Geriatrics and Pain Management for Primary Care

Geriatrics and Pain Management for Primary Care – 12 Credits 

Overview
This conference is designed to provide primary care practitioners with up-to-date, evidence-based information on commonly encountered issues in Geriatrics and Pain Management, while suggesting pragmatic approaches to clinical management. The discussion-based format of the conference will encourage audience participation through dynamic lectures, case-based studies, and hands-on workshops. Keynote speakers will present and critically assess recent advancements and industry updates in Geriatrics and Pain Management with the goal of enhancing the knowledge-base and core competence of attendees. The successful completion of this interactive program diagnosing, treating, and prescribing the most effective courses of treatment, with the goal of improving patient outcomes.

Target Audience
All Physicians and other Healthcare Professionals seeking clinical information about issues in Geriatrics and Pain Management in Primary Care.

Speakers
Our presenting national faculty speakers make it their professional goals to enhance the training of primary care clinicians. This Continuing Medical Education program promises to help you learn the most current, best medicine, and techniques for making the diagnosis easier during a 20-minute office visit.

Topics and Objectives

Friday, March 18

Non-Opioid Pharmacologic Management of Chronic Pain
Objectives: 1) Understand the neurobiology of chronic pain and how this relates to pharmacologic targets 2) Develop a data-driven and practical understanding of dosing, benefits, and side-effects of common non-opioid pharmacologic agents 3) Become versed in pharmacologic algorithms for treating common pain syndromes, such as acute back pain, fibromyalgia, and neuropathic pain

Opioids for Chronic and Cancer Pain: Rationale Prescribing
Objectives: 1) Become comfortable with practical aspects of chronic opioid therapy, including opioid selection, rotation, and side-effect management 2) Appreciate the nuances for titration for different pain syndromes 3) Learn clinical pearls and strategies for managing chronic opioid therapy as safely as possible 4) Discuss the use of opioids for cancer pain and how the approach differs from chronic non-cancer pain

Heart Failure: Assessment and Management of the Most Expensive Disease in Older Adults – Part 1
Objectives: 1) Recognize the high mortality associated with heart failure 2) Understand the difference between reduced ejection fraction and preserved ejection fraction heart failure, and how to diagnose heart failure 3) Know the evidence-based treatments available for heart failure

Heart Failure: Assessment and Management of the Most Expensive Disease in Older Adults – Part 2
Objectives: 1) Recognize the high mortality associated with heart failure 2) Understand the difference between reduced ejection fraction and preserved ejection fraction heart failure, and how to diagnose heart failure 3) Know the evidence-based treatments available for heart failure

Saturday, March 19

Controversies in the Management of Hypertension in Older Adults: How Low is Too Low? – Part 1
Objectives: 1) Learn the best evidence for treatment goals for hypertension in diabetics and those with a previous stroke 2) Understand the controversial evidence for the various guidelines for diagnosing and treating hypertension in older adults 3) Use the best evidence-based medications for hypertension

Controversies in the Management of Hypertension in Older Adults: How Low is Too Low? –Part 2
Objectives: 1) Learn the best evidence for treatment goals for hypertension in diabetics and those with a previous stroke 2) Understand the controversial evidence for the various guidelines for diagnosing and treating hypertension in older adults 3) Use the best evidence-based medications for hypertension

Managing Pain in Geriatric Patients
Objectives: 1) Appreciate the nuances in assessing pain in the elderly 2) Understand the pharmacologic challenges in managing elderly patients 3) Be able to find the balance between pain control and iatrogenesis in the elderly population

Interventional Procedures for Spine Pain
Objectives: 1) Understand the rationale and technical considerations of common minimally invasive interventions for spine-related pain, such as epidural steroid injections, radiofrequency lesioning, facet injections, sacroiliac injections, and spinal cord stimulation 2) Appreciate the data behind the techniques by way of a data-driven literature review 3) Develop a systematic approach to identifying when patients may or may not benefit from interventional spine procedures

Sunday, March 20

Managing Pain and Symptoms at the End-of-Life
Objectives: 1) Understand the optimal measures to control pain at the end-of-life through case-based teaching 2) Better manage common end-of-life clinical scenarios, such as dyspnea, delirium, and terminal secretions 3) Become more empowered in how to emotionally guide family members through the dying process

Challenging Pain Scenarios: An Interactive Case-Based Discussion
Objectives: 1) Develop a frame to systematically break down and analyze complex pain scenarios 2) Utilize the audience’s collective mind to develop practical strategies to address the various clinical complexities of the cases 3) Become more comfortable and empowered to handle such cases upon return to the participant’s clinical practice

Thromboembolism: Risks and Benefits of Old and New Anticoagulants for Adults – Part 1
Objectives: 1) Understand the multiple risk factors for DVT 2) Review strategies and tests to help diagnose DVT 3) Recognize evidence-based treatments to prevent or treat DVT, including the costs and risks 4) Distinguish who should receive an inferior vena cava filter

Thromboembolism: Risks and Benefits of Old and New Anticoagulants for Adults – Part 2
Objectives: 1) Understand the multiple risk factors for DVT 2) Review strategies and tests to help diagnose DVT 3) Recognize evidence-based treatments to prevent or treat DVT, including the costs and risks 4) Distinguish who should receive an inferior vena cava filter

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