Chronic pain is at epidemic levels and has become the highest-cost condition in health care. This course uses evidence-based science with creative and experiential learning to better understand chronic pain conditions and how they can be prevented through self-management in our cognitive, behavioral, physical, emotional, spiritual, social, and environmental realms.
The goal of this course is to blend creative, experiential, and evidence-based teaching strategies to help participants understand chronic pain conditions and how a human systems approach can be applied to self-management strategies to reduce risk factors, enhance protective factors, and prevent chronic pain. There are four major objectives to the course;
1. Describe the prevalence, personal impact, and health care dilemma associated with chronic pain.
2. Recognize the clinical characteristics and underlying etiology of several common pain conditions and the peripheral, central, and genetic mechanisms of chronic pain
3. Based on the literature associated with risk and protective factors in the seven realms of our lives, learn specific strategies in each realm that can be employed daily to prevent chronic pain and enhance wellness.
4. Appreciate the value of a human systems approach to health care and how it can provide a basis for integrative, interdisciplinary, and individualized care to preventing pain and enhancing wellness.
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Preventing Chronic Pain: A Human Systems Approach
Offered By
University of Minnesota
About this Course
4.7
108 ratings
Skills you will gain
Chronic Pain ManagementPlanPain ManagementOpiod Addiction And Abuse Treatment
Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Week
13 hours to complete
Introduction to the Course (Week 1)
In this first module, we will introduce you to the course and present an overview of the topics to be discussed and format of the course. We will also present information about receiving Continuing Education, joining the International Myopain Society, and supporting the Campaign for Preventing Chronic Pain
9 videos (Total 79 min), 6 readings, 1 quiz
9 videos
Course Overview (v2) 21m
Introduction to the Last Scroll (v2) 7m
International Myopain Society Introduction 3m
The Campaign for Preventing Pain and Addiction4m
1 The Prevalence of Chronic Pain 7m
2 The Health Care Dilemma that Chronic Pain Poses 12m
3 A New Paradigm 9m
Preface to The Last Scroll (v2) 7m
6 readings
Weekly Overview10m
Getting Started10m
Syllabus10m
Paper on Preventing Chronic Pain: The MOOC10m
Meet the Faculty10m
Outline of The Dilemma of Chronic Pain10m
1 practice exercise
Module Quiz: Health Care Dilemma12m
Week
24 hours to complete
The Problem of Chronic Pain (Week 2)
16 videos (Total 140 min), 3 readings, 2 quizzes
16 videos
2 Characteristics of a Pain Evaluation 16m
3 Patient Interviews 1m
4 Assess Your Seven Realms5m
Last Scroll: The Nightmare from The Last Scroll6m
Patient Interview 1: Angie7m
Patient Interview 2: Bernie7m
Patient Interview 3: Lorrie5m
Patient Interview 4 : Chantelle11m
Patient Interview 5: Lydia8m
1 The Biomedical Model versus a Human Systems Approach 8m
2 Holistic complexity: "The whole is greater than the sum of its parts" 12m
3 Chaos Theory: Small changes, big impact 7m
4 How do you want to be? 3m
Cybernetics: the cycles of our lives 17m
Last Scroll: Balance in the Seven Realms v26m
3 readings
Weekly Overview10m
Outline:The Personal Impact of Chronic Pain10m
Outline: The Balance between Health and Illness10m
2 practice exercises
Module Quiz: Personal Impact of Chronic Pain16m
Module Quiz: The Balance Between Health and Illness16m
Week
35 hours to complete
Common Pain Conditions and their Mechanisms (Week 3)
14 videos (Total 185 min), 4 readings, 2 quizzes
14 videos
2 Myofascial Pain: Causes 15m
3 Myofascial Pain: Perpetuating factors 22m
4 Myofascial Pain: Trigger point examination 18m
5 Myofascial Pain: Management strategies 23m
Clinic Trigger Points Demo 1m
Last Scroll: The Rule of Moderation v32m
1 The Impact 13m
2 Common Orofacial Disorders 12m
3 Temporomandibular Disorder 12m
4 Risk and Protective Factors 15m
5 Treatment of TMD 21m
6 Prevention of TMD 8m
Last Scroll: Rule of Being: Virtues, Vices, and Energy v2l5m
4 readings
Weekly Overview10m
Outline: Myofascial Pain10m
Update on myofascial pain and fibromyalgia10m
Handout: TMD and Orofacial Pain10m
2 practice exercises
Module Quiz: Myofascial Pain30m
Module Quiz: TMD and Orofacial Pain 26m
Week
46 hours to complete
Common Pain Conditions and their Mechanisms (Week 4)
16 videos (Total 275 min), 3 readings, 2 quizzes
16 videos
2 Understanding Your Headache 8m
3 Headache Diagnosis 6m
4 Headache Triggers and Contributing Factors 5m
5 What About Muscle Dysfunction? 7m
6 Transformation of Episodic to Chronic Heachache 18m
7 Managing Headaches: An individualized treatment plan 8m
8 Treatment Planning: Simple to complex 6m
Last Scroll: The Vacation v25m
1 Presentation 25m
2 Diagnosis 35m
3 Severity 23m
4 Misconceptions 24m
5 Medication Management (1:02:57)2m
6 Lifestyle Management29m
Last Scroll: The Rule of Gatherings3m
3 readings
Weekly Overview10m
Handouts for Headache10m
Handout: New Developments in the Management of Fibromyalgia Syndrome10m
2 practice exercises
Module Quiz: Headache16m
Module Quiz: Fibromyalgia16m
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Top Reviews
This program is helping me understand chronic pain better than I could from studying for years! I'm positive that this will make me a better provider.
Excellent course with a broad perspective on applying the principles of transformative health care to the prevention and management of chronic pain.
Instructor
Dr. James Fricton, DDS, MS
Professor and Pain SpecialistUniversity of Minnesota, HealthPartners Institute, and Minnesota Head and Neck Pain Clinic
About University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota is among the largest public research universities in the country, offering undergraduate, graduate, and professional students a multitude of opportunities for study and research. Located at the heart of one of the nation’s most vibrant, diverse metropolitan communities, students on the campuses in Minneapolis and St. Paul benefit from extensive partnerships with world-renowned health centers, international corporations, government agencies, and arts, nonprofit, and public service organizations.
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Is continuing education credit available for this course?
Yes, see information below.
CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT OPTION
Accreditation Statement: University of Minnesota, Interprofessional Continuing Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
American Medical Association (AMA) The University of Minnesota, Interprofessional Continuing Education designates this enduring material for a maximum of 24.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) This activity is awarded up to 24.0 ANCC contact hours.
Other Health Care Professionals Other health care professionals who participate in this CE activity may submit this statement of participation to their appropriate accrediting organizations or state boards for consideration of credit. The participant is responsible for determining whether this activity meets the requirements for acceptable continuing education.
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