The Pain of Pain: Revising Our Management Perspectives
Tuesday, April 1, 2025 | 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. | Free Virtual Session
This Henry Ford + MSU professional development session will focus on defining pain and highlighting the patient's perspective of what pain and suffering are to them. Learn how to best advocate for patients and use a team-based approach to pain management. This session will also outline palliative care management strategies to help guide and treat patient suffering.
Target Audience
Registered nurses, registered nurses in specialty area, advanced practice providers, physicians, medical providers and other healthcare workers.
Continuing Education Information
- Contact Hours: Participants completing the event and the post-session evaluation will receive 1 continuing nursing education contact hour (self-claim credit for other professions). This offering meets the content requirements for 1.0 contact hour of State of Michigan pain continuing education (CE) credit.
- Learning Outcome: At the completion of this learning activity, participants will state increased knowledge of the patient’s perspective of pain and how to apply palliative care approaches to manage suffering
Zoom Information
Zoom Meeting Link
Meeting ID: 913 2289 7367
Passcode: 465837
Special Presentation by John Mulder, M.D., FAAHPM, HMDC
Michigan State University Associate Professor
Associate Chair, Engagement and Communication
Department of Family Medicine
Director, Division of Palliative Medicine
He additionally serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Michigan Homecare and Association of Michigan, and also chairs the Ethics Committees at Spectrum Health and MetroHealth University of Michigan Health in Grand Rapids. He previously served on the Michigan Advisory Committee on Pain and Symptom Management, and has testified in front of the US House of Representatives during deliberations related to the opioid crisis. He was also honored as the recipient of the 2019 Palliative Medicine Community Leadership Award by the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine.
Questions
For questions, please contact con.nurse.ce@msu.edu.
Michigan State University College of Nursing is accredited as a provider with distinction of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Learn more at nursing.msu.edu.