The Toolkit and Implementation Program to Successfully Optimize Use of the new "Pain Management in PALTC" CPG

1.00 CME / 1.00 CMD Clinical / 1.00 MOC

This session will provide an implementation approach for the revised Pain Management clinical practice guideline (CPG) including: Component I: Establishing a stakeholder team (QA/QI group); Component II: Education of staff using our established PowerPoint or video; Component III: Mentoring and motivating staff to address pain optimally using steps 1 through 8 of the CPG and our established forms for assessment, diagnosis, management, and evaluation; Component IV: Evaluating outcomes of the CPG implementation, which incorporates the guidance of steps 9 through 11 of the CPG. The process and relevant tools will be reviewed and a case-based approach utilized. Participants will complete the session with an understanding of an optimal implementation approach for the Pain Management CPG.

 Presenters

Barbara Resnick, PhD, CRNP, is a Professor in the Department of Organizational Systems and Adult Health at the University of Maryland School of Nursing, co-directs the Biology and Behavior Across the Lifespan Research Center of Excellence, holds the Sonya Ziporkin Gershowitz Chair in Gerontology, and does clinical work at Roland Park Place.

Elizabeth Galik, PhD, CRNP, is a professor and Chair of the Department of Organizational Systems and Adult Health at the University of Maryland, School of Nursing. In addition to research experience, she has over 30 years of experience as a nurse and a nurse practitioner working with older adults with dementia and neuropsychiatric symptoms across all settings. She has published extensively on these topics and currently serves as the editor for Caring for the Ages. Dr. Galik also continues to practice as a nurse practitioner in long term care and outpatient settings, and has served as an expert advisor in numerous policy initiatives such as for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid’s national initiative to improve behavioral health among nursing home residents and hospitalized older adults with dementia.

Learning Objectives

• Describe implementation of the first component of the Pain Management CPG and identify potential members of the stakeholder team.
• Describe implementation of the second component of the Pain Management CPG and identify a strategy for educating PALTC staff about pain management.
• Describe implementation of the third component of the Pain Management CPG and discuss available tools for assessment, diagnosis, management, and evaluation of pain.
• Describe implementation of the fourth component of the Pain Management CPG and describe the process for evaluating outcomes of CPG implementation.

Credit Information

Activity Created 3/2022

Credits Available Until 3/2025

Credit Statements:

CME: AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

CMD: This self-study activity has been pre-approved by the American Board of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (ABPLM) for a total of 1.0 clinical hours toward certification or recertification as a Certified Medical Director (CMD) in post-acute and long-term care medicine. The CMD program is administered by the ABPLM. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit actually spent on the activity.

ABIM Maintenance of Certification (MOC): Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.0 Medical Knowledge MOC points and patient safety credit in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program.

Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

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Disclosure Information:

The Society requires the disclosure of all speaker/faculty/planner’s relevant financial relationships; presence of off-label use of a device or medication; and discussion of any experimental, new or evolving topic prior to each accredited education activity.

If the learner perceives any bias toward a commercial product or service, advocation of unscientific approaches to diagnosis or therapy, or recommendation, treatment, or manners of practicing healthcare that are determined to have risks or dangers that outweigh the benefits or are known to be ineffective in the treatment of patients please report this to the Society’s staff.

All relevant financial relationships have been identified, mitigated, and resolved.

• The following AMDA Education Committee members have financial relationships to report: Diane Sanders-Cepeda, DO, CMD — UHC E&I Retiree Solutions: Full-Time Employee; all others have no relationships with ineligible companies.
• The following speakers have financial relationships to report: Elizabeth Galik, PhD — Otsuka: Consultant/Advisory Board; all others have no relationships with ineligible companies
• AMDA staff have no relationships with ineligible companies.