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2008-2009 Meetings |
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Dates
November 18, 2008
January 13, 2009
March 10, 2009
Time
5:00pm - 6:30pm
Location
American Pain Foundation
201 N. Charles Street,
Suite 710
Baltimore, MD 21212-4111
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Conferences/Groups
September 2008
- June 2009
Blaustein Pain Grand Rounds
/ Baltimore, MD
As in prior years the rounds will offer lunch
and will take place on Fridays from 12:00 to 1:00pm in the Meyer 1-191
auditorium (unless otherwise notified) at Johns Hopkins Hospital. The
conference site
will be updated with list of speakers and topics
soon. Please RSVP to
fcarter1@jhmi.edu.
November 21 -
Speaker: Beth Murinson, MD, PhD,
Assistant Professor, Department of
Neurology. Lecture: The Statin
Induced Neuropathy: A Translational
Science Approach.
November 24, 2008
Pain Connection Speaker Series /
Silver Spring, MD
1:00-2:30pm, Margaret Schweinhaut Senior Center,
1000 Forest Glen Road, Silver Spring, MD. 20901.
Speaker: Paula Mintzies, PhD, LCSW. Topic:
Learning to Nurture Yourself with the
Relaxation Response and Qi Gong. For anyone with chronic pain,
family members and/or professionals. Please call
301/309-2444 or visit
www.pain-connection.org
for more information.
December
4, 2008
Pain Connection Chronic Pain
Support Group / Bethesda, MD
1:30pm-3pm, Davis Library, 6400 Democracy Blvd.,
Bethesda, MD. For anyone with chronic pain, family
members and interested community residents. Feel
free to bring your ice/heat packs, pillows and
mats to make yourself comfortable. Please call
301/309-2444 or visit
www.pain-connection.org
for more information.
December 10, 2008
Pain Connection Chronic Pain
Support Group / Lanham, MD
1:30pm-3pm, Rexford Place, 9885 Greenbelt Road,
Lanham, MD. For anyone with chronic pain, family
members and interested community residents. Feel
free to bring your ice/heat packs, pillows and
mats to make yourself comfortable. Please call
301/309-2444 or visit
www.pain-connection.org
for more information.
December 16, 2008
Pain Connection Chronic Pain
Support Group / Baltimore, MD
3:00-4:30pm, Maryland Association of Nonprofit
Organizations, 190 W. Ostend Street, Suite 201,
Baltimore, MD. Special guest speaker: Amy
Brush, Herbalist and Yoga Instructor. Topic:
Developing Your Personalized Wellness Program.
Free parking at the stadium, in the parking lot or
on the street. For anyone with chronic pain,
family members and interested community residents.
Feel free to bring your ice/heat packs, pillows
and mats to make yourself comfortable. Please call
301/309-2444 or visit
www.pain-connection.org
for more information.
Ongoing
UCSF
Postgraduate Certificate in Pain Management -
Online Program
University of California at San Francisco sponsors
a program taken entirely online over three
consecutive academic quarters. Physicians, nurses,
psychologists, pharmacists, physical therapists,
physician assistants, researchers and other health
professionals can build a solid foundation in
multidisciplinary pain assessment and management.
The curriculum has been designed to improve
patient outcomes globally by providing clinically
relevant postgraduate education in the sciences,
concepts, and procedures for pain management
within the context of today's multidisciplinary
patient care team, and is based on the Core
Curriculum for Professional Education in Pain
created by the International Association for the
Study of Pain's Task Force on Professional
Education in Pain. For more information, please
visit the UCSF
course website.
Ongoing
Kaiser.EDU
(free) provides easy access to data, literature, news and
developments regarding major health policy topics and debates,
and is sponsored
by the Kaiser Family Foundation. Visit
http://www.kaiseredu.org/.
Ongoing
Pain Connection Chronic Pain Support
Group
provides
monthly support group meetings in Anne Arundel County, MD, Montgomery County, MD, Prince George's
County, MD, Howard County, MD, Silver Spring, MD and Washington, DC and Coffee
Club Gatherings in Bethesda and Greenbelt, MD. For more information, please
visit
http://www.pain-connection.org
or call 301-309-2444.
Ongoing
PainEDU.org
offers a free online interactive course on pain management for
nurses, psychologists, pharmacists and physicians. The course
and sample cases are updated throughout the year. Visit
http://www.painedu.org/course.asp?UserID=0.
Ongoing
National Association of Social Workers
sponsors free online CEU courses for social
workers on a variety of topics (Aging, Cancer, Cancer Caregiving, End of Life Care, HIV/AIDS
and more). For more information and
to register for the courses, please visit the NASW Online Course website
at
http://www.naswwebed.org/.
Ongoing
American Nurses Credentialing Center
Certification for Pain Management Nurses
ANCC provides this important nursing certification in collaboration with
the
American Society
for Pain Management Nursing (ASPMN), the nation's leading
organization for nurses committed to improving the way pain is managed. The
certification is available to licensed, registered nurses, whose clinical
practice includes work with diverse patient populations.
To download a pdf version of ANCC's Pain Management Certification for
Registered Nurses, please
click here.
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