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Commercial Support

This series of activities is supported by an educational grant from PriCara, Division of Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., administered by Ortho-McNeil Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC.

How to Register

To register for this series of CME-certified online case-based activities, please click on the registration button below. Once registered, you will be prompted to create a password and participate in each of the modules.

Target Audience

These educational activities have been designed for primary care physicians and other health care professionals who treat patients with pain.

Series Overview

This 7-module interactive CME multimedia series is designed to improve primary care physicians’ knowledge and competence in the management of acute and chronic pain, with the ultimate goal of improving clinical practice and providing optimal pain management to their patients.

The content for the educational modules focuses on specific, practical aspects of the assessment and management of acute and chronic pain. Each module consists of a patient case study and an interactive didactic presentation with clinical commentary. Knowledge questions are interspersed throughout the modules.

Pain is one of the most common reasons that patients seek the services of Health Care Professionals (HCPs), yet most medical professionals currently feel inadequate to care for patients with pain. HCPs need updated, state-of-the-art, effective education to assist them in developing the skills necessary to evaluate and manage patients with pain. It is essential that HCPs understand and address the prevailing attitudes toward pain, because the perceptions of both patients and HCPs can present barriers to optimal pain management and resultant improved quality of life.

The “Insights into Pain Management” curriculum is designed to satisfy a previously unmet need by imparting the science of pain management; an understanding of HCPs’ attitudes and beliefs about their patients; the essential elements of clinical assessment, diagnosis, and treatment; and the art of communication. We hope that teachers and trainers will find this curriculum useful and share it with their students physicians in training.

Learning Objectives

Following participation in this series of activities, participants will be better able to:

• Translate an understanding of the basic pathophysiology of pain into optimal clinical practice
• List common, often overlooked, clinical pain syndromes addressing the diagnostic and therapeutic decisions that need to be made
• Give at least three reasons for treating acute pain syndromes early
• Enumerate pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic choices for acute and chronic pain management, with an understanding of how all approaches may benefit each other
• Develop a scheme of rational drug selection, titration, and administration, based upon tolerability, safety, and prevention of toxicity
• Identify the common misconceptions and barriers to achieving pain control using opioids and nonopioids appropriately
• Name and explain the importance of elements of a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to pain, including techniques to improve patient and physician communications

Assessment

To assess your change in knowledge and competence, each module in this series contains a Baseline Assessment Quiz and a Postmodule Quiz. To earn CME credit, you must take the Postmodule Quiz. We encourage you to take both quizzes so that your scores can be compared and displayed for you to see the change and potential improvement. These data will be collected to help us with educational outcomes research. Be assured that your anonymity and your personal information will be protected.

Accreditation

The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation of Credit

The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine designates each of these educational activities for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA
Category 1 Credit^TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Method of Participation

There are no fees for participating in these CME activities. To receive credit for each activity, participants must read the CME information to include learning objectives and disclosure statements, complete the pre-test, review the educational activity online, complete a post-test and an activity evaluation. Upon completion, a certificate will be immediately available to print. Please
contact the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Office of CME with CME-related questions at
penncme@mail.med.upenn.edu.

Disclosure

The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Office of Continuing Medical Education adheres to the ACCME Standards for Commercial Support. Faculty disclosure information will be made available during each patient case activity. Faculty members
are also expected to disclose to participants any discussion of off-label and/or investigational use of pharmaceutical products or devices.

Curriculum Planning Committee

Chair Michael A. Ashburn, MD, MPH, MBA Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Director, Pain Medicine and Palliative Care University of Pennsylvania Health System Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Co-chair Charles E. Argoff, MD Professor of Neurology Albany Medical College Director, Comprehensive Pain Program Albany Medical Center Albany, New York

Co-chair James P. Rathmell, MD Chief, Division of Pain Medicine Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care Massachusetts General Hospital Associate Professor of Anaesthesia Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts