Insights into Pain Management
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Last visited...3/2009.
Credit hours...7 modules, each offering 1.0 hour of credit.
Awarded by....University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Scios-CME.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type...Case-Based Interactive.
Target Audiences...FP, IM, PAIN MGMT.
Educational material last updated....2009.
Financial Support...Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals.
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Following participation in this program, you will be better able to: translate an understanding of the basic pathophysiology of pain into optimal pharmacologic clinical practice; list common clinical pain syndromes addressing the diagnostic and therapeutic decisions that need to be made; give reasons for treating acute pain syndromes early; enumerate pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic choices for acute and chronic pain management; 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; and explain the importance of elements of a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to pain, including techniques to improve patient and physician communications.
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Pain.com has CME instruction in
four sections.
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Access all sections from the main
page. To find the CME content, Click on "Professionals,"
then CME Center, at the top left of the main page.
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Monthly Modules
Last visited...2/2009.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours....1.0 per CME program or module; 3 modules per month for total of
36 modules per year. (36 credits)
Awarded by...Dannemiller Educational Foundation.
Cost...........Free
Instruct. Type...Text-Only.
Target Audiences....ANES, PAIN MGMT.
Educ. material last updated....2008.
Financial Support...Cephalon, Purdue.
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These articles are organized into modules of 10 articles each, and three
new modules are offered each month. There are now 36 modules available.
Each module is followed by a 10-question multiple choice post-test and
a short evaluation.
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Breakthrough Pain
Last visited...2/2009.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours....1.0.
Awarded by...Dannemiller Educational Foundation.
Cost...........Free
Instruct. Type...Text-Only.
Target Audiences....ANES, PAIN MGMT.
Educ. material last updated....2009.
Financial Support...Cephalon.
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A single article. "Breakthrough pain is a frequent problem that occurs in the presence of otherwise stable, persistent pain. It is usually associated with moderate to severe pain and may be a predictor of poor response to treatment with routine pharmacotherapy. Breakthrough pain is also associated with both functional impairment and psychological
distress. Assessment and treatment should be multidimensional, with pharmacotherapy being the mainstay of treatment."
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CME/CE Slide Presentations
Last visited...2/2009.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...15 courses offering 15 hours.
Awarded by...Dannemiller Educational Foundation.
Cost...........Free.
Instruct. Type...Slide-Audio Lecture.
Target Audiences....ANES, PAIN MGMT.
Educ. material last updated....2008.
Financial Support...Cephalon, Purdue.
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15 lectures on a wide variety of pain management topics. Recent titles
include: Headache Management for Primary Care Physicians; Pharmacologic Management of Pain: NSAIDs to Opioids;
The Challenge of Opioid Therapy: Proper Patient Selection & Careful Patient Management; Proper Management of Patients with Controlled Substances: 5 Illustrative Cases;
and Utilizing Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain: A Case-Based Approach to Optimize Therapeutic Outcomes While Managing Potential Risks.
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CME/CE Articles
Last visited...2/2009.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...3 articles totaling about 3 hours.
Awarded by...Dannemiller Educational Foundation.
Cost...........Free.
Instruct. Type...Text-Only.
Target Audiences....ANES, PAIN MGMT.
Educ. material last updated....2008.
Financial Support...Cephalon, Purdue.
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Three articles: Pediatric Pain Assessment in the Clinical Setting; Pain Report #10 - Rational versus Irrational Polypharmacy in Chronic Pain;
and Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathies.
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TheAnswerPage
Last visited...6/2009.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...Up to 60 hours per year (240 questions) in each
specialty; about 300 hours available.
Awarded by...TheAnswerPage.com and Thomas Beam, Jr. Memorial
Institute for Continuing Medical Education.
Cost....$150 per year for unlimited credit.
Instruction Type...Question-and-Answer.
Target Audience...ANES, PAIN MGMT, OB-GYN, NEONATAL, CRIT CARE.
Educational material last updated...Daily Updates.
Financial Support...Various pharmaceutical companies.
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TheAnswerPage.com
offers 0.25 hours of CME credit for study of the Question of the Day.
You may study that question "today," or view an archive of
questions. There are no quizzes; credit is applied to your
account automatically as you go through the questions and answers,
which are authored by faculty from Harvard and other
medical schools. There are separate sections for Anesthesiology,
Pain Management, Hospital
& Critical Care,
Obstetrics & Gynecology And Newborn
Medicine. TheAnswerPage also has a handheld-based
CME program,
included in the same annual fee, which allows you to receive CME credit
for
study directly on handheld computers.
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