SCOPE of Pain Sign Up Information

SCOPE Live Webinars... FREE!

COVID-related challenges will also be discussed.
 

Register today for one these scheduled webinars:

October 22
Thursday, 5:30-8:00pm EDT

November 18
Wednesday, 6:30-9:00pm EST

December 9
Wednesday, 8:00-10:30pm EST

Tuition for webinar: FREE

SCOPE of Pain is an in-depth training that focuses on:

• Effective communication skills and the potential risks and benefits of opioids for managing acute and chronic pain
• The assessment of opioid misuse risk and recognition and treatment of opioid use disorder
• Helping you safely and effectively manage patients with acute and/or chronic pain, when appropriate, with opioid analgesics

Course Director and Speaker:

Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH (Oct 22 and Nov 18)
Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

Speakers:

Erica Bial, MD, MS (Nov 18 and Dec 9)
Director of Non-surgical Spine Care, Department of Neurosurgery, Lahey Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Pain Management, Tufts University School of Medicine

Jessica L. Taylor, MD (Oct 22 and Dec 9)
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

Visit scopeofpain.org to register

or

Listen to 6 new podcasts FREE:

scopeofpain.org/podcast

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SCOPE Live Webinars... FREE!

COVID-19 information will be integrated into this training.

Registration is now open for these scheduled webinars:

April 29
Wednesday, 5:00-7:30pm EDT

May 19
Tuesday, 6:00-8:30pm EDT

June 18
Thursday, 7:00-9:30pm EDT

July 13
Monday, 6:00-8:30pm EDT

August 18
Tuesday, 7:00-9:30pm EDT

Tuition for webinar: FREE

SCOPE of Pain is an in-depth training that focuses on:

• Effective communication skills and the potential risks and benefits of opioids for managing acute and chronic pain
• The assessment of opioid misuse risk and recognition and treatment of opioid use disorder
• Helping you safely and effectively manage patients with acute and/or chronic pain, when appropriate, with opioid analgesics

Course Director:

Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

Speaker for April and June:

Erica Bial, Me, MD, MS
Director of Non-surgical Spine Care, Department of Neurosurgery, Lahey Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Pain Management, Tufts University School of Medicine

Speaker for May, July, and August:

Jessica L. Taylor, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

Visit scopeofpain.org to register

or

View the 7 new podcasts FREE:

scopeofpain.org/podcast

SCOPE Live Webinars... FREE!

COVID-related challenges will also be discussed.
 

Register today for one these scheduled webinars:

June 18
Thursday, 7:00-9:30pm EDT

July 13
Monday, 6:00-8:30pm EDT

August 18
Tuesday, 7:00-9:30pm EDT

Tuition for webinar: FREE

SCOPE of Pain is an in-depth training that focuses on:

• Effective communication skills and the potential risks and benefits of opioids for managing acute and chronic pain
• The assessment of opioid misuse risk and recognition and treatment of opioid use disorder
• Helping you safely and effectively manage patients with acute and/or chronic pain, when appropriate, with opioid analgesics

Course Director and Speaker:

Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

Speaker for June:

Erica Bial, MD, MS
Director of Non-surgical Spine Care, Department of Neurosurgery, Lahey Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Pain Management, Tufts University School of Medicine

Speaker for July and August:

Jessica L. Taylor, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

Visit scopeofpain.org to register

or

View the 7 new podcasts FREE:

scopeofpain.org/podcast

SCOPE Live Webinars... FREE!

COVID-related challenges will also be discussed.
 

