DHS pain management

Events and CEU opportunities

ONGOING CEU OPPORTUNITIES

• Mandatory training for professionals
• Ongoing training opportunities

Events

Understanding Fibromyalgia

This program will feature free educational presentations for people who live with chronic pain, including fibromyalgia.

The educational event will feature Penney Cowan, ACPA Founder and Executive Director, who will share information about fibromyalgia/chronic widespread pain, and tips on how to cope with the condition and talk with your health care provider.

Bone Deep Alignment: Genuine Strength, Easy Flexibility and Pain-free Living through Naturally Aligned Bones

Faculty: Kathleen Porter, author of Ageless Spine, Lasting Health
 
Date: Every Saturday, October 24-November 28, 2009 from 1:00-3:00 p.m.
 

Continuing education: *This class has NOT been approved for CME or CEU credits.
 
Cost: $150
 
Register online at: www.ncnm.edu or call 503-552-1517 for more details.

Pain Strategies for Practitioners

Dates & Locations:
November 14, 2009 in Eugene

For more information contact the Pain Society of Oregon office by telephone at: 541-345-7300 or by e-mail at: conference@painsociety.com

Register online: www.painsociety.com/conference

Spirituality and Healing in Clinical Practice

When:
 
2009

Where: Northwest Institute for Healing Power, 1722 N.W. Raleigh St., Suite# 302, Portland, Oregon

What: This didactic, interactive, and experiential workshop is based on Dr. Shapiro's book, Healing Power: Ten Steps to Pain Management and Spiritual Evolution. In this class, you will learn how to:

1. Use healing methods found in the world's great religions
2. Transform suffering into spiritual power
3. Control pain through mental yoga
4. Practice affirmations, breathwork, meditation, and mindfulness
5. Incorporate spiritual healing methods in your clinical practice

Continuing Education Credits: 9.0 CE credits available for psychologists, social workers, nurses, chiropractors, and naturopaths

For information and registration go to www.philipshapiro.com

Registration fee: $225.00

Direct inquiries to Dr. Phil Shapiro at pjlpw@comcast.net or 503-936-2546

Ongoing CEU Opportunities

Oregon Pain Management: 6 Units
Provided by: ATrain Education, Inc
 
Where: http://www.atrainceu.com/state_ceus.php
 
What: A 6-unit accredited online course that meets the pain management requirement for Oregon healthcare professionals. Read the course, pass the test, register and pay, then print your certificate.
 
Information: ATrain Education, Inc is an approved provider through the American Nurses Credentialing Center, the CA Board of Registered Nursing, and the Florida Board of Nursing. For more information visit our website at www.ATrainCeu.com, call 707 459-1315, or e-mail: Sharon@ATrainCeu.com.

Pain Management for Nurses - an online CE option

provided by- OHSU School of Nursing

What: There are five modules that can be taken as a core offering or as individual modules. Participants can select modules specific to their area of practice.

Where: For more information and to register online visit, www.ohsu.edu/son/ce and click on "Pain Management for Nurses"

Information: The OSBN has developed pain management curriculum guidelines & this course has been developed in conjuction with those guidelines. This course meets the 6 CEU credits required for RNs and LPNs in Oregon.

Pain Management Dilemmas in Primary Care

Where: Online course at www.JFPonline.com

Who: presented by the Journal of Family Practice

Information: Online course offers six approved CMEs

PCC Pain Management Seminar

Portland Community College offers a pain management seminar four times a year. The program is titled "Pain Management for Health Professionals" and will fulfill the six hour portion of the continuing education requirement in approved CEU's. You may call (503)977-4933 for more information or visit the PCC website at www.pcc.edu/registration/

Other ongoing opportunities

• American Medical Association -- Pain Management: The Online Series
  
   
• Concepts in Chronic Pain Management Online training -- Available on demand at www.ChiroCredit.com
  Internet Based Continuing Education Coursework that meets the Pain Management requirements of the OBCE. Stevan Cordas, DO, MPH. For more information please visit www.ChiroCredit.com or call 860-463-9003.
  
  
• Hospice & Palliative Nurses Association -- www.hpna.org/websites.asp
  
  
• National Institutes of Health -- http://consensus.nih.gov/CMELIST.htm
  
  
• Oncology Nursing Society -- www.ons.org/ceCentral/
  
  
• Portland Community College -- www.pcc.edu/schedule/ (Go to non-credit classes> Health care Professionals> Pain Management)
  
  
• Pain.com -- www.pain.com/sections/professional/index.cfm
  
  
• My Free CE -- www.myfreece.com/welcome.asp
  
  
• Medscape (from WebMD) -- www.medscape.com/cmecenterdirectory/
  
  
• Wild Iris Medical Education -- www.wildirismedicaleducation.com/index.htm (Go to State Mandated courses)

Mandatory training for medical professionals.

The Oregon Pain Commission's one-hour, online, Oregon-specific pain management education course. Read more

To register and take this online course, go to the Oregon Pain Management Program Web site

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