Health Inequities & Disparities to Address in Musculoskeletal Pain Research

Outcomes

As a result of participating in this activity, learners will be better able to:

• Participate in clinical research.
• Consider biases in their medical and professional interactions with patients.
• Making sure all of their patients are listened to and treated equally.
• Monitor for biases in patient care, and minimize these in their clinical practice.

Outline

• Become familiar with health disparity frameworks for research analysis.
• Increase awareness of concepts of health disparities in chronic musculoskeletal pain from systemic review using the National Institute on Aging (NIA) framework.
• Promote new avenues of change for research development, community engagement, and clinical perspectives.

Accreditation & Designation

Release date: This activity was released 8/19/2022.

Termination date: The content of this activity remains eligible for CME Credit until 8/18/2025, unless reviewed or amended prior to this date.

Claiming Credit: Watch the entire presentation and complete the Improvement Plan/Evaluation.

Neurovations Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Neurovations Education designates this other activity (blended learning) for a maximum of 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure of Financial Relationships

Neither the presenter, reviewers nor any other person with control of, or responsibility for, the planning, delivery, or evaluation of accredited continuing education has, or has had within the past 24 months, any financial relationship(s) 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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