Program Description: 

The CE activity will help physicians overcome the traditional expectations held by patients that a drug is the automatic response to any symptom or disease. The education is designed to help learners overcome the blinders associated with biopharmacologic model to expand their horizons to understand new possibly more effective strategies for the management of chronic pain. The CE activity will help learners overcome the reluctance to involve PT and Psychology as a team in the management of their patients.

Enablers:
The current frustration and associated heart sink response doctors have with pain management will be motivation to apply new learned skill sets. Practitioners will be able to take advantage of the ‘bio’ skill set that they have already developed to compliment the new skill sets introduced in this education. Chronic pain education ranges from zero to six hours in most medical schools and is biased towards a biopharmacologic approach. The opioid crisis is an unintended consequence of this rote reliance on drugs. The biopharmacologic model targets the pain signal with drugs but does not address the deeper factors that sustain the chronic pain syndrome.

Target audience: 
  • Primary Care Practitioners
  • Physical Therapists
  • Behavioral Health Providers
  • Patients with Chronic Pain
Learning objectives: 

At the end of the learning activity the participants should be able to

  • Given a patient with chronic pain, explain how you would approach the patient differently using biobehavioral vs biopharmacologic model, as explained by the 4PCP modules.
  • For patients with chronic pain, the practitioner will monitor their own Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) until they see a satisfactory decrement in opioid prescribing.
  • For a patient with chronic pain, the physician will be able to identify, explore, and recount the patients status in the following domains as explained by the 4PCP Modules:

Pain beliefs
Validation
Catastrophization
Fear-Avoidance
Self-efficacy

Faculty & credentials: 

In accordance with the ACCME® Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, Standard 3, all in control of content must disclose any relevant financial relationships. The following in control of content had no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Philip Bain, MD
Bozeman Health (Retired)

Albert Musa, MD
Sisters of St. Mary Health (SSM) 

Theodore Parran, MD
Case Western Reserve University

Sandra Hilton, DPT
Entropy Physiotherapy and Wellness

Jeff Janata, PhD
University Hospitals (UH)

The following persons in control of content disclosed the following financial relationships which were reviewed via the MCW conflict of interest resolution process and resolved.

Activity Director:

NameCompanyRole
Giesla ChelimskyPainstakersCo-owner
Thomas ChelimskyPainstakersCo-owner

Contact

Name: 
Andrea Andaya
Phone number: 
+1 (571) 224-5894

Designation of Credit Statement

The Medical College of Wisconsin is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this live activity for a maximum of 15 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Hours of Participation for Allied Health Professionals

The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this activity for up to 15 hours of participation for continuing education for allied health professionals.

Session date: 
01/01/2024 - 12:00pm CST to 12/31/2024 - 2:30pm CST
Location: 
Zoom
United States
  • 15.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
    AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
  • 15.00 Hours of Participation
    Hours of Participation credit.

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