Pediatric Pain and Opioid Education for Inpatient Providers

Description

This course provides education about pediatric pain management aimed for healthcare professionals working in the inpatient setting. This course describes how to observe, assess, and treat pain for pediatric patients and children with medical complexity, including the comparison of different pain syndromes and their respective prescribing practices. This course will also highlight the management of various pain syndromes with nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic therapies. The course will take approximately 3 hours to complete. The Pain Series is funded through the generosity of the MAYDAY Fund, which has, over the years, supported investigators and projects that have dramatically improved the pain management of children throughout the world.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this educational program, learners will be able to:

• Describe pain mechanisms and pain syndromes and how they can inform appropriate treatment options
• Describe nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic therapies that can be incorporated in a comprehensive pain management plan
• Discuss characteristics of opioids and their role in pediatric pain management
• Describe best practices for prescribing, administration, and storage of opioids to ensure safe and effective pain management
• Identify evidence-based tools for the recognition, evaluation, and management of pediatric pain

Course Directors

David Casavant, MD

Senior Associate in Critical Care Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine

Boston Children’s Hospital

Assistant Professor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School

Kathleen Huth, MD, MMSc, FRCPC

Pediatrician & Director of Ambulatory Quality Improvement, Complex Care Service

Program Director, Complex Care Fellowship

Boston Children’s Hospital

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Traci Wolbrink, MD, MPH

Co-Director, OPENPediatrics; Senior Associate in Critical Care Medicine

Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine

Boston Children’s Hospital

Associate Professor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School

Authors

David Casavant, MD

Senior Associate in Critical Care Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine

Boston Children’s Hospital

Assistant Professor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School

Charles Berde, MD, PhD

Senior Associate in Perioperative Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine

Boston Children’s Hospital
Professor of Anesthesia (Pediatrics), Harvard Medical School

Sharon Levy, MD, MPH

Director, Adolescent Substance Abuse Program (ASAP)

Boston Children’s Hospital

Associated Professor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Jean Solodiuk, RN, PhD

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner/Nurse Manager/Nurse Scientist

Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine

Boston Children’s Hospital

Instructor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School

Clifford Woolf, MB, BCh, PhD

Director, F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center Center

Boston Children’s Hospital

Professor of Neurology and Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School

Disclosures

Boston Children’s Hospital adheres to all ACCME Essential Areas, Standards, and Policies. It is Boston Children’s policy that those who have influenced the content of a CME activity (e.g. planners, faculty, authors, reviewers and others) disclose all relevant financial relationships with commercial entities so that Boston Children’s may identify and resolve any conflicts of interest prior to the activity. These disclosures will be provided in the activity materials along with disclosure of any commercial support received for the activity. Additionally, faculty members have been instructed to disclose any limitations of data and unlabeled or investigational uses of products during their presentations.

The following planners, speakers, and content reviewers, on behalf of themselves, have reported the following relevant financial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on patients: 

Commercial and Financial Support

This program was made possible in part through the support of the Mayday Fund.

In support of improving patient care, Boston Children’s Hospital is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Physician

Boston Children’s Hospital designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in this activity. AAPA accepts AMA category 1 credit for the PRA from organizations accredited by ACCME.

RISK MANAGEMENT

This activity meets the requirements for 3.00 Risk Management Credits as proscribed by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine and defined in 243 CMR 2.06(5)(d) I. Please check your individual state licensing board requirements before claiming these credits.

Nurse

Boston Children’s Hospital designates this activity for 3.00 contact hours for nurses. Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Physician Assistant

Boston Children’s Hospital has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credits for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 3.00 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

Pharmacy

This activity carries a maximum of 3.00 contact hours. Pharmacists should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Please see the FAQs below for common questions about how to work through a course. If you have a question or issue that is not addressed in the FAQ, please use this form to submit a help request, or, if your issue is urgent, call the CME office at: 617-919-9908.

How do navigate this course?

How do I navigate this course?

This course has two modules: the Lesson module contains the course content. The Evaluation module contains the course evaluation, which must be completed in order to receive credit. You can navigate the lesson content in any order you like, but you must complete all of the lessons in before you can access the evaluation. Use the breadcrumbs at the top of any course page to orient yourself within a course, or return to a previous course section or the main course page.

Select the links in the table of contents to access the course modules. The table of contents can be accessed in two ways:

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How do I claim credit for this course?

How do I claim credit?

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