Mark Your Calendars and Plan to Attend the Texas Pain Society Lectures During TexMed 2019
Date: Friday, May 17, 2019
Location: Hilton Anatole Hotel, Dallas, Texas - West Wing, Coronado A
Time: 7:3oam - 11:30am
Pain Medicine Program Agenda
7:30 AM: Welcome and Introductions
7:30 AM: (ETHICS) Primary Care Pain Medicine: State-of-the-Art 2019
Presented by Brian Bruel, MD, Director, Pain Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
8:00 AM: (ETHICS) Texas Medical Board Updates & Top 50 Pitfalls
Presented by Sherif Zafraan, MD, President, Texas Medical Board, Houston
9:00 AM: (ETHICS) Agency Task Force Report on Updates, Gaps, Inconsistencies, and Recommendations
Presented by Vanila Singh, MD, U.Sical Officer for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC
10:00 AM: Break
10:30 AM: Cannabis, Colorado, and the Opioid Experience
Presented by Kenneth Finn, MD, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Springs Rehabilitation, Colorado Springs, Colo.
12:00 PM: Adjourn
- 4.00 AMA PRA (Cat 1) credits
- 2.50 Ethics credits
- 4.00 AAFP (P) credits
Upon completion of this program, participants should be able to: (1) describe ways to appropriately prescribe opioids for chronic non-cancer pain patients; (2) discuss evidence from the literature and federal guidelines on how to appropriately prescribe opioids; and (3) identify and screen for opioid substance use disorder.
Target Audience: Physicians, residents, and other health care professionals practicing in the area of pain management
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