This course aims to educate healthcare professionals on managing chronic pain in the acute care setting. The learning outcomes include understanding the burden and impact of chronic pain, pain assessment, multimodal treatment algorithms, opioid management, screening for drug abuse risk, and patient education. The course covers topics such as analgesic pharmacotherapy, opioid side effects, substance use disorder, and alternative pain management techniques like physical therapy and psychology. The teaching method involves lectures and discussions. The intended audience for this course is healthcare professionals working in acute care settings who encounter patients with chronic pain.
Overview
Syllabus
Intro
Learning Objectives
What is pain?
What is meaning of pain duration?
Burden of pain
Prevalence & Impact of Chronic Pain on society
Impact of Pain Consequences
Chronic Pain in settings
Pain Assessment
Multimodal Treatment Algorithm for Chronic Pain
Beyond Analgesic Ladder
Analgesic Pharmacotherapy
Opioid Pain Management
Endocrinal Side effects of Opioid Use
Immune Down regulation: A Side effects of Opioid Use
Opioids and Cancer Progression
Opioid hyperalgesia
Opioid for chronic pain Where is the evidence?
Screening for Drug Abuse Risk and Risk Stratification
Tapering opioids
Substance Use Disorder and Chronic Pain
Patient on Methadone
Lidocaine
Vertebral Augmentation
Physical Therapy & Psychology
Education
Opioid Tolerant Definition
Taught by
Mary Greeley Medical Center
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