Conducting an ePain Assessment: Asking the Right Questions, Using the Best Tools

Conducting an ePain Assessment: Asking the Right Questions, Using the Best Tools is organized by CME Outfitters, LLC. 

Premiere Date: Monday, July 27, 2020
Credit Expiration Date: Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Target Audience
Physicians, dentists, PAs, NPs, and pharmacists

Credit Information:
CME Credit (Physicians):
CME Outfitters, LLC, designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

CPE Credit (Pharmacists):
ACPECME Outfitters, LLC, is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. .5 contact hours (0.05 CEUs) Universal Activity Number:

ABIM/MOC Credit:
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 0.5 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. 

Dental Credit:
This course meets the Dental Board of California’s requirements for 0.5 units of continuing education.

This activity offers CE credit for:
• Physicians (CME)
• Pharmacists (ACPE)
• ABIM (MOC)
• Other

Statement of Need:
Pain is much more than nociception. It is influenced by a number of psychological and social factors; therefore, it is imperative that physical, functional, and psychosocial assessment tools are used when evaluating pain, whether in person or conducted remotely via Telehealth. These tools include the GAD-7, PHQ-9, pain catastrophizing and opioid risk tools, unimodal pain scales, as well as common pain intensity scales such as the Numeric Rating Scale (NRS), Verbal Descriptor Scale (VDS), and Faces Pain Scale-Revised (FPS-R). It is vital that clinicians are equipped with strategies and best approaches to administering these tools throughout the current COVID-19 pandemic.

Case-based learning is helpful in illustrating not just strategies for managing challenging patients, but also in sharing experiences and insights on maintaining quality care when facing changes in clinical workflow. To help clinicians adapt to virtual appointments, this CME Outfitters BriefCase features expert faculty presenting a case vignette that demonstrates tips for performing psychosocial and physical assessments via a telehealth appointment in order to educate clinicians on appropriate management of pain and the viability of Telehealth for pain evaluation and ongoing management.

Learning Objectives:
At the end of this CE activity, participants should be able to:
• Apply knowledge of acute and chronic pain pathways and underlying mechanisms to clinical assessment and appropriate management of pain.

The following learning objectives pertain only to those requesting CNE or CPE credit:
• Describe acute and chronic pain pathways and underlying mechanisms to clinical assessment and appropriate management of pain.