PAINClinician :: Continuing Education

Best Practices in Diagnosis and Multimodal Management of Fibromyalgia (Part One of a Two Part Series)

A Fibromyalgia Working Group was convened to integrate published evidence and expert opinion into best practice recommendations around multidimensional assessment and multimodal treatment of patients with fibromyalgia. Here, Working Group chair Charles E. Argoff, MD provides his insights into...

Faculty

Charles Argoff, MD

Professor of Neurology
Albany Medical College
Director, Comprehensive Pain Program
Albany Medical Center
Albany, New York

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CreditType: CME

Credit Amount: 0.5

Expiration Date: 05/02/2011

Activity Type: Videocast

Best Practices in Diagnosis and Multimodal Management of Fibromyalgia (Part Two of a Two Part Series)

A Fibromyalgia Working Group was convened to integrate published evidence and expert opinion into best practice recommendations around the multidimensional assessment and multimodal treatment of patients with fibromyalgia. Here, Working Group member I Jon Russell, MD, PhD provides his insights...

Faculty

Charles Argoff, MD

I. Jon Russell, MD, PhD

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CreditType: CME

Credit Amount: 0.5

Expiration Date: 05/02/2011

Activity Type: Videocast

Opioids and Pain What Does The Evidence Mean?

Dr Portenoy discusses foundations of evidence-based medicine, appropriate use of opioid pharmacotherapy for persistent and breakthrough pain, and considerations for treating chronic pain in cancer survivors.

Faculty

Russell Portenoy, MD

David Kaufman, MD

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CreditType: CME

Credit Amount: 1

Expiration Date: 03/31/2011

Activity Type: Webcast

Chronic Pain in Cancer Survivors: Determinants, Assessment, and Treatment Strategies

Dr Brennan discusses foundations of evidence-based medicine, appropriate use of opioid pharmacotherapy for persistent and breakthrough pain, and considerations for treating chronic pain in cancer survivors.

Faculty

Michael Brennan, MD

David Kaufman, MD

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CreditType: CME

Credit Amount: 1

Expiration Date: 03/31/2011

Activity Type: Webcast

Clinical Aspects of Risk Management in Opioid Prescribing

Dr Passik discusses foundations of evidence-based medicine, appropriate use of opioid pharmacotherapy for persistent and breakthrough pain, and considerations for treating chronic pain in cancer survivors.

Faculty

Steven Passik, PhD

David Kaufman, MD

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CreditType: CME

Credit Amount: 1

Expiration Date: 03/31/2011

Activity Type: Webcast

Best Practices in Fibromyalgia Diagnosis and Multimodal Management: Insights from the Fibromyalgia Working Group

A Fibromyalgia Working Group was convened to integrate published evidence and expert opinion into best practice recommendations around multidimensional assessment and multimodal treatment of patients with fibromyalgia. Here, Working Group chair Charles E. Argoff, MD provides his insights into...

Faculty

Charles Argoff, MD

Peter Barland, MD

Lesley Arnold, MD

Kurt Kroenke, MD

I. Jon Russell, MD, PhD

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CreditType: CME

Credit Amount: 1

Expiration Date: 06/30/2011

Activity Type: Monograph

Practical Approaches to Multidimensional Assessment and Opioid-Based Treatment of Chronic Pain (Part 3 of 3)

David M. Simpson, MD, MPH, from Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City, explores chronic pain as a chronic disease and methods to talk to patients about daily variations in pain levels, responsible medication use, and treatment outcomes.

Faculty

David Simpson, MD

David Kaufman, MD

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CreditType: CME

Credit Amount: 0.5

Expiration Date: 09/13/2010

Activity Type: Webcast

Persistent and Breakthrough Pain in Cancer Survivors: Multidimensional Assessment and Opioid-Based Multimodal Treatment

Russell K. Portenoy, MD, Michael J. Brennan, MD, and Steven D. Passik, PhD, discuss foundations of evidence-based medicine, appropriate use of opioid pharmacotherapy for persistent and breakthrough pain, and considerations for treating chronic pain in cancer survivors.

Faculty

Michael Brennan, MD

David Kaufman, MD

Steven Passik, PhD

Russell Portenoy, MD

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CreditType: CME

Credit Amount: 1

Expiration Date: 11/26/2010

Activity Type: Webcast

Breakthrough Pain: Insights from a Global Working Group

An expert panel chaired by Russell K. Portenoy, MD and Perry G Fine, MD are working to achieve consensus around the definition and manifestations of breakthrough pain. Here, working group members discuss issues associated with controlling baseline pain as well as differential diagnosis and...

Faculty

Perry Fine, MD

Russell Portenoy, MD

David Kaufman, MD

Roger Chou, MD

Andrew Davies, MBBS, MSc, MD

Sebastiano Mercadante, MD

Christine Miaskowski, RN, PhD, FAAN

Giovambattista Zeppetella, MD

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CreditType: CME

Credit Amount: 1

Expiration Date: 01/24/2011

Activity Type: Monograph

Persistent And Breakthrough Pain: Multidimensional Assessment and Opioid-Based Multimodal Treatment

Representative case studies provide an avenue to discuss current approaches to the clinical evaluation, diagnosis, and opioid-based management of patients with persistent and breakthrough pain

Faculty

Michael Brennan, MD

Perry Fine, MD

David Kaufman, MD

David Simpson, MD

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CreditType: CME

Credit Amount: 1.5

Expiration Date: 12/20/2010

Activity Type: Monograph