Continuing Education
The Value of Attending
The American Pain Society’s 34th Annual Scientific Meeting offers innovative, collaborative, and interdisciplinary pain science educational sessions. These sessions focus on the areas of diagnosis, treatment, management, and research in acute pain, chronic cancer and noncancer pain, and recurrent pain. Educational sessions are developed to address the needs of both novice and advanced pain management researchers and clinicians in the areas of basic, clinical research, and treatment advances. The Annual Scientific Meeting is an interdisciplinary learning forum for scientists, pain clinicians, and other pain professionals.
The APS 34th Annual Scientific Meeting offers continuing education credit/contact hours for nurses, pharmacists, physicians, and psychologists.
You will
- discuss real-world topics with pioneers and esteemed pain science professionals
- discover how current research is translated into clinical practice
- interact and reconnect with pain science professionals
- apply current research to clinical practice.
There are no prerequisites for participation in this activity.
Who Should Attend
The APS 34th Annual Scientific Meeting is intended for basic scientists, physicians, nurses, pharmacists, psychologists and all other healthcare professionals who have an interest in pain research and treatment. Attendees will benefit from a wide range of topics and faculty presenting basic, translational, and clinical research and treatment advancements.
Continuing Education
The APS 34th Annual Scientific Meeting will offer continuing education (CE) credit/contact hours for nurses, pharmacists, physicians, and psychologists. Credit/contact hours will be awarded for those sessions attended and evaluated. Successful completion requires that participants register for the meeting, attend and participate, and complete an online evaluation. Participants will receive their CE certificates immediately after they submit their evaluations online.
Physicians
The American Pain Society is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The American Pain Society designates this live activity for a maximum of 15.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Psychologists
The American Pain Society is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education (CE) for psychologists. The American Pain Society maintains responsibility for the program and its content.
This activity has been designated for a maximum of 15.5 hours of CE credit for psychologists for sessions attended and evaluated.
Nurses
The American Pain Society is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
This activity has been designated for up to 15.5 contact hours.
Pharmacists
The American Pain Society is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. Up to 15.5 credit hours (1.55 CEUs) will be awarded and a statement of credit provided upon submission of a completed evaluation.
Disclosure
It is the policy of APS that the planners and presenters disclose the existence of any relevant financial interest or other relationships they and/or their spouse/partner may have with the manufacturers of any commercial products or services relating to the topics presented in the educational activity. APS also requires disclosure of the intent to discuss unlabeled uses of a commercial product or investigational use of a product not yet approved for this purpose. It is the responsibility of the Scientific Program Committee to review potential conflicts of interest as submitted in the disclosure form and resolve such conflicts. Resolving the conflict ensures that the content of the activity is aligned with the interests of the public. Detailed disclosure information will be published in course materials. Learners will also be informed when no relevant financial relationships exist.
Disclaimer
The material presented in this activity represents the opinion of the speakers and not necessarily the views of APS.
