6th Annual Virginia Pain Society Conference Pain Management: Patient-Centered Care for the Body, Mind, and Soul
Feb 15–Feb 16, 2025 Open Medicine Nursing
Description
This conference is designed to keep pain management physicians and other healthcare professionals who treat pain and all aspects related to pain syndromes up-to-date and to provide guidance. It will also introduce new and proven evidence-based strategies with a whole person-centered approach for their patients and help continue their professional growth and development.
By registering for this program, you are granting permission for your contact information to be shared with the Virginia Pain Society, joint providers of this continuing education activity.
For Conference Questions Please Contact:
Fred Wells Brason II
fbrason@projectlazarus.org
336-262-6768 Cell
or
Andrea Pankau
roo827@aol.com
Accomodations
Omni Charlottesville HotelBook By Jan 17, 2025212 Ridge McIntire Rd
Charlottesville, VA 22903
Reservations: 434-971-5500 or book online here.
Rate: $189 + tax per night
EXTENDED STAY AVAILABILITY: Feb 10, 2025 - Feb 19, 2025
Cancel By 12PM on Feb 12, 20205 to avoid $214.14 penalty
Target Audience
Physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses and other healthcare professionals who are engaged in helping patients address challenges in pain management
Objectives
- Provide analyses of various methods of novel pain interventions for patient implementation
- Recognize abdominal pain and identify strategies in its treatment
- Assess implications for radiofrequency ablation in patients with implanted devices and anticoagulation for patients undergoing spine injections
- Identify postoperative wound complications with procedures and strategies for their management
- Review interventional options for headache to develop appropriate plan of care
- Explore pain psychology interventions for patients with chronic pain
- Examine pain psychology assessments and evaluation for patients who are candidates for neuromodulation
- Identify screening tools for geriatric patients and strategies for chronic pain management
- Determine the potential role of ketamine and psychedelics in chronic pain management
- Identify patients with substance use disorder and implications of patients using kratom for pain management
Faculty
- Thomas E. Buchheit, MD
- Caitlin Burchfield, DNP, RN, AG-PCNP
- Timothy R. Deer, MD
- Mehul J. Desai, MD, MPH
- Trent Emerick, MD, MBA
- Robert Goldstein, MD
- John Heil, DA, FAASP, FAPA
- Lynn Kohan, MD
- Shayan Moosa, MD
- Rene Przkora, MD, PhD, FSA
- Christina Shin, MD
- Tejinder Singh, MBBS, FRCA
- Robert Trainer, DO, MBA, FASAM
- Lori Urban, PsyD, ABPP
- Bhavana Yalamuru, MBBS
Sessions
6th Annual Virginia Pain Society Conference Pain Management: Patient-Centered Care for the Body, Mind, and Soul
2/15 8:15 AM – 2/16 12:15 PM
Credits
1.200 CEU
The Mountain Area Health Education Center designates this entire live continuing education activity as meeting the criteria for 1.20 CEUs as established by the National Task Force on the Continuing Education Unit.
11.500 Contact Hours
Nurse Practitioners
Nurse Practitioners: This activity was designated for 11.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
11.500 Contact Hours
MAHEC designates this live continuing education activity as meeting the criteria for 11.50 Contact Hours.
11.500 Nursing Contact Hours
11.50 Nursing Contact Hours AP#008-2451
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC) is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Participants must attend 80% of the activity to receive credit.
11.500 CME for Physician Assistants
Physician Assistants: AAPA accepts certificate of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society. Physician Assistants may receive a maximum of 11.50 hours of Category 1 credit for completing this program.
11.500 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit TM
Accreditation: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Southern States CME Collaborative (SSCC) through the joint providership of Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC) and Virginia Pain Society. MAHEC is accredited by the SSCC to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit Designation: MAHEC designates this live activity for a maximum of 11.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Fees
$400.00 Registration Fee- MD, DO, PhD
Applies 12/16/24–2/8/25
$100.00 Registration Fee- Residents and Fellows
Applies 12/16/24–2/8/25
$300.00 Registration Fee- RN, NP, PA
Applies 12/16/24–2/8/25
$50.00 VPS Commercial Supporters and Exhibitors
Applies 12/16/24–2/15/25
$50.00 VPS Speakers and Planners
Applies 12/16/24–2/9/25