Pain Management On Demand: An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Challenging Pain Patient, from the EC to Discharge

Wednesday, May 22, 2019, 12:00 AM - Sunday, May 22, 2022, 12:00 AM

The pain management and opioid drug crisis presents challenges to many health care professionals. This module will deliver valuable information on the impact of chronic pain on the emergency department and how to apply an interdisciplinary approach to treating chronic pain from the emergency department through admission and discharge.

Release Date: May 22, 2019  •  Expiration Date: May 22, 2022

Estimated Time to Complete: 1 hour

This module provides 1 credit towards the State of Michigan LARA requirement for education on pain and symptom management.

This module is available to Beaumont Health providers and staff only.

1. Review the impact of chronic pain on the Emergency Department (ED).
2. Discuss why chronic pain patients visit the ED and identify contributing factors.
3. Discuss strategies for applying an interdisciplinary approach to treating chronic pain, beginning in the ED through admission and discharge.
4. Review how coordination of care and a multidisciplinary approach to chronic pain form the ED onward reduces ED use, hospital utilization, and improved outcomes.

This module is free for Beaumont providers and employees.  

Questions? [email protected]

Instructions for Beaumont Health Employees, Providers, and Staff

1. Click on the Tests tab
2. Click Media
3. Click on Authenticate - if you are already logged into a Beaumont computer using your Beaumont network login, you will be automatically logged into the video system.  If you are at home or another off-site location, you must enter your Beaumont network login (what you use to access Beaumont's email and/or Epic system).
4. Upon completion of the video, return to Tests to complete a brief attestation and evaluation to receive credit.

Questions On How to Access the Module? Call 947-522-1841 or email [email protected]

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), AMA PRA Non-Physician (Attendance) (1.00 hours), Pain and Symptom Management (1.00 hours), IPCE (1.00 hours), Nursing CE (ANCC) (1.00 hours), Pharmacist CE (ACPE) (1.00 hours), Social Work CE (ASWB) (1.00 hours), Pharmacy Technician CE (ACPE) (1.00 hours)

In support of improving patient care, Beaumont Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Medicine CME: Beaumont Health designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing CE: Beaumont Health designates this activity for a maximum of 1.0 ANCC contact hour(s).  Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Pharmacy CE: Beaumont Health designates this activity for 1.0 ACPE contact hours. ACPE Universal Activity Number (UAN): JA4008259-0000-20-014-H08-P | JA4008259-0000-20-014-H08-T. 

Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.  Credit will be uploaded to the NABP CPE Monitor within 60 days after the activity completion.  Per ACPE rules, Beaumont Health does not have access nor the ability to upload credits requested after 60 days.  It is the responsibility of the pharmacist or pharmacy technician to provide the correct NABP ID and DOB in order to receive credit.

Social Workers:  As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Beaumont Health is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Beaumont Health maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.0 continuing education credits.

Other Health Care Professionals: Other health care professionals participating in this course will be provided with a certificate of completion for 1 contact hour.

This module meets the State of Michigan requirement for CE on pain and symptom management.

DISCLOSURE OF RELEVANT FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIPS: All individuals involved with this lecture have no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.

Reference:

A Challenging Case of Chronic Pain in the Emergency Department: Medical and Ethical Issues of Management.  2007. Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal.  Accessed May 13, 2019 from https://www.nursingcenter.com.

Gauntlett-Gilbert J, Rodham K, Jordan A, and Brook P.  2015.  Emergency department staff attitudes toward people presenting in chronic pain: a qualitative study.  Pain Medicine 2015; 16: 2065-2074.