Pain Management Summit

Conference Overview:
With standards of practice around chronic pain management rapidly changing, many clinicians are asking themselves when or whether to prescribe opioids. Especially in primary care, clinicians have been reporting concerns about opioid-related overdose and death.

According to the CDC, while sales of prescription opioids in the United States nearly quadrupled from 1999 to 2014, the overall change in the amount of pain patients reported did not. Furthermore, consensus among clinicians for proper opioid use is lacking. Prescribing rates vary widely across the country in ways that cannot be explained by underlying population health.

Pain Management Summit will help address these challenges by bringing you evidence-based, practical approaches to managing chronic pain, from the basic to the advanced. A multidisciplinary team of experts will discuss common pain-related conditions, non-opioid options, complex case studies and current guidelines. Highlights include time for interaction with faculty, question and answer, as well as practice with roleplaying and interviewing techniques.

Educational Objectives:
Following this learning activity, participants will be able to:
- Describe and evaluate non-opioid pain treatment options
- Apply appropriate strategies to improve patient interactions involving pain management
- Identify useful tools and resources available to patients with pain