Pain is More than We Understand it to be: Understanding Pain Psychology and How to Have Better Conversations at the Bedside

Pain is More than We Understand it to be: Understanding Pain Psychology and How to Have Better Conversations at the Bedside - FREE No CME

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Understanding Pain Psychology and How to Have Better Conversations at the Bedside," delves into the complex interplay between pain, psychology, and social factors. This session will clarify the distinctions between nociception, pain, and suffering, emphasizing their unique characteristics within the pain experience. Participants will gain an understanding of how psychological and social factors contribute to chronic pain, exploring the multifaceted nature of persistent pain. The lecture will then investigate the evidence supporting various psychological interventions, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), relaxation techniques, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Crucially, this session will provide guidance on how to have more effective and empathetic conversations with patients about their pain and discuss appropriate utilization of psychological services to optimize patient outcomes.

Target Audience
Physicians, Nurses, Pharmacist

Learning Objectives
Physicians

Advanced Practice Clinicians

Dr. Don Stader, MD FACEP FASAM is a board-certified emergency and addiction medicine physician, who works at Swedish Medical Center and Lincoln Health in Colorado. Don is also the founder and Executive Director of The Naloxone Project. He is the founder and past chair of Colorado ACEP's Opioid Task Force, the Editor-in-Chief of COACEP's 2017 Opioid Prescribing & Treatment Guidelines and the CO's CURE’s guidelines on pain control and opioid stewardship. Don served for over 2 years as the Senior Pain Management & Opioid Policy Physician Adviser for the Colorado Hospital Association and serves on multiple national and local committees addressing the opioid epidemic in Colorado and across the nation, he is the current chair of ACEP’s Pain & Addiction Management Section. He is the Medical Director of the Compass Opioid Stewardship Program, a nationwide initiative to improve pain control, prescribing habits, addiction treatment and opioid stewardship for primary care clinicians.

No CME is available with this course. To access CME please register for the course titled Pain is More than We Understand it to be: Understanding Pain Psychology and How to Have Better Conversations at the Bedside-CME Paid Option.

This material was prepared by Compass Healthcare Collaborative (Compass)

Fees are charged solely for individuals seeking Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits. All educational materials are provided at no cost and are freely accessible regardless of CME participation. This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Iowa Medical Society (IMS). Compass is accredited by the IMS to provide continuing medical education for physicians.