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CME Webcast Teaches How Approach Chronic Back Pain

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CME Webcast Teaches How to Approach Chronic Back Pain.  This program will cover a biopsychosocial approach to chronic back pain. The first presenter will discuss multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary treatment approaches to chronic low back pain. She will then discuss some of the common medications used for treatment. The next presenter will discuss the role of psychology/psychotherapy in treatment for chronic low back pain, with a particular emphasis on how psychology providers work with others in an interdisciplinary treatment team. Finally, the last presenter will discuss various strategies for treating patients with chronic low back pain to improve their overall function, coping, mobility, and quality of life.

For this program, we’ve brought together three smart and talented Ohio State University’s experts from the Pain Rehabilitation and Education: Values and Actions that Improve Life or PREVAIL clinic. These brilliant women work together as an interdisciplinary team to treat chronic back pain through a biopsychosocial approach. First, we have the pleasure of introducing Christina McGhee who is a Doctor of Nursing. Next, we have Lora Black who is a PhD in Psychology, and finally joining us is have Lauren Tiemeier who is a Doctor of Physical Therapy.

What you’ll learn on this webcast

As a result of this educational activity, webcast participants will be able to:

  • Define biopsychosocial/interdisciplinary treatment approach
  • Describe roles of the medical, psychology, and physical therapy providers
  • Explain the role of the psychology provider and psychotherapy in the treatment of chronic low back pain.
  • Discuss some of the psychotherapy techniques used in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for chronic pain.
  • Articulate strategies to promote an increase in function, coping, mobility, and quality of life with patients who have chronic low back pain.
  • Describe the role of physical therapy for patients with chronic low back pain.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • A Multidisciplinary Approach
  • Communication

You can find this and many other MedNet21 programs on the OSU – CCME website.

Call our MedNet21 Webcast Producer at 614.293.3473 for more details about subscribing to MedNet21 as a hospital or as an individual.  You can also e-mail him at derrick.freeman@osumc.edu.

Learn about Insomnia on On-line CME Webcast

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OSUWexnerbloglogo2014 Learn about Insomnia on On-line CME Webcast. For many people, insomnia is a nightly occurrence, leading to nocturnal frustration and daytime fatigue. On this CME webcast, we’re going to explore insomnia, what causes it and what you can advise your patients to do about it. Our guests today are specialists in sleep medicine. Dr. Meena Khan is an Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and of Neurology, and Dr. Jesse Mindel, who is an Assistant Professor of Neurology.

View a video introduction of this webcast

What you’ll learn in this webcast

As a result of this educational activity, webcast participants will be able to: REVIEW basic approaches to insomnia treatment; REVIEW available behavioral and pharmacologic therapies for insomnia; Describe the epidemiology and health implications of chronic insomnia; DESCRIBE the psychological characteristic of those with chronic insomnia; and DESCRIBE the behavioral and environmental factors that perpetuate chronic insomnia.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Common causes of insomnia
  • Normal sleep patterns
  • Melatonin
  • Sleep binging
  • Circadian rhythm disturbances
  • Eye patches and background noise recordings
  • Antihistamines
  • Approach to the patient who wakes up and cannot fall back to sleep
  • Approach to temporary situational insomnia

You can find this and many other MedNet21 programs on the OSU – CCME website.
Call our MedNet21 Program Manager at 614.293.3473 for more details about subscribing to MedNet21 as a hospital or as an individual. You can also e-mail him at derrick.freeman@osumc.edu.