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Principles and Practice of Pain Medicine (Harvard Medical School) (Sponsored Link) Last visited...2/2012. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...30.75. Awarded by....Harvard Medical School. Cost...........Varies according to format: $895 to 1395. Purchase this course during February 2012, and receive a $100 Best Buy gift card.  Use coupon code BESTBUYA.  Instruction Type...Slide-Video Lectures. Format...Video DVD, Video MP4, Audio CD, Audio MP3 DVD and others. Target Audiences...PAIN MEDICINE (and other physicians treating patients with pain).  Educational material last updated...October 15, 2010. Financial Support...None Stated.  Expiration of CME credit...September 30, 2013.

Principles and Practice of Pain Medicine (Harvard Medical School) is a comprehensive review of current advances in the field of pain medicine and presents a window into the future developments of this fast growing field. The program is focused towards all levels of clinicians (including academicians and researchers) who are involved in the care of patients with common and advanced pain problems. This program also meets Pain CME requirements for licensing in California and other states. Faculty includes experts from various Harvard institutions, in addition to nationally known specialists from other prestigious institutions. Emphasis is given to recent progress in understanding the pathophysiology and clinical science of pain medicine and state of the art therapy. Also included are special sessions to address all important risk management issues in Pain Medicine.

Audio-Digest "Special Series" Pain Management CME Package (Sponsored Link) Last visited...2/2012. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...Up to 48. Awarded by....Audio-Digest Foundation. Cost...........$21.99 (MP3 podcast) or $24.99 (Audio CD).  15% discount if all 24 programs are purchased. Format...Online Audio MP3 or Audio CD. Target Audiences...ANESTHESIOLOGY, PAIN MEDICINE. Educational material last updated...2011. Financial Support...None Stated.  Expiration of CME credit...Three years after release.

The Audio-Digest "Special Series" Pain Management CME Package contains 24 programs related to pain management. Titles include: Rheumatic Diseases: An Update on Management; Perspectives on Pain Management; Interstitial Cystitis; Pointers in Pain Management; Common Pain Disorders in Primary Care; Low Back and Hip Pain; Headache: Trends in Treatment; Pain Management: A Primary Care Perspective; The Psychiatrist/Psychologist as Pain Manager; Pediatric Orthopedics; Pearls in Pain Management; Perioperative Acute Pain Management; Pain Issues in Women; Migraine Headache: Diagnosis and Treatment; and Upper Extremity Update. See the complete list of Audio-Digest Programs in other specialties

Video CME Series on Pain Management: Fibromyalgia, Osteoarthritis, and  Low Back Pain (Sponsored Link) Last visited...2/2012. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...1.5. Awarded by... The Physicians’ Institute for Excellence in Medicine Cost...Free. Instruction Type...Video Lecture. Target Audiences...PAIN MANAGEMENT and other physicians who treat pain. Education material last updated...9/28/2011. Financial Support... Pfizer, Inc and AstraZeneca. CME Credit Expires...9/22/12.

This program consists of two videos on Fibromyalgia, two videos on Osteoarthritis and two videos on Low Back Pain.  After viewing the Pain Management CME Series, you will be able to: • Identify key questions and examination techniques to diagnose Fibromyalgia;  • Demonstrate an understanding of suitable therapies for treating fibromyalgia; • Describe both causes of factors that affect Low Back Pain and also the key elements of an examination to diagnose low back pain;  • Balance treatment and risk management considerations for patients with chronic low back pain on opioid therapy;  • Identify the important questions and studies in identifying Osteoarthritis as well as risk factors for the disease; and  • Recognize suitable treatment modalities for patients with osteoarthritis.

Improving Outcomes in Chronic Pain (Sponsored Link) Last visited...2/2012. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...Up to 14.55 hours. Awarded by....University of Arizona College of Medicine at the Arizona Health Sciences Center. Cost...........$25 per hour. Instruction Type...Case-Based Interactive. Target Audiences...PAIN MEDICINE (or any physician who treats patients with pain). Financial Support...None. Meets Special CME Requirements in....California, Oregon, Rhode Island and West Virginia.

