Resources

For the Primary Care Practitioner

APS is a scientific organization of researchers and experts with the expertise of pain management. APS has developed materials/content for the primary care practitioner to help in treating patients in pain.

• Fundamentals of Pain Management: A Primer for Residents and Fellows course
• Collaborative for REMS Education (CO*RE)
• PAINWeek
• Pain Control in the Primary Care Setting: Publication designed to help improve the quality of pain management in primary care and is based on current evidence and expert consensus about the principles of pain assessment, diagnosis and management.
• Clinical Practice Guidelines
• Medscape Education Pain Learning Center
• Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care at Beth Israel Medical Center, New York Online CME
• Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine Pain Education web site and Pain Curriculum
• Enduring Materials