LIVE VIRTUAL CONFERENCE

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75 CE/CME CREDIT HOURS OFFERED

Due to COVID-19, PAINWeek 2020 will not take place in Las Vegas this September. However, it will be presented as a live virtual conference, September 11–13. Attendees can look forward to an engaging exhibit hall, scientific poster session, and the unparalleled level of expertise and education practitioners have come to expect from PAINWeek.

The PAINWeek Live Virtual Conference will provide an expansive, multidisciplinary curriculum of 75 CE/CME hours presented by current and emerging thought leaders. An additional 45 hours of certified content will be provided as an enduring, on demand activity for a total of 120 hours.

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OVERVIEW

1 Behavioral Pain Management

• ACTing Out: Acceptance & Commitment Therapy

• Mission Possible: Active Management of Chronic Pain to Reduce Opioid Use While Improving Function

• Successfully Reducing Opioids: The Critical Role of Psychology

• The Perseverance Loop: Inside the Psychology of Pain and Factors in Pain Perception

• Misunderstood Villains: Communication Strategies to Bridge the Divide

1 Chronic Pain Syndromes

• Fibromyalgia Syndrome: Taking Another Look

• Flow to the Toe: Differentiating Neurogenic and Vascular Claudication

• Neurogenic Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

• Treatment Options for Painful Diabetic Neuropathy: A Review of the Latest Clinical Evidence

1 International Pelvic Pain Society (IPPS)

• The First Encounter: A Trauma Informed Care Application

• The Evil Quintuplets: Endometriosis and Other Chronic Pelvic Pain Etiologies

• Where East Meets West: Using an Integrative Approach to Treating Overlapping Pelvic Pain Disorders

• Twisted Sister: Musculoskeletal Causes of Chronic Pelvic Pain

1 Pharmacotherapy

• Low Dose Naltrexone: An Alternative to Treating Neuropathic Pain

• Muscles’ Little Helper: Spasms vs Spasticity

• Atlas Shrugged: Fact vs Fiction Regarding adf Opioids

1 Special Interest Sessions

• Much Ado About Something: Somatic Symptom Disorder

• The Skeleton Key: Treating Psychiatric Comorbidities of Pain

• What’s Going On? Race, Class, and Gender Issues in Pain Management

• Lessons Learned: Treating Chronic Pain in Underresourced States

• Myths of Pain Management in the Critically Ill

• Treating the Whole Patient: Updates in Behavioral Health Tracking and Reimbursement

1 Telemedicine

• Strategies for Successful Use of Telemedicine With Pain Patients

• Telehealth Self-Care Programs to Improve Pain Outcomes

FRIDAYSeptember 11

9:ooa – 6:45p EDT

1 Acute Pain Management

• How to Run an Acute Pain Service in the Age of COVID-19

• Navigating the Crystal Ball: Drug Development for Acute Pain Management Phases I-IV

• Two Worlds > One: Applying Asian Medicine to Acute Pain Management

• RoboHosp: Hospitalists, Pain, & COVId-19

1 American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP)

• Evidenced-Based Rationale for Interventional Procedures as an Alternative to Medication Management

• Best Practices for Identifying Chronic Pain Patients for Interventional Procedures

• Minimally Invasive Interventions for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

• Regenerative Therapy for Chronic Pain: Fact or Fiction?

1 Medical/Legal

• The False Claims Act and Medical Necessity: Recent Cases Involving Clinical Labs and Drug Testing

1 Osteoarthritis Research Society NEW International (OARSI)

• The Gut Microbiome and Osteoarthritis

• Mechanisms of Pain in OA and Recognizing Pain Phenotypes

• Emerging Therapies for Osteoarthritis

• Multimodal Therapies for OA: Exercise, Occupational and Physical Therapy, Topical and Oral NSaIds

• Clinical Guidelines and Case Reviews

1 Pharmacotherapy

• The Wild, Wild World of Mathadone: Opioid Conversion Calculations and Methadone Dosing

• Getting the Drug Into the Patient: Exploring Alternative Routes of Medication Administration

• The Opioid Taper Caper: Deciphering and Deflating Daily Dilemmas

• Bup’ed or Duped: Is Buprenorphine for Everyone?

