Stanford Center for Continuing Medical Education, Pain Management: Cancer Pain, 10/5/2020 12:00:00 AM - 10/5/2023 12:00:00 AM, An overview of interdisciplinary pain management education designed to give physicians the competence in recognizing and understanding the unique needs of pain patients as well as further their ability to refer and treat patient in an interdisciplinary, multimodal manner.
This CME activity is designed to increase physician knowledge and competence in recognizing and understanding the unique needs of pain patients as well as further their ability to refer and treat patients in an interdisciplinary, multimodal manner. This session will review the incidence and prevelance of cancer pain, some unique challenges we face in treating cancer pain, and both common and less-frequently-used medications and interventions used to treat this subset of the pain population.
This CME activity is designed to increase physician knowledge and competence in recognizing and understanding the unique needs of pain patients as well as further their ability to refer and treat patients in an interdisciplinary, multimodal manner. This session will review the incidence and prevelance of cancer pain, some unique challenges we face in treating cancer pain, and both common and less-frequently-used medications and interventions used to treat this subset of the pain population.