January 19, 2023
The Challenge of Pain 2023
FORMAT: In-person Conference
DATE: Tuesday | May 2nd, 2023
CE H: 7.00 | Rx Hours: 5.00 (included at the advanced practice level)
LOCATION: UW Center for Urban Horticulture
CONFERENCE DESCRIPTION
Pain causes extensive suffering, disability, and expenditure of scarce healthcare resources. This conference focuses on the challenge of pain management for healthcare professionals across the healthcare continuum. Regional and national pain specialists present evidence-based strategies for assessing and managing pain in all care settings. Teaching methods include lectures, discussions, case studies, and inter-professional dialogue.
TARGET AUDIENCE
Staff nurses, nurse practitioners, physicians, physician assistants, clinical nurse specialists, social workers, physical therapists, and other interested healthcare professionals working in acute care, long-term care, hospice, home health, specialty care, and other ambulatory care settings.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
– Able to recognize and treat widespread pain syndrome
– Learn ways for dealing with complex pain management
– Best clinical approaches for pain management in individuals with a substance use disorder
– Migraines: how to identify common headache disorders and what are the best evidence-based practice to treat them
SCHEDULE
Schedule
| TIME | TOPIC & SPEAKERS |
| 07:30 AM | Registration and Continental Breakfast (included) |
| 08:00 AM | Welcome and Overview |
| 08:10 AM
|
Buprenorphine and Methadone use in Pain Management * (Rx) Speaker: Mackenzie Welsh, PharmD |
| 09:10 AM | Break & Exhibitors |
| 09:20 AM | Walking The Tightrope: Pain Management in Persons with Opioid Use Disorder. (Rx)
Speaker: Jared Klein, MD, MPH |
| 10:20 AM | Break & Exhibitors |
| 10:35 AM
|
Widespread Pain – What to Call It? What To Do About It? Speaker: Steven Stanos, DO, FABPM |
| 11:35 AM | Lunch & Exhibitors |
| 12:15 PM
|
Common Headache Disorders and Updates in Migraine Treatment * (Rx) Speaker: Ami Cuneo, MD & Natalia Murinova, MD, MHA, FAAN |
| 1:15 PM | Break & Exhibitors |
| 1:25 PM | Palliative Care Methods for Controlling Pain (Rx)
Speakers: James Fausto, MD |
| 2:25 PM | Break & Exhibitors |
| 2:40 PM | Healing from Within: The Art, Function & Use of Clinical Hypnosis
Speaker: Barb Dailey, DNP, ARNP, CMS-CHT |
| 3:40 PM | Break & Exhibitors |
| 3:50 PM | Complex Pain Management in the Inpatient Setting (Rx)
Speaker: Katherin Peperzak, MD |
| 4:50 PM | Post-Conference Sharing & Closing Remarks |
UWCNE reserves the right to revise the program schedule if needed
* 5 Rx Hours (included at the Advanced practice level)
Hotels
There are several Hotels in the UW University District close to the venue: Silver Cloud Hotel, Graduate Hotel, and Residence Inn. There are many other options— look for lodging near UW Horticulture Center, Seattle to be in the area closest to the venue.
