Webinar

Pain Topics

An adjunct offering for Global Pain Awareness Week
Program for US Healthcare Professionals (HCPs)

 

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Pain is a universal cause of morbidity and disability, with high health burden and economic costs in the United States (US) and worldwide. Effective pain management is recognized as an essential component of caring for patients with pain, yet numerous gaps in pain care exist. Lack of education among clinicians, including primary care practitioners (PCPs), is a major barrier to effective pain management.

PCPs often address pain in primary care settings; surveys of ambulatory care visits to outpatient clinics in the US indicate that nearly all PCPs regularly treat patients with pain. Additionally, clinical treatment of pain falls short of alignment with knowledge of effective pain management. This webinar seeks to address these knowledge and practice gaps among PCPs.


Learning Objectives
After viewing this webinar, participants should be able to:

• Describe the guidelines for pain management in osteoarthritis.
• Design strategies to improve pain management in clinical practice and individualize care.
• Implement recommended approaches to pain management based on evidence and best practices.
• Gain knowledge that meets the DEA requirements for pain management education.


Accreditation
Primary Care Education Consortium is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Other clinicians will receive a Certificate of Participation. The full-length enduring activity is designated for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category One Credit(s)™. Physicians and other healthcare professionals should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. CME is available from September 24, 2024, to September 30, 2025. To receive certification, visit the survey link shown below the webinar.

 

Faculty
Joel A. Block, MD, MACR
The Willard L. Wood MD, Professor, and Chief Division of Rheumatology
Rush Medical College
Rush University Medical Center

Paul J. Desjardins, DMD, PhD
Adjunct Clinical Professor, Rutgers School of Dental Medicine
Visiting Professor, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

Stephen Brunton, MD, FAAFP, CDCES
Clinical Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice
Roseman University

 

Disclosures

  • For Osteoarthritis, Joel Block, MD, of Rush Medical College, discloses that he serves as a consultant for Sanofi, KM Medical Inc., Eupraxia, Inc., Novartis and Haleon, as well as the Chair, DSMB, NIH-funded Clinical Trials at Navitas Clinical Research.
  • For Dental Pain, Paul J. Desjardins, DMD of Rutgers School of Dental Medicine, discloses that he is CEO of DesJardins & Associates, and a Clinical Consultant for Haleon, Antibe Therapeutics, Senju USA, Bayer Consumer Health, and Taiwan Liposome Corp.
  • Stephen Brunton, MD, Moderator, has no conflicts to report.
  • All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.
  • If this CME activity includes discussion about medications not approved by the US Food and Drug Administration and uses of medications outside of their approved labeling, that will be plainly stated.


Sponsorship
This activity is sponsored by the Primary Care Education Consortium. 

Supporter
This activity is supported by an educational grant from Haleon.

Acknowledgement
The content for this webinar was produced according to the policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).

 

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Learning Objectives:
After viewing this webinar, participants should be able to:
  • Describe inequities in pain management related to patient, clinician, and health system factors that contribute to adverse health outcomes.
  • Design strategies to improve pain management in clinical practice and reduce inequities in pain care.
  • Implement recommended approaches to pain management based on evidence and best practices to ensure equitable treatment.

Accreditation
Primary Care Education Consortium is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Other clinicians will receive a Certificate of Participation. Physicians and other healthcare professionals should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This enduring material is designated for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category One Credit(s)™. CME is available from September 8, 2023, to September 29, 2025. To receive certification, visit the survey link shown below the webinar.


Faculty
 Dr. Larry Charleston, IV, graduated in Medicine from the Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, Michigan. He then completed his internship in internal medicine at St. John Hospital and Medical Center in Detroit, Michigan and neurology residency at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.  After residency training, he completed his Headache and Facial Pain fellowship at the Thomas Jefferson Headache Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Dr. Charleston is certified in Adult Neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) and Headache Medicine by the United Council of Neurological Subspecialties (UCNS).  He received his MS degree in Health and Health Care Research from the National Clinical Scholars Program at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 2017.  He joined the Department of Neurology at Michigan State University in March 2021.

A frequent lecturer, Dr Charleson has numerous publications on the subject of headache pain, often in the context of underserved and vulnerable patient populations.  He is the Recipient of the 2022 American Headache Society's Seymour Solomon, MD Lecture Award, was selected as a American Academy of Neurology 2021 Headache Medicine NeuroBytes Champion, 2020-present, and was awarded the Abstract of Distinction Merit Award, 2021 at the American Academy of Neurology, 2021 Virtual Meeting. He currently served as a Professor of Neurology, the Director of the Division of Headache and Facial Pain, in the Department of Neurology & Ophthalmology at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, and is the Chief Consultant at Charleston Health Neurology & Head Pain Consultants.


Disclosures
Primary Care Education Consortium adheres to the conflict-of-interest policy of the ACCME and the AMA. All individuals in a position to control the content disclose any relationships they may have with commercial companies whose products or services may be mentioned so that participants may evaluate the objectivity of the presentations. In addition, any discussion of off-label, experimental, or investigational use of drugs or devices will be disclosed by the faculty. Only participants who have no conflict of interest or who agree to an identified mitigation process prior to their participation were involved in this CME activity.

Dr. Charleston discloses that he serves as a consultant for Allergan/AbbVie, Amneal, Aurene Corporation/ENeura, Haleon, LinPharma, Pfizer, Satsuma and Teva. He has received research support from the Disparities in Healthcare Advisory Council, and Amgen, through his institution. He formerly served as a consultant with Biohaven, and on the advisory panel (with stock options) for the now defunct Ctrl M Health.

Austin Ulrich, PharmD, editorial support, has no disclosures to report.

All conflicts of interest have been mitigated.


Sponsorship
This activity is sponsored by the Primary Care Education Consortium. 

Supporter
This activity is supported by an educational grant from Haleon .


Acknowledgement
The authors received writing/editorial support in the preparation of video and manuscript content from Austin Ulrich, PharmD, of Primary Care Education Consortium. The content for this webinar was produced according to the policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).