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

Dr. John Mulder currently serves as the Medical Director for Trillium Institute, Chief Medical Consultant for Hospice and Palliative Care for Holland Home, and the Medical Director of Palliative Services for MetroHealth in Grand Rapids, MI.  John has an appointment as Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine where he serves as the Director of the Division of Palliative Medicine, and is currently the Director of the Mercy Health Grand Rapids Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Program. Board certified in Family Medicine with CAQ in Hospice and Palliative Medicine (ABMS) and a Fellow of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, John is a frequent speaker on end of life, ethics, and palliative issues.

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.