About PAINWeek™

The American Medical Association recently issued its opinion regarding the state of pain management in the US:

“In the past several years, there has been growing recognition on the part of health care providers, government regulators, and the public that the undertreatment of pain is a major societal problem.

Pain of all types is undertreated in our society. The pediatric and geriatric populations are especially at risk for undertreatment. Physicians' fears of using opioid therapy, and the fears of other health professionals, contribute to the barriers to effective pain management.”

American Medical Association.
About the AMA and Pain Management.
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/11541.html.
Accessed June 10, 2008.

By attending PAINWeek, you are demonstrating your understanding of pain as a public health issue and your commitment to improving the lives of your patients who suffer from pain.

The collective goal and vision of PAINWeek is to disseminate knowledge and tools to frontline clinicians who are faced with treating the majority of patients in pain. PAINWeek is the only national pain conference that has been developed to meet the educational needs of physicians, nursing professionals, physician assistants, dentists, pharmacists, psychologists, and podiatrists.

We believe that we are now at a watershed moment in the world of pain management. With “pay-for-performance” policies looming, we anticipate more practice challenges with our pain patients, who tend to have larger degrees of diagnostic complexity and often controversial treatment options. Now, more than ever, we need education that addresses best practices, teaches us about understanding the different mechanisms of action among current and future analgesic agents, and how to practically implement new treatment guidelines

The time has come for an established curriculum that facilitates the training of all frontline healthcare providers about pain, its underlying causes, and treatments. It is time to dedicate ourselves to making a difference with action—changing our practice patterns and belief systems about how pain should and should not be managed.

We salute our PAINWeek delegates for taking an educational leap into the future of pain management education!

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