Evidence-Based Pain Management: Interventions, Approaches, and Best Practices
Course #9731L -
- Participation Instructions
- Review the course material online or in print.
- Complete the course evaluation.
- Review your Transcript to view and print your Certificate of Completion. Your date of completion will be the date (Pacific Time) the course was electronically submitted for credit, with no exceptions. Partial credit is not available.
This live event takes place Thursday, November 6, 6 pm-8 pm EST (3 pm-5 pm PST).
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.
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.
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.
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:
- Apply modern pain science concepts in clinical practice.
- Implement comprehensive pain assessment protocols, including screening for psychological factors.
- Analyze evidence-based treatment strategies incorporating both active and passive interventions.
- Apply discipline-specific best practices in pain management.
- Utilize appropriate cognitive-behavioral strategies and coping skills in patient care.
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.
Contributing faculty, Lori Schleck, DPT, APTA, has disclosed no relevant financial relationship with any product manufacturer or service provider mentioned.
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
The division planners have disclosed no relevant financial relationship with any product manufacturer or service provider mentioned.
Sarah Campbell
The Director of Development and Academic Affairs has disclosed no relevant financial relationship with any product manufacturer or service provider mentioned.
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.
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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.