EN2106A - EN2106(A) 13th Annual John D. Loeser Pain Conference: Chronic Pain from Disease, Injury and Other Life Traumas: Identification, Prevention, and Management

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 (held November 12, 2020) focused 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. This recorded webinar content features faculty who 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.

AGENDA

MEDIA/METHOD OF PARTICIPATION

In order to complete this training, access to the internet and a device is required. You must complete a post-course evaluation in order to receive your CME credit. The estimated time to complete the activity is 7.5 hours.

NOTICE: If you participated in the live CME offering on November 12, 2020, you are ineligible to take this course and receive CME credit.

DATE

Date of original release: January 1, 2021
Termination date: January 1, 2022

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CONTENT & FACULTY & DISCLOSURES 

University of Washington School of Medicine, as part of its accreditation from the Accreditation Council on Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), is required to “resolve” any reported conflicts of interest prior to the educational program. Therefore, in light of the relationships/affiliations designated by speakers/planners, each speaker/planner has attested:

1.      That these relationships/affiliations will not bias or otherwise influence their involvement in the program

2.     That practice recommendations given relevant to the companies with whom they have relationships/affiliations will be supported by the best available evidence or, absent evidence, will be consistent with generally accepted medical practice;

3.     That all reasonable clinical alternatives will be discussed when making practice recommendations; and

4.     All scientific research referred to, reported or used in support or justification of a patient care recommendation will confirm to the generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection and analysis.

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CONTACT

Continuing Medical Education
University of Washington School of Medicine
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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.

*requires written proof of current status

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TARGET AUDIENCE
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. 

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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 enduring material for a maximum of 7.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.