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The American Academy of Pain Management (the Academy) is a non-profit organization that educates clinicians about pain and its management through an integrative interdisciplinary approach. The Academy provides an environment for clinicians from a variety of healthcare disciplines to network and share knowledge for optimal patient care.
Integrative Pain Management
- Is patient-centered and reaffirms the importance of the relationship between practitioner and patient
- Focuses on the whole person—mind, body, and spirit
- Is informed by evidence
- Makes use of, and brings together, all appropriate therapeutic approaches and healthcare professionals to reduce pain and achieve optimal health and healing.
The Academy provides and open environment for clinicians to:
- Receive education on the diagnosis, treatment, and management
of pain from an interdisciplinary perspective.
- Establish open communication and referral networks with
practitioners from a variety of disciplines.
- Improve the availability, breadth, and quality of
interdisciplinary healthcare for those in pain.
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Learn to serve as advocates for their patients and others who suffer with pain.
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