Registration is now open for these scheduled webinars:

April 29
Wednesday, 5:00-7:30pm EDT

May 19
Tuesday, 6:00-8:30pm EDT

June 18
Thursday, 7:00-9:30pm EDT

July 13
Monday, 6:00-8:30pm EDT

August 18
Tuesday, 7:00-9:30pm EDT

Tuition for webinar: FREE

SCOPE of Pain is an in-depth training that focuses on:

• Effective communication skills and the potential risks and benefits of opioids for managing acute and chronic pain
• The assessment of opioid misuse risk and recognition and treatment of opioid use disorder
• Helping you safely and effectively manage patients with acute and/or chronic pain, when appropriate, with opioid analgesics

Course Director and Speaker:

Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

Speaker for April and June:

Erica Bial, MD, MS
Director of Non-surgical Spine Care, Department of Neurosurgery, Lahey Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Pain Management, Tufts University School of Medicine

Speaker for May, July, and August:

Jessica L. Taylor, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

Visit scopeofpain.org to register

or

View the 7 new podcasts FREE:

scopeofpain.org/podcast

Now SIR Endorsed!

The goal of this inaugural IR Medicolegal, Quality and Safety virtual conference is to fill a current educational void in the field of IR and offer a dedicated medicolegal, risk management and peer-learning complications symposium, designed for both practicing Interventional Radiologists and IRs-in-training, with special attention to early career IRs.

View the agenda!

 

Core  Educational Components:
Introduction to Risk Management in IR: (Friday, September 11th: 5:00pm-9:00pm)
How has IR become a ripe domain for medical error and litigation? How do we as innovators in IR successfully persist while managing the risk inherent in our minimally invasive work?

IR Complications Mastermind: (Saturday, September 12th: 7:00am-1:00pm)
Vascular- and Nonvascular- themed peer-learning complications sessions, featuring clinical and technical didactics paired with known and unknown case-based hot seat discussions.

Medicolegal IR: Liability, Defense, and Recovery: (Monday, September 14th: 5:00pm-9:00pm)
Defense attorneys who have built a career defending IRs, and IRs who have successfully emerged through malpractice suits will share requisite pearls and pitfalls. What does one do or not do? How does one recover? How does one make it through in one piece?

View or download the Spotlight Flyer!

Founding Symposium Chair
Mikhail C.S.S. Higgins, MD, MPH
Boston Medical Center

Support
This program is supported in part by educational grants from: Sirtex, Medtronic, and Penumbra
This program is supported in part by virtual exhibits from: Bard, Hi IQ, and Qgenda

Accreditation
Boston University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Boston University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 12.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsT. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

To request reasonable accommodations for disabilities, please notify the Office of Continuing Medical Education in writing at least two weeks prior to the start of the conference.

SCOPE Live Webinars... FREE!

COVID-related challenges will also be discussed.
 

Register today for one these scheduled webinars:

August 18
Tuesday, 7:00-9:30pm EDT

October 22
Thursday, 5:30-8:00pm EDT

November 18
Wednesday, 6:30-9:00pm EDT

Tuition for webinar: FREE

SCOPE of Pain is an in-depth training that focuses on:

• Effective communication skills and the potential risks and benefits of opioids for managing acute and chronic pain
• The assessment of opioid misuse risk and recognition and treatment of opioid use disorder
• Helping you safely and effectively manage patients with acute and/or chronic pain, when appropriate, with opioid analgesics

Course Director and Speaker:

Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

Speakers:

Erica Bial, MD, MS
Director of Non-surgical Spine Care, Department of Neurosurgery, Lahey Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Pain Management, Tufts University School of Medicine

Jessica L. Taylor, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

Visit scopeofpain.org to register

or

Listen to 6 new podcasts FREE:

scopeofpain.org/podcast

SCOPE Live Webinars... FREE!

COVID-related challenges will also be discussed.
 

Register today for one these scheduled webinars:

August 18
Tuesday, 7:00-9:30pm EDT

October 22
Thursday, 5:30-8:00pm EDT

November 18
Wednesday, 6:30-9:00pm EDT

Tuition for webinar: FREE

SCOPE of Pain is an in-depth training that focuses on:

• Effective communication skills and the potential risks and benefits of opioids for managing acute and chronic pain
• The assessment of opioid misuse risk and recognition and treatment of opioid use disorder
• Helping you safely and effectively manage patients with acute and/or chronic pain, when appropriate, with opioid analgesics

Course Director and Speaker:

Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

Speakers:

Erica Bial, MD, MS
Director of Non-surgical Spine Care, Department of Neurosurgery, Lahey Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Pain Management, Tufts University School of Medicine

Jessica L. Taylor, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

Visit scopeofpain.org to register

or

Listen to 6 new podcasts FREE:

scopeofpain.org/podcast

SCOPE Live Webinars... FREE!

