Professional Education Course

LOCATION AND DATE
Hospital for Special Surgery, Richard L. Menschel Education Center, 2nd Floor, 535 East 70th Street (between York and FDR Drive), New York City | September 14, 2012.

STATEMENT OF NEED
Providing and receiving appropriate and effective pain management continues to be a challenge for both the patient and the provider. Despite great strides in discerning fundamental physiologic constructs of pain, health care disparities, lack of understanding of treatment options, and social stigmas continue to be obstacles to care. The bridge to developing workable care models for the patient in pain begins with acknowledging these issues. This course will bring together a multidisciplinary team who will outline and discuss a variety of topics which directly impact the delivery of care for the patient in pain.

OBJECTIVES
Hospital for Special Surgery professional education activities are intended to improve the quality of patient care. At the conclusion of this course, the participant should be able to:

• Identify the challenges inherent in treating patients in the setting of a poly-pharmacy history.
• Discuss the interventions for treating chronic pain patients with a substance use history.
• Describe the implications of disparate care for the patient in pain.

ACCREDITATION
Hospital for Special Surgery is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by New Jersey State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission.

This activity has been assigned Approval Code: NYP269-4/12/13-HSS 914 and awards 5.5 contact hours.

DISCLOSURE
In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education's Standards for Commercial Support, all CME providers are required to disclose to the activity audience the relevant financial relationships of the planners, teachers, and authors involved in the development of CME content. An individual has a relevant financial relationship if he or she has a financial relationship in any amount occurring in the last 12 months with a commercial interest whose products or services are discussed in the CME activity content over which the individual has control.

It is the policy of Hospital for Special Surgery to disclose all financial relationships that planners, teachers and authors have with commercial interests.

REGISTRATION DETAILS
$30 for HSS staff, $80 for non-HSS staff.

Two easy ways to register
1. Register and pay online by visiting our CME Calendar.
2. Register by mail using the printable registration form.