An overview of interdisciplinary pain management education designed to give physicians the competence in recognizing and understanding the unique needs of pain patients as well as further their ability to refer and treat patient in an interdisciplinary, multimodal manner.
This CME activity is designed to increase physician knowledge and competence in recognizing and understanding the unique needs of pain patients as well as further their ability to refer and treat patients in an interdisciplinary, multimodal manner. This introductory course will describe the biopsychosocial model of treatment for chronic pain, the role of pain psychology and evidence based treatments. Psychosocial risk and protective factors and self-management resources are also discussed.