Improving Outcomes in Chronic Pain will help you to: Assess and measure pain and its effects on your patients; Choose appropriate therapies for chronic pain; Better manage common pain syndromes; and Safeguard your practice from drug abuse and diversion.

Audio-Digest Comprehensive Review of Pain Management (Sponsored Link) Last visited...2/2012. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...2 hours per issue (Total 20 hours) Awarded by....Audio-Digest Foundation. Cost...........$169 (MP3 podcast); $199 (MP3 CD). Format...Online Audio MP3 or Audio CD. Target Audiences...ANESTHESIOLOGY, PAIN MANAGEMENT. Educational material last updated...2010. Financial Support...None Stated.  Expiration of CME credit...Three years after release.

The Audio-Digest Comprehensive Review of Pain Management contains 10 2-hour audio programs. Each program focuses on pain management in a different area of medicine. Highlights include: Rheumatic Diseases: An Update On Management; Perspectives On Pain Management; Pearls In Pain Management; The Psychiatrist/psychologist As Pain Manager; Interstitial Cystitis; Low Back And Hip Pain; Pointers In Pain Management; Common Pain Disorders In Primary Care; Pediatric Orthopedics; and Perioperative Acute Pain Management. See the complete list of Audio-Digest Programs in other specialties

Audio-Digest Substance Abuse (Sponsored Link) Last visited...2/2012. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...9 issues (2 hours per issue) for total of 16 hours. Awarded by....Audio-Digest Foundation. Cost...........$21.99 or $24.99 per issue depending on which audio format you choose (15% discount if you order all 9). Format...Online Audio MP3 or Audio CD. Target Audiences...Addiction Medicine (or any physician who treats patients with addiction problems). Educational material last updated...2011. Financial Support...None Stated.  Expiration of CME credit...Three years after release.

Audio-Digest Substance Abuse is a compilation of the best Audio-Digest lectures concerning addiction and substance abuse. Some recent titles include: Addiction 101: neurobiology, evaluation, and management; Another intoxicated patient? A critical care approach to reducing the risks of alcohol withdrawal; Substance use and psychiatric comorbidity; Depression and alcohol; Motivational interviewing in addiction; The case for treating addiction as a chronic disease; Medically supervised withdrawal; Use, abuse, and untoward effects of benzodiazepines; and Office–based treatments for opioid and alcohol dependence. See the complete list of Audio-Digest Programs in other specialties

Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain (Sponsored Link) Last visited...2/2012. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...1.0. Awarded by....University of Arizona College of Medicine at the Arizona Health Sciences Center. Cost...........$25 per hour. Instruction Type...Case-Based Interactive. Target Audiences...PAIN MEDICINE (or any physician who treats patients with pain). Financial Support...None. Meets Special CME Requirements in....California, Massachusetts, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, and Texas.

Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain will help you to:  Diagnose and manage chronic low back pain; Utilize appropriate long-term opioid treatment; and Safeguard your practice from drug abuse and diversion.

Recognizing and Managing Opioid Misuse (Sponsored Link) Last visited...2/2012. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...1.0. Awarded by....University of Arizona College of Medicine at the Arizona Health Sciences Center. Cost...........$25 per hour. Instruction Type...Case-Based Interactive. Target Audiences...PAIN MEDICINE (or any physician who treats patients with pain). Financial Support...None. Meets Special CME Requirements in....California, Massachusetts, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, and Texas.

Recognizing and Managing Opioid Misuse will help you to: Utilize appropriate long-term opioid treatment; Diagnose and manage substance abuse disorders; and Safeguard your practice from drug abuse and diversion.

