Expert Guidance for Effective Management and Appropriate Monitoring of Patients With Pain

Q&A: What All Practitioners Should Know About Mechanisms and Assessment of Pain

Episode Summary

In this podcast episode, Amanda Zimmerman, PA-C, answers the most pressing questions from a live webinar reviewing what all practitioners should know about mechanisms and assessment of pain. This includes the need for comprehensive pain education, how to assess patients in pain, and identifying risk factors for opioid use disorder.

Episode Notes

Listen as Amanda Zimmerman, PA-C, answers the most pressing questions from the first live webinar of the 2022-2023 Opioid REMS Education Initiative, “What All Practitioners Should Know About Mechanisms and Assessment of Pain.”


Presenter:

Amanda Zimmerman, PA-C
Physician Assistant
West Forsyth Pain Management
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

This activity is supported by an independent educational grant from the Opioid Analgesic REMS Program Companies. Please see
https://bit.ly/3mgrfb9 for a listing of REMS Program Companies. This activity is intended to be fully compliant with the Opioid Analgesic REMS education requirements issued by the FDA.

Provided by Clinical Care Options, LLC and in partnership with the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Alliance to Advance Comprehensive Integrative Pain Management, Practicing Clinicians Exchange, and ProCE.

Link to full program:
https://bit.ly/3mcDHsi