Prioritizing the Patient

Learning Objectives

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

• Mitigate conflicting influences that could adversely effect patient care
• Avoid/manage clinician burnout
• Use a biopsychosocial-spiritual model to evaluate persons with pain
• Use and model language that destigmatizes pain, reflects a whole-person perspective, builds a therapeutic alliance, and promotes behavior change

Desirable Physician Attributes

• Work in interdisciplinary Teams [IOM] Cooperate, collaborate, communicate, and integrate care in teams to ensure that care is continuous and reliable
• Interpersonal and Communication Skills [ACGME/ABMS] Effective information exchange and teaming with patients, their families, and other health professionals
• Professionalism [ACGME/ABMS] As manifested through a commitment to carrying out professional responsibilities, adherence to ethical principles, and sensitivity to a diverse patient population
• Patient Care [ACGME/ABMS] Provide care that is compassionate, appropriate and effective for the treatment of health problems and the promotion of health

Pain management domains and core competencies

• 1. Multidimensional nature of pain: What is Pain?
  • Describes how cultural, institutional, societal, and regulatory influences affect assessment and management of pain
• 2. Pain assessment and measurement: How is pain recognized?
  • Assess patient preferences and values to determine pain-related goals and priorities
  • Uses a biopsychosocial-spiritual model to evaluate persons with pain
  • Uses and models language that destigmatizes pain, reflects a whole-person perspective, builds a therapeutic alliance, and promotes behavior change
  • Demonstrates empathic, compassionate, and professional communication during pain assessment
  • Describes patient, clinician, and system factors that can facilitate or interfere with effective pain assessment and management
  • Recognizes patient preferences and values to determine pain-related goals and priorities, including quality of life
  • Uses and models language that destigmatizes pain, reflects a whole-person perspective, builds a therapeutic alliance, and promotes behavior change

Accreditation & Designation

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

Neurovations Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 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 & Measures to Resolve of Conflicts of Interest

Presenter: Eric Grigsby discloses the following financial relationships within the past 24 months: Research: Centrexion, Eli Lilly, KTG- Kolon Tissue Gene, Xalud, Medtronic, Novartis, NatureCell, Sollis Tx

No 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, 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.

All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated. Materials were reviewed in advance of the activity by person(s) that do not have conflicts of interest related to the content. In some cases, content may have been modified as part of the review and mitigation process. All clinical recommendations are evidence-based and free of commercial bias (e.g., peer-reviewed literature, adhering to evidence-based practice guidelines).