• Clash of the Titans: When Opioid Prescribing Meets Those Excluded by Guidelines

1 Special Interest Sessions

• Who Will Love This Child? Advocating for the Chronic Pain Patient

• Doubling Down: Polysubstance Abuse and Associated Respiratory Depression

• Application of Virtual Reality to Pain Management

• Speaking in Tongues: Guidelines and Paradigms Post-CdC

SATURDAYSeptember 12

9:ooa – 6:45p EDT

1 Advanced Practice Providers

• On the Frontlines: How Advanced Practice Providers Are Managing Pain Amidst COVId-19

• Practicing Multidisciplinary Pain Management in the Community Setting

• Incorporating Intrathecal Treatments Into a Pain Practice

• Neuroregulation: Keeping Your Brain Tidy and Organized

1 American Society of Pain NEW and Neuroscience (ASPN)

• Fundamentals of Neuromodulation

• Peripheral Nerve Stimulation: Indications & Evidence

• Patient Identification Strategies for Neuromodulators

• Multidisciplinary Approaches to Optimizing Pain Relief

1 Cannabinoids

• Puff & Anarchy: Vaping and Its Consequences

• Behind the Green Door: Drug Testing Medical Cannabis and Cbd in Chronic Pain Patients

• Opioids vs Cannabis for Treating Chronic Pain

1 Medical/Legal

• Through the Lens of Experts: Meaningful Risk Mitigation and Patient Education in Consideration of COVId-19

• The Courtroom Crusades: A 20/20 Examination of Controlled Substance Prescribing Standards

1 Neurology

• The Big Squeeze: Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy

• Go Ask Alice: Pain and Memory

• 3 Doors, Lost Keys: Managing Sleep, Depression, and Chronic Pain

1 Pain Educators Forum

• Pain Pathophysiology Unraveled

• Chronic Pain Assessment

• Pain Diagnostic Methods

1 Physical Therapy

• Back to Basics: 10 Facts Everyone Should Know About Back Pain

• Always Be Closing: What’s the Right Sales Pitch for Active Strategies in Pain Care?

1 Special Interest Sessions

• Triple Threat or Epiphany? The Need for a Biopsychosocial Approach to Pain Management

• Borderline Personality Symptoms & Chronic Pain Patients: An Understated Consequence During the COVId-19 Crisis

1 Veterans Health Administration (VHA)

• Jagged Little Pill: Opioid Safety 2.0

• Whole Lotta Health and Then Some

SUNDAYSeptember 13

9:ooa – 6:45p EDT

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AccreditationThis activity is provided by Global Education Group. Global Education Group is accredited by the

Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Global Education Group designates this live activity for a maximum of 24.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

This activity will be approved for continuing pharmacy, psychology, nurse practitioner, and nursing education. Applications for certification of physical therapy ACEND and family physician AAFP hours have been applied for and are pending decision. For more information and complete CME/CE accreditation details, please visit our website at www.painweek.org.

Please note: Courses and faculty are subject to change. For commercially supported events, please refer to our website at www.painweek.org.

$399Live Only

$16.62 per credit

$699Live + Enduring $5.83 per credit

$899Enduring Only

$7.49 per credit

Total CME provided 75 CE/CME 120 CE/CME 120 CE/CME

Earn up to… 24 Credit Hrs 120 Credit Hrs 120 Credit Hrs

Live Streaming CME 8 8 —

Network live with peers/colleagues 8 8 —

Live Q&A with speakers/faculty 8 8 —

Take notes, draw, and highlight slides 8 8 8

View the scientific poster galleries 8 8 8

Access the virtual exhibit hall 8 8 8

PWJ—PAINWeek Journal subscription — 8 8

REGISTRATION OPTIONS

Register Now at www.painweek.org or call (877) 724–6933.

This year, we are launching a new subscription option which will allow you to select the learning model that best fits you. While some practitioners may opt to only attend the 3-day live virtual conference, others may prefer to attend AND have access to the entire catalog of educational offerings over the next 12 months. While education is the best analgesic, it is not one-size-fits-all!