PAINWeek at Sea - Pain Management for Frontline Practitioners

PAINWeek at Sea - Pain Management for Frontline Practitioners is organized by Continuing Education, Inc and would be held during jan 30 - Feb 6, 2016 at 7-Night Southern caribbean Cruise Conference.

The targeted audience for this medical event/meeting basically for physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, pharmacists, psychologists, and social workers involved in the treatment of patients with pain.

Program Overview:
An extensive, practical curriculum designed to enhance practitioner capabilities in the assessment, diagnosis, and management of chronic pain conditions. Course topics include chronic pain assessment, the transition from acute to chronic pain, chronic pain syndromes, diagnosis and management of centralized pain, rational polypharmacy, PK and PD drug interactions, opioids A-Z, the role of adjuvants and co-analgesics in pain therapy, pain and personality disorders, fundamentals of pain and addiction, appropriate use of medical marijuana, and geriatric pain management.This CME conference has been approved with 12 Contact Hours.
The keynote speaker is Kevin L. Zacharoff, MD

Conference objectives:
1. Chronic Pain Assessment
2. Chronic Pain Syndromes
3. When Acute Pain Becomes Chronic
4. Rational Polypharmacy
5. Opioids A-Z
6. Patient Centered Urine Drug Testing
7. A Bang or a Whimper? How Introverts and Extroverts Manage Pain
8. Small Fiber Neuropathies
9. Fundamentals of Pain and Addiction
10. Antidepressants, Adjuvant Therapy, and Muscle Relaxants
11. Fire the Molecule, Not the Patient! Addressing Irresponsible Prescribing to Universal Precautions
12. Medical Marijuana in the Treatment of Central Nervous System Disorders