Assessing and Treating Breakthrough Pain (Part 2 of 3)
- CreditType
- CME
- Credit Amount
- 0.5
- Release Date
- 08/31/2009
- Expiration Date
- 08/30/2010
- Activity Type
- Webcast
Jointly sponsored by Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, and Asante Communications
This activity is supported by an educational grant from Cephalon, Inc.
Activity Goal
Employing a case-based format that fosters peer-to-peer interaction between participants and thought leaders, this activity aims to disseminate best practices in the assessment, diagnosis, and opioid-based treatment of patients with persistent and breakthrough pain.
Intended Audience
This activity is intended for pain specialists, neurologists, rheumatologists, physical medicine and rehabilitation specialists, family practitioners, oncologists, internal medicine physicians, and general practitioners. There are no prerequisites for this educational activity.
Learner's Gap
Chronic pain is prevalent, underdiagnosed, often misdiagnosed, and undertreated. Evidence-based discussions of chronic pain supported by expert clinical experience enable clinicians to better manage pain and improve outcomes in patients with chronic pain.
Learning Objectives
At the completion of this initiative, participants should be better prepared to:
- Define, recognize, and independently assess breakthrough and persistent pain in patients with chronic pain syndromes
- Implement a multidimensional assessment of persistent and breakthrough pain based, in part, on the phenomenology and inferred pathophysiology of the pain syndrome, patient function, goals, and level of risk
- Select appropriate patients for opioid-based management of persistent and breakthrough pain
- Employ multimodal opioid-based therapies for patients with persistent and breakthrough pain
- Explain the respective roles of long-acting, short-acting, and rapid-onset opioids in the management of persistent and breakthrough pain
Accreditation Statement
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, and Asante Communications. Albert Einstein College of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit Designation
Albert Einstein College of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Conflict of Interest Statement
The Conflict of Interest Disclosure Policy of Albert Einstein College of Medicine requires that faculty participating in any CME activity disclose to the audience any relationship(s) with a pharmaceutical, product, or device company. Any presenter whose disclosed relationships prove to create a conflict of interest with regard to their contribution to the activity will not be permitted to present. Albert Einstein College of Medicine also requires that faculty participating in any CME activity disclose to the audience when discussing any unlabeled or investigational use of any commercial product or device not yet approved for use in the United States.
Faculty of this activity have indicated the following disclosure information:
Perry G. Fine, MD
Cephalon, Inc.; Eli Lilly and Company (speaker bureau); Endo Pharmaceuticals; King Pharmaceuticals; Pfizer Inc; Purdue Pharma L.P. (consultant, speaker bureaus)
David M. Kaufman, MD--CCME Reviewer
Dr Kaufman has no conflict of interest to disclose.
The staff of CCME of Albert Einstein College of Medicine have no disclosures to report other than the following: Steven Jay Feld or a member of his household own securities in Bioheart, Inc., Chelsea Therapeutics, Inc., and Pharmacopeia, Inc.
Asante Communications staff has indicated the following disclosure information: Jim Kappler, PhD, or a member of his household has no conflicts of interest with commercial interests related directly or indirectly to this educational activity.
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