Description
December 5, 2024 | 12:00-1:00 PM
Description:
One of the most influential events in contemporary American history is the focus on chronic pain that began in the mid-1990s. Thirty years later, at the end of 2024, we are left with no significant alleviation of chronic pain at the national level, over a million people who have died from opioid overdose, and a condition that is as marginalized as ever in standard health care. We are also left with a durable narrative, much of it incorrect, about what happened during this time. All of this impacts the patient before us who deserves our best care. This presentation will address past events and describe current high-quality care for people living with chronic pain.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe the epidemiology of chronic pain and patient experiences
- Describe the impact of the 2016 CDC Recommendations and intentional revisions in the 2022 revised CDC Recommendations
- Summarize helpful approaches in caring for care for people with chronic pain
Presenters:
Stephen Martin, MD
A graduate of Williams College, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard Medical School, and residency in Family Medicine at Boston University, Steve was a National Health Service Scholar for a rural community health center and a Federal Prison Medical Center. He has since worked for nearly 15 years at the Barre Family Health Center in rural central Massachusetts where he is medical director of its Office-Based Addiction Treatment program and a professor of Family Medicine and Community Health at the UMass Chan Medical School. He is also the medical director for research, education, and quality for Boulder Care—a company providing telehealth-only care for substance use disorders primarily for patients with Medicaid.
Steve’s clinical and research interests include primary care, oral health, complex care, addiction medicine, chronic pain, diagnostic error, and health disparities. He is lead or senior author of publications in the BMJ, JAMA, Lancet, Annals of Internal Medicine, American Family Physician, the Journal of Addiction Medicine, Substance Use & Addiction Journal, and the American Journal of Public Health.
Audience:
Prescribing Clinicians and their teams
Continuing Medical Education:
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Hanley Center for Health Leadership and Education and CCSME. The Hanley Center for Health Leadership and Education is accredited by the Maine Medical Association Committee on Continuing Medical Education and Accreditation to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Hanley Center for Health Leadership and Education designates this regularly scheduled series for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
*Nurses and Nurse Practitioners will be awarded a certificate of participation with a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™.
Contact Hours
1 contact hours for social workers, licensed clinical professional counselors, and behavioral health professionals.
1 Category 1 Contact hours for psychologists. CCSME is a pre-approved sponsor and provider of Professional Education Activities for Psychologists.
1 contact hours for Alcohol and Drug Counselors pending approval by the Maine Board of Alcohol and Drug Counselors
1 contract hours CHES. CCSME is a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission of Health Education Credentialing, Inc.
