Briefcase

Employing Multi-Modal Pain Management in a Low-Resource Setting

Launch Date
11/30/2023
Credit Amount
0.5
Credit Expires
11/30/2024
This activity is part of a series

Faculty

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
Johnathan H. Goree, MD

Johnathan Goree, MD, is a Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), where he is the Director of the Chronic Pain Division, Program Director of the Pain Medicine Fellowship, and Chair of the Opioid Stewardship Committee. Dr. Goree completed medical school and residency at the Weill College of Medicine at Cornell University. He completed a Pain Fellowship at Emory University in Atlanta prior to joining the faculty at UAMS. Dr. Goree considers himself a quality-of-life physician who is focused on improving function through opioid-sparing interventional care. His research interests include the effects of opioid education, racial disparities in chronic pain care, and implementation science.

Stephanie G. Vanterpool, MD, MBA, FASA
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Director, Comprehensive Pain Services
University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine
Knoxville, TN
Stephanie G. Vanterpool, MD, MBA, FASA

Stephanie G. Vanterpool, MD, MBA, FASA is a Targeted Pain Treatment clinician, researcher and advocate. She is the Director of Comprehensive Pain Services, as well as an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology for the University of Tennessee’s Graduate School of Medicine. Dr. Vanterpool received her MD from Duke University School of Medicine and completed her anesthesiology residency at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, then completed a pain fellowship at Carolina’s Pain Institute/Wake Forest University. She then entered private practice for several years before returning to Duke’s Fuqua School of Business to obtain her MBA. Dr. Vanterpool is a Fellow of the American Society of Anesthesiologists and board-certified in both Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. Dr. Vanterpool serves on the boards of the Tennessee Pain Society, North American Neuromodulation Societies and the Society of Women Innovators in Pain Management. She is recognized as a regional and national leader in pain management education, practice and policy. She is an appointed member to the Tennessee Opioid Abatement Council and a vocal advocate for access to targeted and effective pain management care. Dr. Vanterpool is also a proud native of the British Virgin Islands where she returns regularly to provide specialized pain management services. Her professional passion is to create a paradigm shift in how pain is assessed and treated through awareness, application and advocacy.

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Statement of Need

The management of pain is challenging for providers, added to that the challenges of communicating with patients affected by pain in compassionate, non-stigmatizing ways that facilitate shared decision-making and individualized care. Multimodal approaches that minimize risks and maximize benefits are available, but equitable access and availability is a barrier to effective multimodal pain treatment. Providers need education on individualizing multimodal pain management strategies to develop plans that fit the needs, priorities, and histories of individual patients and populations served.

This CMEO BriefCase entitled, Employing Multi-Modal Pain Management in a Low-Resource Setting, will review start-to-finish patient assessment and plan development for a patient with pain with consideration for their individual barriers to healthcare access.

Learning Objective

Implement best practices to educate patients about their pain and treatment options to optimize safe and effective, multimodal treatment plans

Financial Support

This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from the Opioid Analgesic REMS Program Companies.

Please click here for a listing of REMS Program Companies. This activity is intended to be fully compliant with the Opioid Analgesic REMS education requirements issued by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Target Audience

Physicians, dentists, physician associates (PAs), nurse practitioners (NPs), nurses, and optometrists

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Pharmacists (ACPE) 0.5

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Disclosure Declaration

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Dr. Goree reports the following financial relationships:

Consultant: Abbott; Saluda Medical; and Stratus Medical, LLC

Research Support: Mainstay Medical (to UAMS) and SPR Therapeutics (to UAMS)

Dr. Vanterpool reports the following financial relationships:

Advisory Board: Sure Med Compliance

Disclosures were obtained from the following CME Outfitters, LLC, staff, with no disclosures to report:

  • Jeffrey Helfand, DO (peer reviewer)
  • Karla E. Crews, MSN, RN (peer reviewer)
  • Thomas Heinrich, MD (planning committee)
  • Mary Gleason, PhD (planning committee)
  • Kellie Busby, PharmD, BCPP (planning committee)
  • Kasey Brandt, PharmD (planning committee)
  • Susan H. Yarbrough, CHCP (planning committee)
  • Sandra Caballero, PharmD (planning committee)
  • Sharon Tordoff (planning committee)

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Employing Multi-Modal Pain Management in a Low-Resource Setting
Event Date: 11/30/2023