DHS pain management

Events and CEU opportunities

ONGOING CEU OPPORTUNITIES

• Mandatory training for professionals
  
  
• Ongoing training opportunities

Events

Two ways to earn your mandatory pain CME/CEU’s

Pain Management for Healthcare Professionals NEW!

Date: December 6, 2008
Location: Kingstad Event Center, Beaverton, Oregon
Cost: $150
Target audience: Physicians, Nurses, Psychologists, Pharmacists, and allied health care professionals.
Register online: www.painconference.org/
Sponsor: Western Pain Society
More info: Western Pain Society office at (541) 515-6896 or by e-mail to: jennifer@westernpainsociety.org

ASPMN Pain Management Certification Course NEW!

Date: December 6, 2008
Location: Kingstad Event Center, Beaverton, Oregon
Cost: $195
Target audience: This program is designed for registered nurses working in a variety of practice settings who want to prepare for pain management certification.
Register online: www.painconference.org/
Sponsor: Western Pain Society
More info: Western Pain Society office at (541) 515-6896 or by e-mail to: jennifer@westernpainsociety.org

Current Concepts in the Treatment of Chronic Pain NEW!

Sponsored by: Riverside Physical Therapy

Date: November 16, 2008
Location: Providence Medford Medical Center
Mary Norbert Hall
1111 Crater Lake Ave
Medford, OR

Cost: $145
To Register: http://www.dptseminars.com/
 
Or Call: 541-476-2502

Pain Management 101 for Healthcare Professionals
Sponsored by: Pain Society of Oregon
Cost: $150
4 separate dates & locations!

Beaverton: September 27, 2008
Eugene: October 4, 2008
Salem: October 18, 2008
Medford: November 15, 2008

For more information or to register online: http://www.painsociety.com/conference.php or contact Kawa Kuller at 541-345-7300

Spirituality and Healing in Clinical Practice

When:

Where: Northwest Institute for Healing Power, 1722 N.W. Raleigh St., Suite# 302, Portland, Oregon

What: This didactic, interactive, and experiential workshop is based on Dr. Shapiro’s book, Healing Power: Ten Steps to Pain Management and Spiritual Evolution. In this class, you will learn how to:

1. Use healing methods found in the world’s great religions
2. Transform suffering into spiritual power
3. Control pain through mental yoga
4. Practice affirmations, breathwork, meditation, and mindfulness
5. Incorporate spiritual healing methods in your clinical practice

Continuing Education Credits: 9.0 CE credits available for psychologists, social workers, nurses, chiropractors, and naturopaths

For information and registration go to www.philipshapiro.com

Registration fee: $225.00

Direct inquiries to Dr. Phil Shapiro at pjlpw@comcast.net or 503-936-2546

Ongoing CEU Opportunities

The Care of Women with Pain: Issues and Options
Date: Friday, October 24, 2008
Location: Oregon State University
CH2M Hill Alumni Center
Corvallis, OR

Cost: $175 for physicians, $95 for allied health providers. Fees include breakfast and lunch.
Contact: Sandra Collins, CME Coordinator, Good Samaritian Regional Medical Center
Phone: (541) 768-5036
Fax: (541) 768-4776
e-mail: asbury@samhealth.org

Pain Management for Nurses- an online CE option

provided by- OHSU School of Nursing

What: There are five modules that can be taken as a core offering or as individual modules. Participants can select modules specific to their area of practice.

Where: For more information and to register online visit, www.ohsu.edu/son/ce and click on "Pain Management for Nurses"

Information: The OSBN has developed pain management curriculum guidelines & this course has been developed in conjuction with those guidelines. This course meets the 6 CEU credits required for RNs and LPNs in Oregon.

Pain Management Dilemmas in Primary Care

Where: Online course at www.JFPonline.com

Who: presented by the Journal of Family Practice

Information: Online course offers six approved CMEs

Pharmacists Reponsibilities in Managing Opiods

through American Pharmacists Association

When: Ongoing through 12/15/08

Where: Online at www.pharmacist.com/pain_management/pmp.cfm

What: Two courses available - Understanding Pain and Understanding the Law

Information: Accredited online course for pharmacists. Approved for ACPE continuing education

PCC Pain Management Seminar

Portland Community College offers a pain management seminar four times a year. The program is titled "Pain Management for Health Professionals" and will fulfill the six hour portion of the continuing education requirement in approved CEU's. You may call (503)977-4933 for more information or visit the PCC website at www.pcc.edu/registration/

Other ongoing opportunities

• American Medical Association -- Pain Management: The Online Series
  
   
• Concepts in Chronic Pain Management Online training -- Available on demand at www.ChiroCredit.com
  Internet Based Continuing Education Coursework that meets the Pain Management requirements of the OBCE. Stevan Cordas, DO, MPH. For more information please visit www.ChiroCredit.com or call 860-463-9003.
  
  
• Hospice & Palliative Nurses Association -- www.hpna.org/websites.asp
  
  
• National Institutes of Health -- http://consensus.nih.gov/CMELIST.htm
  
  
• Oncology Nursing Society -- www.ons.org/ceCentral/
  
  
• Portland Community College --  www.pcc.edu/schedule/ (Go to non-credit classes> Health care Professionals> Pain Management)
  
  
• Pain.com -- www.pain.com/sections/professional/index.cfm
  
  
• My Free CE -- www.myfreece.com/welcome.asp
  
  
• Medscape (from WebMD) -- www.medscape.com/cmecenterdirectory/
  
  
• Wild Iris Medical Education -- www.wildirismedicaleducation.com/index.htm (Go to State Mandated courses)

Mandatory training for medical professionals.

The Oregon Pain Commission's one-hour, online, Oregon-specific pain management education course. Read more

To register and take this online course, go to the Oregon Pain Management Program Web site

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