Key Issues Facing Psychiatry: What’s New, Important and Changing (Sponsored Link) This meeting will be presented live online on Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM EST and Thursday, March 29, 2012, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM EST and then available on demand through March 29, 2013. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...9.0. Awarded by....Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Cost...........Free. Instruction Type...Streaming Video Lectures. Target Audiences...The summit is planned to meet the continuing medical education needs of psychiatrists, psychopharmacologists, genetic counselors, psychiatric social workers, psychologists, and other healthcare professionals involved in caring for mental health patients. Educational material will be updated...March 29, 2012. Financial Support...Otsuka.  Expiration of CME credit...March 29, 2013.

Key Issues Facing Psychiatry: What’s New, Important and Changing will be presented live online on Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM EST and Thursday, March 29, 2012, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM EST and then available on demand through March 29, 2013.. Topics include:  • Understanding DSM-5  • Managing Personality Disorder in Medical Settings  • Deciphering Bipolar Disease and Its Mimics  • Incorporating the Implications of Genetics in Psychiatry  • Evolving Neurobiology of Schizophrenia • Appreciating the Complex Set of Conditions Involved in the Autism Spectrum  • Understanding Depression as a Neuro-Inflammatory Condition  • Comprehending Dementia Through Neuro-Imaging  • Evaluating New Molecules and Therapies in Psychopharmacology After participating in Key Issues Facing Psychiatry, you will be able to: • Describe significant changes to practice based on an understanding of the DSM-5. • Better identify a diagnosis of bipolar disorder. • Explain the role of genetics in mental health. • Discuss the implications of mental health conditions on an understanding of genetics. • Evaluate the impact of personality disorder in medical management. • Apply improved skills in managing adolescent addictions. • Implement a coherent approach to psychiatric diagnosis. • Recognize the neurobiology of schizophrenia in patient evaluation. • Incorporate the complex set of conditions involved in autism in practice. • Better manage chronic pain. • Demonstrate an appreciation for the linkages between pain and depression. • Display an understanding of depression as a neuro-inflammatory condition. • Recognize the role of neuro-imaging in dementia. • Choose among appropriate new psychopharmacologic therapies.

CMEInfo - Comprehensive Anesthesiology Review (Sponsored Link) Last visited...2/2012. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...42.25. Awarded by....Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education. Cost...........Varies according to format: $895 to $1495. Purchase this course during February 2012, and receive a $100 Best Buy gift card.  Use coupon code BESTBUYA.  Instruction Type...Slide-Video Lectures. Format...Video DVD, Video MP4, Audio CD, Audio MP3 DVD and others. Target Audiences...ANESTHESIOLOGY, PAIN MEDICINE. Educational material last updated...2009. Financial Support...None Stated.  Expiration of CME credit...August 31, 2012.

The Comprehensive Anesthesiology Review from the Cleveland Clinic is a complete review of Anesthesiology, including clinical anesthesia and subspecialties such as cardiothoracic, obstetric and pediatric anesthesiology, critical care, acute and chronic pain medicine, and perioperative medicine. Included in perioperative medicine is coverage of the most common co-morbidities relevant to anesthesia and the basic science associated with anesthesia. The aim of this course is to attract anesthesiology residents preparing for certifying examinations, physicians in practice, and certified nurse anesthetists who desire all or part of a comprehensive review of the specialty.

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Free CME Pain Medicine. Many CME activities listed below offer Free Pain Medicine CME. Look for "Cost...Free" on the left side of each entry.

Free CME Pain Medicine. Many CME activities listed below offer Free Pain Medicine CME. Look for "Cost...Free" on the left side of each entry.

American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) 26th Annual Meeting Last visited...2/2012. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...28.5. Awarded by....American Academy of Pain Medicine. Cost for Credit.....For the entire program (28.5 hours), $700 for AAPM members, $900 for non-members. You also have the option of buying individual sections or groups of sections for about $35 per hour.  Instruction Type....Slide-Audio Lecture. Target Audience....PAIN MEDICINE or any physician who treats pain. Educational material last updated...2010. Financial Support...None Stated

This program consists of voice-over-PowerPoint versions of selected lectures delivered at the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) 26th Annual Meeting,  Advancing the Science and Practice of Pain Medicine in a Changing Healthcare Environment, held in San Antonio in February 2010. Highlights of the meeting include: Mock-Trial Review of Pain Mitigation Practices; Preconference on Neuromodulation that includes spinal cord stimulation and intrathecal drug delivery; and Peripheral Nerve Stimulation. Some section titles are: Essential Tools for Treating the Patient in Pain; Neuromodulation from Head to Toe; Advancing Pain Research in Private Practice; Advancing Pain Therapies in Chemically Dependent, Mentally Ill Patients; Advancing Ultrasonography in Pain Medicine; and Cervical Spine Interventions: Improving Patient Outcomes.

