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PAINWeek 2019
September 3-7, 2019
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The national conference on pain for frontline practitioners. PAINWeek is the largest US pain conference for frontline clinicians with an interest in pain management.
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2019 schedule
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The regional conferences on pain for frontline practitioners. Depending on the location (1 or 2-day meetings), 6 to 12 hours per conference of CE/CME credit hours are presented.
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Education
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| medication
Practitioners Can Help Patients With Habit Focused Interventions
...says medication adherence is vital to patient health and outcomes. However, research shows 20 to 50 percent of patients forget or do not take their...
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| cancer
Robotic Cancer Postsurgery Pain Management
A specialized pain management program for patients who underwent robotic surgery for urologic cancers resulted in just eight percent going home with narcotics after discharge,...
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| depression
Can a Depressive Mood Contribute to Pain Sensitivity?
Newswise — Depression is linked to diminished activity in parts of the brain believed to regulate mood, which previous research suggests...
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| migraine
Migraine and Headache Pain Management: 10 Causes and Remedies
Newswise—June is migraine and headache awareness month. Migraine affects more than 38 million Americans and is the third most...
READ
A PAINWeek attendee said that “Coming to PAINWeek is like eating brainfood. You feel so much smarter when you leave.”
This section of our Website houses insights and epiphanies from our stellar PAINWeek faculty. If you prefer smaller plates of information, then Brainfood is the place to go!
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What’s the Diff?
To quote a contemporary leader in pain care, “Treating pain is a team sport.” Although our healthcare system is still disjointed, causing many clinicians to operate in what may feel like a lonely silo, we can support each other and bolster our patients’ confidence in their prognosis by communicating all elements of a care plan to patients that we have in common. But don’t think “multidisciplinary” and “interdisciplinary” mean the same thing. And how does health insurance view these types of care?
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Pain and Pharmacotherapy
When you consider where we are with the pharmacotherapy of pain at this current time, I think we are still struggling in the sea of two competing public health crises. Certainly, we still have...
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Listen to PAINWeek Podcasts featuring faculty presenting courses from previous PAINWeek conferences.
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PWJ - PAINWeek Journal, like our website, is meant to extend the energy and experience of the national conference throughout the entire year. Each issue presents articles developed by our PAINWeek faculty, adapted from their respective conference presentations.
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