The SUBMISSION DEADLINE for this Call for Proposals is Sunday, May 15, 2011 at 11:59 p.m. CDT.
Welcome to the AAPM 2012 Annual Meeting Call for Proposals!
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Targeted to improve the delivery and practice of evidence-based pain care throughout the healthcare continuum, the 2012 Annual Meeting Planning Committee seeks education session submissions that address evidence-based treatments of multiple classifications of pain disease states, as well as methods of improving the practice of pain medicine in this changing healthcare environment. Submissions should include, but are not limited to, the following classifications of pain medicine:
Evidence-Based Therapies
- Chronic Pain: Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology
- Acute Pain: Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology
- Cancer Pain
- CRPS
- Headache Disorders
- Low Back Pain
- Myofascial Pain
- Neuropathic Pain
- Opioid Agonist Therapy for Pain and Addiction
- Personalized Pain Therapy
- Visceral Pain
- Biobehavioral Pain Therapies
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- Palliative Care
- Pediatric Pain
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Practice Management and Professional Development
- Accountable Care Organizations and Pain Medicine
- Contracting with Payors
- Coding and Reimbursement Updates
- EHR Implementation in Pain Practices
- Ghost Writing and Disclosures
- Improving Patient Care Through Outcomes Data
- Long-Term Opioids Therapy: Effective Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies
- Medical Presentations - Transferring Knowledge more Effectively
- Pain Medicine Quality Improvement Strategies
- Improving Assessment in Pain Medicine
- Evaluating Outcomes in Pain Medicine
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Interventional Therapies
- Improving Outcomes of Interventional Pain Procedures
- Outcomes-Based Interventional Pain Procedures
- Advances in Spinal Cord Stimulation
- Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
- Intrathecal Infusion Therapies
- Facet Joint Procedures
- Epidural Injections - What is the Evidence?
- Ultrasound
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Research
- Gene Therapy for Pain
- Long-Term Opioids Therapy: Effective Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies
- New Protein Targets for Pain Therapy
- Optimizing Pain Research Opportunities
- Role of Nanotechnology in Pain Therapy
- Stem Cell Research and Pain
- Translational Medicine in Pain Therapy
- Biomarkers
- Novel Analgesic Targets
- Endocannabinoids
- Comparative Effectiveness Research
- Glial Mechanisms and Therapeutic Targets
- Genetics of Pain
- Health Disparities
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Advocacy/Legal
- Advocacy and Legislative Pain Initiatives
- Government and Regulatory Affairs
- Legal and Ethical Aspects of Pain Care
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Education
- Patient Education About Pain
- Pain Assessment and Treatment in Health Professions Education
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Please Note: Failure to disclose all roles and relationships with commercial interests will result in ineligibility from participation in this AAPM CME activity.