BupPractice.com - Buprenorphine (Suboxone) Training and Practice Tools Last visited...2/2012. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours and Cost....Two courses: ASAM DATA 2000-Qualifying Buprenorphine Training, 8 hours, $175. Post-Training Buprenorphine Cases, 4 hours, $80. Awarded by....Clinical Tools, Inc. Instruction Type...Case-Based Interactive. Target Audiences...General Interest, PSYCH, PAIN MEDICINE. Educational material last updated....2010. Financial support...National Institute on Drug Abuse.

"The Buprenorphine Training Program (first course) fulfills the physician-training requirements of the Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000 (DATA 2000). According to DATA 2000 requirements, physicians must complete 8 hours of education, such as this program provides, if they wish to become eligible to prescribe buprenorphine for opioid dependence. Upon the successful completion of the training, and once they have met other requirements, physicians can submit a “notification of intent” to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to become eligible to prescribe buprenorphine." The second course, Post-Training Buprenorphine Cases, gives additional training.

California Society of Anesthesiologists Online CME Programs Last visited...2/2012. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours... 4 programs offering 27 total credits Awarded by....California Society of Anesthesiologists (CSA). Cost...........Free to CSA members; $30 per credit for all others. Instruction Type....Text-Only. Target Audience....ANESTHESIOLOGY, PAIN MANAGEMENT. Educational material last updated....2011 Financial support...None Stated

CSA currently offers CME programs in these four areas: Critical Care: 8 modules; Obstetric Anesthesia: 4 modules; Pediatric Anesthesia: 4 modules; and Pain Management and End-of-Life Care: 11 modules.

Cleveland Clinic Anesthesiology/Pain Management Last visited...2/2012. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...1 activity, 2 hours. Awarded by....Cleveland Clinic. Cost..........Free. Instruct. Type...Case-Based Interactive, Text-Only, Slide-Video Lecture. Target Audiences...ANESTHESIOLOGY, PAIN MANAGEMENT. Educational material last updated....2011. Financial Support...Multiple pharmaceutical companies.

A single two-hour activity, Temperature Monitoring and Perioperative Thermoregulation.

Cleveland Clinic Palliative Medicine Last visited...2/2012. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD Credit hours....1 activities offering a total of 1 hours. Awarded by....Cleveland Clinic. Cost..........Free. Instruct. Type...Slide-Video and Slide-Audio Lectures, Podcasts, Text-Only. Target Audiences...PAIN MEDICINE. Educational material last updated....2011. Financial Support...Some activities have commercial support. CME Credit Expires...2 years after posting.

Two current activities: Malignant bowel obstruction: Individualized treatment near the end of life; and Symptom management: An important part of cancer care.

Emerging Solutions in Pain Last visited...2/2012. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...21 activities offering a total of about 18 hours. Awarded by....MediCom Worldwide, Inc. Cost...........Free. Instruction Type...Text-Only; Slide-Audio; Video Lectures; Case Studies Target Audiences...PAIN MEDICINE or any physician who treats pain. Educational material last updated...2011. Financial Support...Cephalon, Purdue, Forest and Endo.

