Diagnosing & Treating Chronic Pain Based on the Underlying Mechanisms
Diagnosing & Treating Chronic Pain Based on the Underlying Mechanisms – Recorded (On Demand) Training
Diagnosing & treating chronic pain based on the biomedical aspects
During this two part learning series, the participant will review the underlying mechanisms of chronic pain including nociceptive, neuropathic, and nociplastic pain, utilize a body map to determine the patient’s mechanism(s) to develop a treatment plan for pain management.
Each recorded vignette is a different topic and is available for on demand viewing and enduring continuing education credits.
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Session #1: Diagnosing and Treating Chronic Pain Based on the Underlying Mechanism: Are We There Yet?
During this learning session, the participant will review the underlying mechanisms of chronic pain including nociceptive, neuropathic, and nociplastic pain and utilize a body map to determine the patient’s mechanism(s) to develop a treatment plan for pain management.
Total time: 45 minutes
Objectives:
- Review the evolution of chronic pain management thinking
- Review the mechanisms of pain
- Identify the use of the fibromyalgia body map to identify the degree of centralization
- Identify treatment options for pain management based on the mechanism(s) of pain present
Session #2: Diagnosing and Treating Chronic Pain Based on the Underlying Mechanism: Why are we still using so many opioids to treat chronic pain?
During this learning session, the participant will review the problems associated with long-term opioid use when treating patients with chronic, non-cancer related pain.
Total time: 20 minutes
Objectives:
- Review the problems of opioids
- Review the side effects of opioids to include all-cause mortality
- Discuss the impact of opioids on pain intensity
- Discuss patient considerations prior to using long-term opioids.
Audience
This course is intended for providers and other care team members who want to learn more about understanding and diagnosing the underlying mechanisms of chronic pain.
Faculty
Daniel Clauw, MDProfessor of Anesthesiology, Medicine and Psychiatry at the University of Michigan where he also attended undergrad
and medical school. He completed an internal medicine residency and rheumatology fellowship at Georgetown
University, where he held roles including Chief of Rheumatology and Vice Chair of Medicine. He and his research team
moved to the University of Michigan in 2002 where Dr. Clauw helped grow the clinical and translational research
infrastructure, becoming the first Assistant and then Associate Dean for Clinical Research, and the first PI of the
University of Michigan Clinical and Translational Sciences Award.
CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS
Providers & Nurses
SESSION 1:
AAFP: The AAFP has reviewed Diagnosing & Treating Chronic Pain Based on the Underlying Mechanism: Are We There Yet? and deemed it acceptable for up to 0.75 Enduring Materials, Self-Study AAFP Prescribed credit(s). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nurses:
Note: Nurses can use CME credits toward re-licensure.
Michigan Board of Nursing Continuing Education Requirements Details
Contact Hours: Up to 0.75
SESSION 2:
AAFP: The AAFP has reviewed Why are We Still Using So Many Opioids to Treat Chronic Pain? and deemed it acceptable for up to 0.25 Enduring Materials, Self-Study AAFP Prescribed credit(s). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nurses:
Note: Nurses can use CME credits toward re-licensure.
Michigan Board of Nursing Continuing Education Requirements Details
Contact Hours: Up to 0.25
Conflict of Interest: There is no conflict of interest for anyone with the ability to control content for these activities.
Questions
If you have any questions, contact Amy at amy.wales@miccsi.org