Two Pain Webinars

Adjunct Offerings for Global Pain Awareness Week

CME/CE Webinars for US-based HCPs

Please find below two programs (each 1.25 credit hours) with the following titles:

  1. The first CME/CE program is "A Review of the Osteoarthritis Guidelines, their Application to Clinical Practice, and Populations at Risk."
  2. The second CME/CE program at the bottom is "The Healthcare Team: Addressing Inequities in Pain Management."

 

1) A Review of the Osteoarthritis Guidelines, their Application to Clinical Practice, and Populations at Risk

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.
  • Recognize and treat at-risk patient groups.

Accreditation: In support of improving patient care, Primary Care Education Consortium is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), and the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation: 1.25 ACCME, ACPE, ANCC, or AAPA certification. Other clinicians will receive a certificate of participation. The term of approval is 10/3/2025 to 10/2/2026.

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

Stephen Brunton, MD, FAAFP, CDCES
Professor, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine
University of South Carolina

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.
  • 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.


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2) The Healthcare Team: Addressing Inequities in Pain Management

 

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.
  • Recognize the role of the multidisciplinary team in addressing issues of inequities in pain management.

Accreditation: In support of improving patient care, Primary Care Education Consortium is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), and the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation: This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 1.25 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change. Learners may alternately request to receive ACCME, ACPE, ANCC, or AAPA certification. Other clinicians will receive a certificate of participation. The term of approval is 10/3/2025 to 10/2/2026. To receive certification, visit the survey link shown below the webinar.

Faculty
L Charleston Dr. Larry Charleston IV, MD, MSc, FAHS, FANA is the past Director of Michigan State University’s Headache and
Facial Pain Division and a Professor of Neurology. He is the founder of Charleston Health Neurology & Head
Pain Consultants and Adjunct faculty at the Jefferson Headache Center.

He is certified in Adult Neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and Headache Medicine
by the United Council of Neurological Subspecialties. He is a National Institute of Minority Health and Health
Disparities’ Research Institute Scholar, a University of Michigan Road Scholar, co-founder of Charleston
International in partnership with the Amway Corporation and Leadership Team Development, a fellow of the
American Headache Society and a fellow of the American Neurological Association.

Dr. Charleston has given nearly 90 invited platform presentations at scientific conferences, more than 60
invited University and Medical Center presentations, and approximately two dozen community outreach
presentations. He has over 50 peer-reviewed publications, 55 abstracts, 50 patient/provider educational
material/media, 5 textbook chapters, and is a recipient of research grants in addition to having decades of
serving and providing world-class, state of the art clinical care. He is the recipient of lectureship awards from
the American Neurological Association and the American Headache Society.

Dr. Charleston currently serves as Associate Editor for Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain, as a
Board of Directors as Treasurer/Secretary for the Clinical Neurological Society of America and a Board of
Director of the American Headache Society as Chair of the American Headache Society’s Equity Diversity and
Inclusion Advisory Council (non-voting). Interestingly, he was formerly “pro-rated” in the NFL (National
Football League) Pro-Scout Combine. He enjoys time with his family and is an avid songwriter and music
producer.

Disclosures

Primary Care Education Consortium adheres to the conflict-of-interest policy of the ACCME, JA, 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 an advisor/consultant for AbbVie, Amgen (ended), Amneal, Aurene (ended), Haleon, LinPharma (ended), Lundbeck, Pfizer, and Satsuma; and oin the advisory panel for Mi-Healper Inc. (stock options). In the past, he has received grant/research support from the Disparities in Headache Advisory Council and Amgen (paid to Michigan State University. He serves on the speakers bureau of Axsome Therapeutics.

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.


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