Unraveling Cancer Pain Dynamics (UColorado)
The goal of this initiative is to provide education to clinicians, involved in the assessment and management of cancer pain in adult patients, on the appropriate and safe use of opioid analgesics, optimizing non-opioid analgesics and adjuvant medications, and integrating non-pharmacological approaches into cancer pain management.
Provided by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network in collaboration with The France Foundation.
Target Audience
This program is designed to meet the educational needs of health care professionals specializing in oncology, hematology, pain management, psychology, primary care (including family medicine and internal medicine), and emergency medicine. This includes physicians, physician assistants/physician associates, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, nurses, and other health care professionals engaged in the management of cancer pain in adult patients, whether or not they have prescribing authority for controlled substances.
Learning Objectives
Following this program, participants should be able to:
- Recall the underlying principles of pain management in oncology, including cancer-specific pain definitions and mechanisms relevant to different types of cancer.
- Describe the steps for assessing pain in patients with cancer, recognizing cancer-related pain patterns, and identifying risk factors for substance use disorders.
- Evaluate the range of therapeutic modalities for managing pain, including non-pharmacological strategies and appropriate use of non-opioid and opioid analgesics.
- Explain how to integrate opioid analgesics into individualized treatment plans for cancer pain, considering the unique characteristics and needs of patients with different types of cancer, while continuously assessing for functional improvement.
- Summarize how to safely initiate, titrate, and discontinue opioid analgesics for acute and chronic cancer pain following evidence-based practices and patient-centered care principles.
- Describe how to provide effective counseling to patients and caregivers regarding the safe use, storage, and disposal of opioid analgesics.
- Recognize scenarios for referral to a pain specialist and collaborate effectively with interdisciplinary teams to optimize pain management, including the identification and management of opioid use disorders.
Session 1: Fundamentals of Cancer Pain Management
Wednesday, November 13, 2024 • 12:00 – 1:00 PM MST
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Session 2: Therapeutic Approaches to Cancer Pain
Wednesday, December 11, 2024 • 12:00 – 1:00 PM MST
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Session 3: Individualized Opioid Management in Oncology
Wednesday, January 15, 2025 • 12:00 – 1:00 PM MST
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Session 4: Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Cancer Pain Management
Wednesday, February 12, 2025 • 12:00 – 1:00 PM MST
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WEBINAR TIMES ARE POSTED AS MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME (MST) (UTC -7:00).
Access to participate in selected sessions is through Zoom on the day of each scheduled program.
Sorin Buga, MD
Clinical Professor, Department of Supportive Care Medicine
Program Director, COH Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship
City of Hope
Duarte, CA
David Copenhaver, MD, MPH
Chief, Division of Pain Medicine
Director, Cancer Pain Management & Supportive Care
Director, Pain Tele-Health programs
Clinical Professor, Division of Pain Medicine
UC Davis Health
Sacramento, CA
David S. Craig, PharmD
Pharmacist Lead, Acute Pain and Supportive Care Medicine
Moffitt Cancer Center
Tampa, FL
Dwain Fehon, PsyD
Professor of Psychology
Chief Psychologist, Psychiatric Services, Yale New Haven Hospital;
Director, Behavioral Medicine Service
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
Myra Glajchen, DSW, MSW, BSW, ACSW, APHSW-C
Director of Education and Training
ESPEC Project Director
Associate Program Director, Fellowship Training Program
MJHS Institute for Innovation in Palliative Care
New York, NY
Elizabeth Prsic, MD
Director, Adult Inpatient Palliative Care
Firm Chief, Medical Oncology
Yale Cancer Center
Assistant Professor, Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
Carey Ramirez, ANP-C, ACHPN
Manager, Advanced Practice
Supportive Care Medicine
City of Hope
Duarte, CA
Erin Vipler, MD
Assistant Professor, Medicine-Internal Medicine
University of Colorado Hospital
Aurora, CO
Jeanie Youngwerth, MD, FAAHPM
Associate Professor of Medicine
UCH Medical Staff President
Associate Program Director, Colorado Palliative Medicine Fellowship
Director, Palliative Care Service
Department of Medicine
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, CO
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Faculty Disclosures
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David Copenhaver, MD, MPH
Dwain Fehon, PsyD
Myra Glajchen, DSW, MSW, BSW, ACSW, APHSW-C
Elizabeth Prsic, MD
Carey Ramirez, ANP-C, ACHPN
Erin Vipler, MD
Jeanie Youngwerth, MD, FAAHPM
The faculty listed below have the following relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose. All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.
Sorin Buga, MD
Bausch Health US LLS: Non-CE Consulting
David S. Craig, PharmD
PCORI: Contract Research
Seikagaku Corporation: Non-CE Consulting (relationship ended August 2024)
Syneos Health, LLC: Non-CE Consulting (relationship ended February 2023)
USM, LLC: Non-CE Consulting (relationship ended May 2023)
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None of the planners for this educational activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
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Physicians
NCCN designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nurses
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Pharmacists
NCCN designates this knowledge-based continuing education activity for 4.0 contact hours (0.4 CEUs) of continuing education credit. UAN: JA4008196-0000-24-106-L08-P
PAs
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Available Credit
- 4.00 AAPA Category 1 CME credit
- 4.00 ACPE contact hours
- 4.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 4.00 ANCC contact hours
- 4.00 ASWB continuing education credit
- 4.00 Participation
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