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Online CEUs

Managing Pain During the Opioid Overdose CRisis


Available until October 17, 2021
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Steve Stanos, DO
Course Description: 
In this presentation, Dr. Stanos will review both historical and current barriers to treating pain. He will also address treating pain amid overprescribing and now over-limiting opioid medications to treat pain. He will describe the state and federal initiatives to improve pain management and opioid addiction. This session will also include a demonstration of relaxation training, including Tai Chi.

Hours: 1 hr

Price: $29 | $18 for WASHAA Members
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Objectives:
  • Understand the dual public health challenges of the opioid overdose epidemic and high prevalence of poorly controlled chronic pain.
  • Be familiar with non-pharmacologic strategies to help decrease and manage chronic pain including cognitive behavioral therapy, physical and occupational therapy, relaxation training, and mind-body interventions like Tai Chi.
  • Understand recent state and federal initiatives to improve the management of pain and opioid addiction.
  • Identify different types of pain include pain from nerve injury, joint damage, and central changes in the nervous system like fibromyalgia.

About the Presenter:
Steven Stanos, DO currently serves as Medical Director of Swedish Health System Pain Medicine and Services in Seattle, Washington and leads Swedish’s comprehensive pain center, Swedish Pain Services. The center provides interventional pain management, medical management, addiction treatment, and comprehensive interdisciplinary pain services.  Prior to joining Swedish, he served as medical director of the Center for Pain Management at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC) from 2002-2014. At RIC, he was an Assistant Professor at Northwestern University Medical School Feinberg School of Medicine and co-chair of the multidisciplinary pain fellowship.
He is board certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation and pain medicine by the American Board of Pain Medicine and by the American Board of Anesthesia.
Dr. Stanos is a Past President of the American Academy of Pain Medicine. Dr. Stanos served as a panel member on the Service Delivery and Reimbursement work group for the National Pain Strategy and as invited consultant for the CDC Opioid Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain. He currently serves on the American Medical Association (AMA) Opioid Task Force.  Dr. Stanos’ work includes ongoing educational initiatives for primary care, pain medicine, and physical medicine specialists around the United States and abroad. Dr. Stanos has published numerous scientific articles and book chapters related to pain management. Steven has been involved in the development and publication of treatment guidelines related to rehabilitation approaches for chronic pain and low back pain conditions and serves on the editorial board for the journal Pain Medicine.  A Mayday Foundation Advocacy fellow in 2013, his advocacy continues to focus on increasing awareness and access for interdisciplinary bio psychosocially-based pain care for patients suffering with chronic pain. He has appeared on CNN, National Public Radio, Fox News, regional print and television news on topics related to pain medicine and rehabilitation.

NOTICE OF CONTINUING EDUCATION
WASHAA Webinar, “Managing Pain During the Opioid Overdose Crisis” is approved for 1 CE by the Patient Advocate Certification Board to satisfy the requirements for Board Certified Patient Advocates (BCPA).
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