Achieving Equity in the Management of Chronic Pain: Treating the Whole Patient
Premiere Date: Thursday, January 13, 2022This activity offers CE credit for:
- ABIM (MOC)
- Medicine (accme)
- Nursing (ANCC)
- Pharmacy (acpe)
- Dentists (ADA CERP)
- PA (aapa)
- Other
All other clinicians will receive a Certificate of Attendance stating this activity was certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Credit Expiration Date:
Monday, January 13, 2025
 | Monica E. Peek, MD, MPH, MSc (Moderator) (she/her/hers) Ellen H. Block Professor of Health Justice in the Department of Medicine Associate Director, Chicago Center for Diabetes Translation Research Director of Research, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics The University of Chicago Chicago, IL |
 | Johnathan H. Goree, MD Service Line Director - Neurosciences Director of Chronic Pain Division Associate Professor of Anesthesiology University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Little Rock, AR |
Patients from racial and ethnic minority populations consistently receive less adequate treatment for acute and chronic pain than White patients, even after controlling for age, gender, pain intensity, and access to health care. Inadequate pain care can lead to comorbidities, such as depression, and cause reduced quality of life. Race and socio-economic status are linked to pain intensity underreporting and increased pain experience, and Black and Hispanic patients are systemically undertreated for pain. Health care professionals’ biases contribute to such disparities and may reflect limited awareness of pain care inequities and stereotypes regarding pain, minority individuals, and use of narcotic analgesics.
This CME Outfitters BriefCase activity will present three case studies focusing on African American and minority patients and the struggles they face in seeking care for acute or chronic pain, with the goals of illustrating pain care disparities and guiding clinicians to recognize biases and social determinants of health in patients suffering from pain. This activity includes the best practices to use when screening for risk factors and how to develop care plans based on specific health needs.
At the end of this CE activity, participants should be able to:
- Integrate strategies to provide equitable pain management for all patients.
Supported by an educational grant from the Johnson & Johnson Institute and the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies
Physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners, PAs, nurses, and pharmacists
ABIM MOC Credit:
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 0.75 medical knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
Royal College MOC:
Through an agreement between the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, medical practitioners participating in the Royal College MOC Program may record completion of accredited activities registered under the ACCME’s “CME in Support of MOC” program in Section 3 of the Royal College’s MOC Program.
MIPS Improvement Activity:
This activity counts towards MIPS Improvement Activity requirements under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). Clinicians should submit their improvement activities by attestation via the CMS Quality Payment Program website.
Disclosure Declaration
It is the policy of CME Outfitters, LLC, to ensure independence, balance, objectivity, and scientific rigor and integrity in all of their CE activities. Faculty must disclose to the participants any relationships with commercial companies whose products or devices may be mentioned in faculty presentations, or with the commercial supporter of this CE activity. CME Outfitters, LLC, has evaluated, identified, and attempted to resolve any potential conflicts of interest through a rigorous content validation procedure, use of evidence-based data/research, and a multidisciplinary peer review process. The following information is for participant information only. It is not assumed that these relationships will have a negative impact on the presentations.
Dr. Peek has no disclosures to report.
Dr. Goree reports that he receives research support from Mainstay Medical and SPR Therapeutics. He reports that he consults for Abbot and Stratus Medical, LLC.
Noreen Iftikhar, MD (planning committee) has no disclosures to report.
Kathleen A. Blake, PhD (planning committee) has no disclosures to report.
Jan Perez (planning committee) has no disclosures to report.
Sharon Tordoff (planning committee) has no disclosures to report.
Disclosures were obtained from the CME Outfitters, LLC, staff: No disclosures to report.
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