After registering and logging in, click on CE Education to find these activities: National Meeting Highlights - accredited video highlights from annual pain and addiction medicine congresses (2 activities; 2 hours). Opioid Management – video-based program adapted from live symposia held in 2010 in conjunction with the 27th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Pain Medicine (1 activity; 1.25 hours). Virtual Grand Rounds: • Strategies to Improve Success in Opioid Management; • Refining the Art of Risk Assessment in the Patient with Chronic Pain: The Key to Establishing a Risk-Averse Practice; and • Controlled Substance Prescribing and Proper Patient Selection. Clinical Commentary: • Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS): Implications for Pain Management Practice Knowledge Series IV ­ Previously accredited and published monographs that have been re-accredited and re-released (2 activities; 2 hours). Special Interest Groups – slide audio discussion on the diagnosis and management of fibromyalgia (1 activity, 0.5 hour).  Pain View Video Webinar Series - A moderated video panel discussion between a physician, nurse and pharmacist, focusing on current issues and the implications of new research and data to pain patient management in the real-world clinical setting (4 activities, 4.5 hours).  Advances in Pain and Addiction – video-based series of three accredited webinars focusing on recent evidence and advances impacting clinical practice in chronic pain and dependency (3 activities; 2.5 hours).

Insights into Pain Management Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Last visited...2/2012. 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 MEDICINE. Educational material last updated....2009. Financial Support...Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals. CME Credit Expires...December 31, 2012.

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."

ManagePainCME.org  Last Visited...2/2012. Reviewed by... Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit Hours... 6 activities offering a total of 1.5 hours. Awarded by...The France Foundation. Cost….Free. Instruction Type…Text-Only, Slide-Only, Podcast, Case-Based-Interactive, Point of Care. Target Audiences… PAIN MANAGEMENT (and other physicians who treat acute and chronic pain). Educational material last updated….2011. Financial Support…King Pharmaceuticals.

ManagePainCME.org offers educational opportunities in pain management in the acute and chronic settings. Peer-to-Peer Dialogues: 6 audio-only discussions between experts (0.25 hour each): • What are the differences between acute and chronic pain, and how does the former lead to the latter? • Describe the pharmacologic management of chronic pain. • What is meant by abuse, misuse, and diversion of opioids and what are the risk factors for these behaviors? • What are the tools available for risk assessment when evaluating and monitoring patients with chronic pain? • What is the role of urine drug testing in management of patients with chronic pain?

TheAnswerPage Last visited...2/2012. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...Up to 60 hours per year (240 questions) in each specialty; about 300 hours available. Awarded by...CME LLC and TheAnswerPage.com. Cost....Free. 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.

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.

University of Washington CME: Online Courses Last visited...2/2012. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...3.0. Awarded by... University of Washington School of Medicine. Cost... $45. Instruction Type... Interactive text and video. Target Audiences...PAIN MANAGEMENT and other physicians who treat pain. Education material last updated... 5/09 Financial Support... Ortho-McNeil Janssen. CME Credit Expires...4/30/2013.

A single course is titled COPE: Collaborative Opioid Prescribing Education. It offers physicians tools for collaborative goal-setting at the outset of opioid treatment.

Video CME Series on Pain Management: Fibromyalgia, Osteoarthritis, and  Low Back Pain Last visited...2/2012. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...1.5. Awarded by... The Physicians’ Institute for Excellence in Medicine Cost...Free. Instruction Type...Video Lecture. Target Audiences...PAIN MANAGEMENT and other physicians who treat pain. Education material last updated...9/28/2011. Financial Support... Pfizer, Inc and AstraZeneca. CME Credit Expires...9/22/12.

This program consists of two videos on Fibromyalgia, two videos on Osteoarthritis and two videos on Low Back Pain.  After viewing the Pain Management CME Series, you will be able to: • Identify key questions and examination techniques to diagnose Fibromyalgia;  • Demonstrate an understanding of suitable therapies for treating fibromyalgia; • Describe both causes of factors that affect Low Back Pain and also the key elements of an examination to diagnose low back pain;  • Balance treatment and risk management considerations for patients with chronic low back pain on opioid therapy;  • Identify the important questions and studies in identifying Osteoarthritis as well as risk factors for the disease; and  • Recognize suitable treatment modalities for patients with osteoarthritis.