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The Academy offers educational opportunities for pain practitioners, including the Annual Clinical Meeting and enduring materials.
Annual Clinical Meeting
As the major educational activity of the Academy, the Annual Meeting offers educational courses and hands-on sessions in pain management. Continuing education credits/units are available; click here for more information.
The 2010 Annual Clinical Meeting will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, September 21-24, 2010. Click here for more information.
Click here to view the Current Agenda for the 21st Annual Clinical Meeting.
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Current Academy-sponsored Monographs
 Integrative Approaches to Fibromyalgia (PDF)
This monograph provides an update on diagnosis issues and treatment options in fibromyalgia (FM). Part 1 describes the clinical characteristics and pathophysiology, while Part 2 discusses data on pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic therapies.
Integrative approaches, such as the use of nutritional strategies in conjunction with pharmacologic agents, are outlined. A case study that explores the challenges of treating FM is used throughout the activity.
Please note that Adobe Acrobat Reader is needed to read this monograph. Download the free reader here.
 Opioid Prescribing: Clinical Tools and Risk Management Strategies
This monograph provides an overview of proper prescribing of short- and long-acting opioids for chronic pain. Clinicians will have an opportunity to explore assessment and documentation principles associated with enduring and emerging therapies, and risk management strategies are discussed.
The Academy's Learning Center
 The Learning Center
is designed to give you quick and easy access to continuing medical education activities.
For members only.
Click here to enter the Portal.
Other Continuing Education Activities
Managing Pain in the Military Setting: Unique Challenges and Practical Strategies
 In September 2009, the American Academy of Pain Management and Med-IQ convened a roundtable meeting to discuss the unique nature of pain management in the military setting. This article offers an overview of the discussion and expands upon key topics with support from current medical literature.
Fibromyalgia Syndrome: Practical Strategies For Improving Diagnosis And Patient Outcomes
An Interactive Symposium With Patient Case Videos
This case-based, interactive program is designed to provide clinicians with new insights and strategies about appropriate, effective diagnosis and management of fibromyalgia syndrome. Video-based doctor-patient case simulations will be presented and discussed, and participants will have multiple “interactive” opportunities to reinforce their own best practices or recognize potential gaps in their clinical practice and receive information that will improve patient outcomes. It is the aim of this program to provide clinicians with a better understanding of the mechanisms underlying the pain of fibromyalgia, improved knowledge about therapeutic options, and guidance on the diagnosis, management, and education of their fibromyalgia patients.
This CME activity was originally presented on Friday, October 9, 2009, in Phoenix, Arizona, and was adapted for release on January 18, 2010. Content was developed by faculty. The symposium was supported by an educational grant from Forest Laboratories, Inc.
The satellite symposium was not part of the official American Academy of Pain Management Annual Clinical Meeting.
Resources
Emerging Solutions in Pain
Provides a diverse multimedia collection of complimentary clinical tools, resources and continuing education for pain management and addiction medicine.
"How to Manage Chronic Pain" on Health Radio
Many people who take medications for chronic pain sometimes wonder, "Is there more that I could be doing to better manage my condition?" Increasingly, research is showing that the answer is yes. With host Dr. Derrick DeSilva, Dr. Robert Bonakdar joins the show to explains how to use an integrative approach to manage chronic pain.
Robert Bonakdar, MD is the Director of Pain Management at the Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine, San Diego, CA and a Member of the Board of Directors, American Academy of Pain Management.
Write for The Pain Practitioner
The Pain Practitioner, the Academy's quarterly magazine with a distribution of more then 10,000, is currently accepting
submissions for its 2010 Issues in the following
subject areas:
Headache
Lifestyle
Musculoskeletal Pain
Neuropathic Pain
Rheumatology
Articles should address practical considerations for the pain management practitioner and may not promote
any specific product.
Please contact Katie Aker, Assistant Editor (Email: kaker@seersha.com) with any questions and for our
Author’s Guidelines and Outline Submission Form.
Contact Information
Debra Nelson-Hogan
Director of Education
Editor of The Pain Practitioner
Tel: 212.532.4794
education@aapainmanage.org
Katie Arseniadis
Education Manager
Tel: 212.532.4792
aapmedu@aapainmanage.org
Katie L. Aker
Assistant Editor for
The Pain Practitioner
Tel: 212.532.4786
kaker@seersha.com
Education Office
American Academy of Pain Management
1123 Broadway, Suite 613
New York, NY 10010
Fax: 212.532.5397
Updated
July 23, 2010
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