Why Attend?

PAINWeekEnd conference attendees can earn up to 8.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

By participating in a PAINWeekEnd conference, you will:

• IMPROVE your ability to assess, diagnose, treat, and manage chronic pain conditions
• PREPARE for the emerging world of medication risk evaluation and mitigation, and your responsibilities as a practitioner
• ENHANCE the ongoing therapeutic relationship with your patients and drive better long-term outcomes

After completing this activity, participants should be better able to:

• Review steps in the initial evaluation of a patient with acute pain, including screening for common comorbidities such as depression and sleep disorders
• Review the pathophysiology and presentation of chronic pain syndromes
• Differentiate the various migraine treatment alternatives
• Identify primary and secondary pain generators that contribute to back pain
• Identify local coverage determinations and medical policies governing medical necessity and qualitative drug screening
• Explain how to tailor treatment based on risk assessment
• Describe the physiologic process negatively affected by opiates
• Describe clinical roles for short-acting and long-acting opioids
• Compare pain management clinics and pill mills

What your colleagues had to say
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Ms. Bhumi Patel

Special Offer

All PAINWeekEnd registrants will be able to credit their entire registration toward their attendance to the PAINWeek National Conference, September 4-7, 2013, at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, on the Vegas Strip.

Need Assistance?
Contact Mike Shaffer
E-mail: ms@aventineco.com
Phone: (973) 233-5572