Pharmacological Treatment of Pediatric Acute Pain PDF Print E-mail

CME Activity Information
Release Date: Sep 29, 2008
Most Recent Review: Sep 29, 2008
Date Credit Expires: Sep 29, 2009
Time to Complete: 1 hour
Medium: Internet Online
Instructions for Participation

  1. Read the information provided on this page
  2. Click "Take this course" at the bottom of the page
  3. Study the educational activity by clicking on each page in sequence
  4. Answer the CME questions (you must answer the questions correctly before advancing to the next page)
  5. At the end of the module, follow the link to the module evaluation
  6. After completing the evaluation, download the certificate



Target Audience

This activity is intended for primary care providers who care for children with acute pain.



Learning Objectives
After completing this course, the reader should be able to do the following in an outpatient office setting:
  1. Recognize multiple etiologies of acute pain.
  2. Differentiate between pain assessment scales and use them correctly in clinical pediatric settings.
  3. Identify key therapeutic interventions to manage pain, and administer them safely.
  4. Recognize the risks associated with the therapeutics used to treat acute pain in children.


Disclosure Declarations
Faculty

Kathleen K. Bradford, MD

Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Director, General Inpatient Pediatrics and Pediatric Hospitalist Program, NC Children's Hospital, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Disclosures: The author has indicated no relevant commercial relationships.

Bradford Harris, MD

Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Disclosures: The author is site PI for a multicenter study supported by Purdue Pharmaceuticals to evaluate hydromorphone in post-operative pain management.

Rocio Quinonez, DMD, MPH, MS

Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Disclosures: The author has indicated no relevant commercial relationships.

PEDS Core Faculty and Planners

Disclosures: The members of the PEDS Core have no relevant commercial relationships.

Sue Tolleson-Rinehart, PhD

Assistant Chair for Faculty Development, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, and Co-Associate Director, Health Care and Prevention MPH Program, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.

Alan D. Stiles, MD

Brewer Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Physician-in-Chief, NC Children's Hospital, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Sara E. Massie, MPH
Project Manager, PEDS and the UNC Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.

Joel C. Boggan, MPH

Fourth Year Medical Student, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.

Adam Froyum Roise, MD, MPH

First Year Resident, Family Practice, Northeast Iowa Medical Education Foundation, Waterloo, IA, USA.

Jordan Kautz, MD, MPH

First Year Resident, Family Practice, Northeast Iowa Medical Education Foundation, Waterloo, IA, USA.

Christopher Racine, MPH

Fourth Year Medical Student, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.

Matthew D. Olson, MD, MPH

First Year Resident, Family Practice, Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital, Greensboro, NC, USA.
Victoria Pham, MPH
First Year Medical Student, University of Arizona School of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ, USA.

Commercial Support
There is no commercial support of this activity.


 
Accreditation
The School of Medicine of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
 
Credit Designation
The School of Medicine of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill designates each PEDS CME course for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Attendance certificates may be provided to all health professionals, but only licensed physicians (MDs or DOs) may receive certificates that reflect AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance that shows that the activity was designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. 
 
Disclosure Policy
In accordance with the ACCME Essentials and Standards, everyone involved in planning PEDS CME courses has disclosed any relevant financial relationships with commercial interests in the health care industry. UNC CME staff have no relevant commercial relationships. Disclosure details are available at the start of each module under Disclosure Declarations. For more information on the faculty, planners, and managers of these courses, visit Faculty & Planner Bios.
 
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The School of Medicine of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, The Department of Pediatrics
 
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