Information

Release date:September 22, 2011
Termination date: September 22, 2013
Available credit: 1.50
The estimated time to complete this activity is 1.50 hours.

Statement of Need and Purpose

Management of pain is often challenging in Long Term Care settings, particularly because many residents have some type of cognitive impairment that keeps them from readily self-reporting pain. In addition, myths such as the belief that pain should be expected in older adults and fears about potential addiction prevents many older adults and their family members from asking for pain medication. Similar concerns and beliefs by nurses and physicians may also contribute to poor pain management and resident suffering.

Long Term Care settings need to establish a comprehensive program that creates a systematic approach to pain management. A good pain management program needs to be resident focused and include pain assessment, interventions/treatments, monitoring, quality improvement and education for patients, families and staff. By establishing a systematic and comprehensive program, Long Term Care settings can ensure that residents have their pain goals met and do not suffer needlessly.

Target Audience

This activity is designed to meet the educational needs of physicians; Pharmacists; Nurses; and other healthcare professionals.

Commercial Support

This activity has received no commercial support.

Technical Requirements

This activity is offered online and requires a connection to the Internet. The activity works on a PC or Macintosh computer with the browsers Internet Explorer 7.0 and up, Firefox 2.0, AOL 9.x and up, and Safari 2.x and up. JavaScript should be enabled in all browsers, and Popups and first party cookies need to be accepted from http://www.scancme.com.

After viewing this video, participants should be better able to:

• Integrate regulatory requirements for pain management in Long Term Care settings (F-tag 309, MDS 3.0, DEA) into practice
• Identify 3 types of best-practice resources to improve pain care for Long Term Care residents
• Recognize specific strategies to improve pain management – a quality improvement approach
• Incorporate patient safety and evidence-based care into a “Best Practice” pain management process for Long Term Care residents

Accreditation Statement:

• SCAN Health Plan® is accredited by the Institute for Medical Quality/California Medical Association (IMQ/CMA) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. SCAN Health Plan takes responsibility for the content, quality and scientific integrity of this CME activity.
• SCAN Health Plan designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.50 SCAN Health Plan AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
• SCAN Health Plan is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing (Provider #CEP-13453). This activity has been approved for up to 1.50 contact hour(s).
• SCAN Health Plan (Provider #199) is accredited by the California Accreditation of Pharmacy Education (CAPE) as a recognized provider of continuing pharmacy education. Pharmacists completing this course prior to 9/22/2013 may receive up to 1.50 hour(s) of credit.

California Licensing Requirements:

AB 1820: This bill requires sufficient course work in the field of geriatrics for medical students and physicians to ensure that every general internist and family physician has the requisite knowledge and skills to competently treat California’s older population by the year 2010.

General internists and family physicians who have 25% or more of their patients 65 years of age or older are required to complete at least 20% (five hours per year) of their mandatory Category I CME in the field of geriatrics. All other physicians are encouraged to take courses in geriatrics including geriatric pharmacology.

Statement of Conflict Resolution and Disclosure

As a provider accredited by the Institute for Medical Quality/California Medical Association, and in accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) Standards for Commercial Support: Standards to Ensure Independence in CME Activities, it is the policy of SCAN Health Plan to ensure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in all of its continuing medical education (CME) activities. SCAN Health Plan requires everyone who is in a position to control the content of a CME activity to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest. This information is utilized to 1) determine if a conflict exists, 2) resolve the conflict by initiating a content validation process, and 3) advise learners of this information. Any individual who refuses to (or chooses not to) disclose relevant financial relationships will be disqualified from participating as an instructor, planner or manager and cannot have control of or responsibility for the development, management, presentation or evaluation of a CME activity certified by SCAN Health Plan. Disclosures received by SCAN Health Plan from individuals in a position to control CME content are made transparent to learners prior to participating in the activity. SCAN Health Plan discloses the following information to learners: 1) the name of the individual, 2) the name of the commercial interest(s), and 3) the nature of the relationship the individual has with the commercial interest. SCAN Health Plan also discloses to learners the name(s) of commercial interests supporting each CME activity.

Faculty and Planner Disclosures to Participants

Planners

The following planners had no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.

• Russell Brower, MD, Medical Director, SCAN Health Plan
• Jodi Cohn, PhD, Director, Research, SCAN Health Plan
• Renee Toti McNally, CME Coordinator, SCAN Health Plan

The following planners have disclosed a relevant financial relationship

• Dan Osterweil, MD is on the speakers’ bureau for Novartis and has received grant/research support from Merck and UCLA. He is a consultant for Novartis and SCAN Health Plan.

Faculty

The following faculty have disclosed a relevant financial relationship

• Debra Bakerjian, PhD, RN, FNP is a consultant for Purdue Pharma and is on the speakers bureau for Purdue Pharma. view bio