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Conference Call
Time
5:00pm - 6:30pm
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Conferences/Groups
September 2009 - June
2010
Blaustein Pain Grand Rounds
/ Baltimore, MD
The Blaustein Pain Grand Rounds
have completed the academic year and will restart in
the Fall. The first conference will be on September
10, 2010.
July, 2010
Interactive 1-Hour Live Educational
Teleconference/Webinar Program
Safe Prescribing
of Opioids: Zero Unintentional Deaths
This activity has been
planned in accordance with the need to educate
health care professionals on strategies for
improving assessment, treatment, and management of
individuals with chronic pain to minimize
unintentional prescription opioid overdose. It is
intended for health care professionals who treat
people with pain.
Dates
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - Noon
EST
Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 7:00 pm EST
Thursday, July 15, 2010 - 1:00 pm EST
Tuesday,
July 20 2010 - Noon EST
Thursday, July 22, 2010 -
8:00 pm ESTFor more
information, please read
program brochure. To
register for the program, please go to
www.safeprescribing.com.
This independent medical education activity is NOT
accredited for continuing medical education credits.
It meets high quality educational standards to
provide content that is evidence-based,
fair-balanced and unbiased, and not influenced by
commercial interests.
Ongoing
Pain Connection Support Groups
http://www.pain-connection.org/
Non-profit human service agency in
Maryland that provides monthly pain
support groups, information, referrals and
community education in Maryland (Bethesda,
Germantown,
Howard County,
Towson/Baltimore,
Prince George's County)
and Virginia (Arlington).
A Speaker Series is
available in
Wheaton. Groups in
other languages include the
Silver Spring Spanish Speaking
Chronic Pain Support Group (Grupo
de Apoyo para Personas con Dolores Cronicos de
Silver Spring) and
Gaithersburg Chinese
Speaking/Montgomery County Chronic Pain Awareness
Group. Groups are also available for
Gentle Movement and
Biofeedback. For more information, please
visit the website, download the
monthly program flyer or call
(301) 231-0008.
Ongoing
American Nurses Credentialing Center
Certification for Pain Management Nurses
ANCC provides this important nursing certification in collaboration with
the
American Society
for Pain Management Nursing (ASPMN), the nation's leading
organization for nurses committed to improving the way pain is managed. The
certification is available to licensed, registered nurses, whose clinical
practice includes work with diverse patient populations.
To download a pdf version of ANCC's Pain Management Certification for
Registered Nurses, please
click here.
Ongoing
Kaiser.EDU
(free) provides easy access to data, literature, news and
developments regarding major health policy topics and debates,
and is sponsored
by the Kaiser Family Foundation. Visit
http://www.kaiseredu.org/.
Ongoing
National Association of Social Workers
sponsors free online CEU courses for social
workers on a variety of topics (Aging, Cancer, Cancer Caregiving, End of Life Care, HIV/AIDS
and more). For more information and
to register for the courses, please visit the NASW Online Course website
at
http://www.naswwebed.org/.
Ongoing
PainEDU.org
offers a free online interactive course on pain management for
nurses, psychologists, pharmacists and physicians. The course
and sample cases are updated throughout the year. Visit
http://www.painedu.org/course.asp?UserID=0.
Ongoing
Tufts University School of Medicine Program in Pain
Research, Education & Policy
The TUSM Masters of Science in Pain Research, Education and
Policy is the first and only multidisciplinary master's
level pain management program in the United States. The
three areas of focus are Research, Education and Policy. For
more information about the program, please visit
http://www.tufts.edu/med/education/phpd/msprep/index.html
and read the program blog at
http://go.tufts.edu/pain.
Ongoing
UCSF
Postgraduate Certificate in Pain Management -
Online Program
University of California at San Francisco sponsors a program
taken entirely online over three consecutive academic
quarters. Physicians, nurses, psychologists, pharmacists,
physical therapists, physician assistants, researchers and
other health professionals can build a solid foundation in
multidisciplinary pain assessment and management. The
curriculum is based on the Core
Curriculum for Professional Education in Pain
created by the International Association for the
Study of Pain's Task Force on Professional
Education in Pain. For more information, please
visit the UCSF
course website.
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