Overview

This live event takes place Thursday, October 23, 5 pm-7 pm EDT (2 pm-4 pm PDT).

This comprehensive course explores contemporary approaches to pain management, emphasizing evidence-based interventions and best practices across healthcare disciplines. Led by Dr. Lorie Schleck, DPT, an APTA clinical specialist in geriatrics, this course provides healthcare professionals with a thorough understanding of pain mechanisms, assessment strategies, and modern treatment approaches.    

Education Category: Webinars
Release Date: 09/18/2025
Expiration Date: 11/15/2025

Table of Contents

  1. INTRODUCTION
  2. WEBINAR
  3. WORKBOOK
  4. Works Cited

Audience

This live webinar is designed for mental and behavioral health professionals who would benefit from enhanced knowledge and skills related to evidence-based approaches to pain management.

Accreditations & Approvals

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Designations of Credit

NetCE designates this live event activity for 2 continuing education clock hours. NetCE designates this live event continuing education activity for 2 NBCC clock hour(s). Social workers participating in this intermediate to advanced course will receive 2 Clinical continuing education clock hours. NetCE is authorized by IACET to offer 0.2 CEU(s) for this program. NetCE designates this live continuing education activity for 2 credit(s).

Individual State Behavioral Health Approvals

In addition to states that accept ASWB, NetCE is approved as a provider of continuing education by the following state boards: Alabama State Board of Social Work Examiners, Provider #0515; Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling, CE Broker Provider #50-2405; Illinois Division of Professional Regulation for Social Workers, License #159.001094; Illinois Division of Professional Regulation for Licensed Professional and Clinical Counselors, License #197.000185; Illinois Division of Professional Regulation for Marriage and Family Therapists, License #168.000190;

Course Objective

Current approaches to pain management are often inadequate, with providers reporting frustration, burnout, and difficulties in patient relationships when treating chronic pain. The purpose of this course is to provide clinicians with a clear understanding of the biopsychosocial model of pain and skills to appropriately identify psychological factors affecting pain outcomes, ultimately allowing them to implement evidence-based interventions that address cognitive, emotional, and social dimensions of pain experience.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

  1. Apply modern pain science concepts in clinical practice.
  2. Implement comprehensive pain assessment protocols, including screening for psychological factors.
  3. Analyze evidence-based treatment strategies incorporating both active and passive interventions.
  4. Apply discipline-specific best practices in pain management.
  5. Utilize appropriate cognitive-behavioral strategies and coping skills in patient care.

Faculty

Lori Schleck, DPT, APTA, has taught numerous continuing education courses on orthopedic topics. Her DPT is from Evidence in Motion Health Institutes, which focuses on evidence-based research and manual therapy competencies. She is an APTA Clinical Specialist in Geriatrics. Her teaching style is engaging, practical, and evidence focused.

Faculty Disclosure

Contributing faculty, Lori Schleck, DPT, APTA, has disclosed no relevant financial relationship with any product manufacturer or service provider mentioned.

Division Planners

Candace Pierce, DNP, RN, CNE, COI

Kimberly Byrd, EdD, PMSW

Scott Deatherage, PhD

Leyna Antonucci, PT, DPT

Jessica Restivo, MS, OTR/L, NTMTC

Verlyn Evans, EdD, CCC/SLP

Nicholas Bertoni, MD

John Makopoulos, MD

Division Planners Disclosure

The division planners have disclosed no relevant financial relationship with any product manufacturer or service provider mentioned.

Director of Development and Academic Affairs

Sarah Campbell

Director Disclosure Statement

The Director of Development and Academic Affairs has disclosed no relevant financial relationship with any product manufacturer or service provider mentioned.

About the Sponsor

The purpose of NetCE is to provide challenging curricula to assist healthcare professionals to raise their levels of expertise while fulfilling their continuing education requirements, thereby improving the quality of healthcare.

Our contributing faculty members have taken care to ensure that the information and recommendations are accurate and compatible with the standards generally accepted at the time of publication. The publisher disclaims any liability, loss or damage incurred as a consequence, directly or indirectly, of the use and application of any of the contents. Participants are cautioned about the potential risk of using limited knowledge when integrating new techniques into practice.

Disclosure Statement

It is the policy of NetCE not to accept commercial support. Furthermore, commercial interests are prohibited from distributing or providing access to this activity to learners.

Technical Requirements

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Implicit Bias in Health Care

The role of implicit biases on healthcare outcomes has become a concern, as there is some evidence that implicit biases contribute to health disparities, professionals' attitudes toward and interactions with patients, quality of care, diagnoses, and treatment decisions. This may produce differences in help-seeking, diagnoses, and ultimately treatments and interventions. Implicit biases may also unwittingly produce professional behaviors, attitudes, and interactions that reduce patients' trust and comfort with their provider, leading to earlier termination of visits and/or reduced adherence and follow-up. Disadvantaged groups are marginalized in the healthcare system and vulnerable on multiple levels; health professionals' implicit biases can further exacerbate these existing disadvantages.

Interventions or strategies designed to reduce implicit bias may be categorized as change-based or control-based. Change-based interventions focus on reducing or changing cognitive associations underlying implicit biases. These interventions might include challenging stereotypes. Conversely, control-based interventions involve reducing the effects of the implicit bias on the individual's behaviors. These strategies include increasing awareness of biased thoughts and responses. The two types of interventions are not mutually exclusive and may be used synergistically.

#9731L: Evidence-Based Pain Management: Interventions, Approaches, and Best Practices

INTRODUCTION

This comprehensive course explores contemporary approaches to pain management, emphasizing evidence-based interventions and best practices across healthcare disciplines. Key topics include:

  • Current pain models and the transition from biomedical to biopsychosocial approaches

  • Comprehensive pain assessment techniques and identification of red/yellow flags

  • Psychological factors affecting pain, including catastrophizing, attention, and coping strategies

  • Social and emotional influences on pain perception and management

  • Evidence-based interventions, including cognitive-behavioral therapy, exercise prescription and physical activity guidelines, and physical modalities 

WEBINAR

WORKBOOK

The workbook discussed in this webinar is available here.

Works Cited

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