tuesday, Nov. 10th at 12pm Pacific Time.

Chronic pain does not solely arise from initiating biomedical causes of disease or physical injury; high impact chronic pain is both amplified and perpetuated by psychological and socially traumatic events.  Among current health and social traumas, the Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated long-standing difficulties accessing already scarce multidisciplinary pain care, threatening vulnerable communities and socially isolating and economically disrupting the lives of our patients with chronic pain.

The 13th Annual John D. Loeser Pain Conference will this year be presented as an online live CME course, focusing on the biopsychosocial mechanisms that increase risk of initial acute painful injury transitioning into chronic pain, and emphasizing identification and multidisciplinary approaches to prevention and treatment. Faculty will emphasize vulnerable populations, review clinician-led approaches to patient pain education, propose why opioids may interfere with improvement, and how multidisciplinary care delivered via telehealth offers opportunities to increase access to effective chronic pain management.

Online via Live Webinar
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM PST

1. Recognize how personal, racial, and historical trauma contributes to the development of chronic pain.
2. Describe biopsychosocial mechanisms of pain chronification.
3. Identify and intervene on behalf of vulnerable populations likely to develop chronic pain.
4. Delineate strategies that prevent and reduce the transition from acute to chronic pain.
5. Apply principles of pain neurophysiology education in your routine practice.
6. Describe how opioids can worsen pain complicated by psychosocial trauma .
7. More successfully access behavioral and physical therapy providers with trauma-based care expertise.
8. Implement telehealth approaches to increase access to multidisciplinary pain care.

FEES AND REGISTRATION

The course fee includes instruction materials and transcript of AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. To enroll, click the Register button above. If you have not received confirmation within 7 days, please contact the CME office at [email protected]. Continuing Medical Education will not be responsible for expenses incurred by an individual who is not confirmed if space is not available at the course.

Continuing Medical Education at the University of Washington is a self-sustaining unit and does not depend on or receive public monies in support of its educational efforts. Fees for this course are estimated to cover the costs of conducting this course. These costs may include salaries, registration and credit, record keeping, faculty planning and evaluation and may include taxes and gratuities to vendors.

IMPORTANT PAYMENT INFORMATION
Per UW CME policy, you are not considered to be registered for the course until full payment has been received. Unpaid orders do not "reserve" spots for conferences.

CANCELLATION POLICY
The Office of Continuing Medical Education must receive written notification of your cancellation by October 29, 2020. A $75.00 processing fee will be deducted from refund requests received by this date. No refunds will be issued following October 29, 2020. The Office of Continuing Medical Education reserves the right to cancel this course twenty (20) days prior to the course date when a minimum enrollment is not met or for other reasons that prevent the University from holding the course. Each registrant will be notified by written notification and a full refund. The University of Washington is not responsible for any other costs incurred such as non-refundable airline tickets or hotel penalties. Contact the CME Office with questions: call 206.543.1050 or email [email protected]. 

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Primary care providers (PCPs), including MDs, DOs, ARNPs, NPs, and PA-Cs working in clinic settings where they work with acute or chronic non-cancer pain.  Other interested parties may include providers in rehab medicine, occupational medicine, psychiatry, physical therapy, social work, and trainees in all the above fields. 

ONLINE CONFERENCE MATERIALS
Instruction materials will be available online at uwcme.org (for conference registrants only). Materials will be available beginning on November 9, 2020, for registrants to print and/or download. Content will be recorded and available to attendees for educational purposes. Attendees will be notified when recordings are available, approximately 4-6 weeks after course completion. CME credit is available only for attending the live webinar; no credit is available for watching the recorded lectures.

WEBINAR TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
Additional technical requirements can be found on the UWCME website (uwcme.org). Minimum browser requirements for successful access and completion for this activity are as follows:

Chrome version 70.0 or newer, or Firefox version 63.0 or newer;
Internet Explorer and Safari do not work with the UWCME website (uwcme.org)

You may use any browser to view the Zoom webinar.

SPECIAL SERVICES
The University of Washington reaffirms its policy of equal opportunity regardless of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability or status as a disabled veteran or Vietnam era veteran in accordance with University policy and applicable federal and state statutes and regulations.

The University of Washington is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, activities, education and employment for individuals with disabilities. To request disability accommodation, contact the Disability Services Office at least ten days in advance.

Disability Services Office
206.543.6450/Voice  206.685.7264/Fax  email: [email protected]

Accreditation with Commendation: The University of Washington School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation: The University of Washington School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 8.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Thursday, November 12, 2020