COVID-related challenges will also be discussed.
 

Register today for one these scheduled webinars:

July 13
Monday, 6:00-8:30pm EDT

August 18
Tuesday, 7:00-9:30pm EDT

Note: More dates to follow

Tuition for webinar: FREE

SCOPE of Pain is an in-depth training that focuses on:

• Effective communication skills and the potential risks and benefits of opioids for managing acute and chronic pain
• The assessment of opioid misuse risk and recognition and treatment of opioid use disorder
• Helping you safely and effectively manage patients with acute and/or chronic pain, when appropriate, with opioid analgesics

Course Director and Speaker:

Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

Speaker for July and August:

Jessica L. Taylor, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

Visit scopeofpain.org to register

or

Listen to 6 new podcasts FREE:

scopeofpain.org/podcast

SCOPE Live Webinars... FREE!

COVID-related challenges will also be discussed.
 

Register today for one these scheduled webinars:

December 9
Wednesday, 8:00-10:30pm ET

January 23
Saturday, 10:00am-12:30pm ET

February 23
Tuesday, 6:00-8:30pm ET

Tuition for webinar: FREE

SCOPE of Pain is an in-depth training that focuses on:

• Effective communication skills and the potential risks and benefits of opioids for managing acute and chronic pain
• The assessment of opioid misuse risk and recognition and treatment of opioid use disorder
• Helping you safely and effectively manage patients with acute and/or chronic pain, when appropriate, with opioid analgesics

Course Director and Speaker:

Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH (Jan 23 and Feb 23)
Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

Speakers:

Erica Bial, MD, MS (Dec 9)
Director of Non-surgical Spine Care, Department of Neurosurgery, Lahey Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Pain Management, Tufts University School of Medicine

Jessica L. Taylor, MD (Dec 9)
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

Visit scopeofpain.org to register

or

Listen to 6 new podcasts FREE:

scopeofpain.org/podcast

 Now Online!

The video from our webinar, Care for the Caregivers is now online at https://www.bucme.org/caregivers.  You can just watch the video or, we offer the option to claim CME/CNE credit as well.

We also have a resource page, visit this link.

About the Program: According to an article published earlier this month in the New England Journal of Medicine, "the novel nature of SARS-CoV-2, inadequate testing, limited treatment options, insufficient PPE, extended workloads and other emerging concerns are sources of stress" for healthcare providers.

This virtual training will provide support and psychoeducation about resilience and self-care to healthcare providers in the age of COVID-19.  Particular attention will be paid to managing stress and avoiding burn-out.

 

Reference: Mental Health and the Covid-19 Pandemic, Betty Pfefferbaum, M.D., J.D., and Carol S. North, M.D., M.P.E. April 13, 2020  DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp2008017

Target Audience: All health care providers.

Objective: At the end of this session, healthcare providers will be able to utilize coping strategies for self-care.


Co-presenters:
Stephen Brady, PhD
Guerette Symposia Course Director
Assistant Dean- Graduate Medical Sciences
Director, Mental Health Counseling & Behavioral Medicine Program
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Boston University School of Medicine

Rachel Levy-Bell, PsyD
Associate Program Director and Director of Clinical Training
Mental Health Counseling and Behavioral Medicine Program
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry and Division of Graduate Medical Sciences
Clinical Psychologist
Boston University School of Medicine


Accreditation
Physicians
Boston University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Boston University School of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditT. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses
Continuing Nursing Education Provider Unit, Boston University School of Medicine is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Contact Hours 1.25 of which 0 are eligible for pharmacology credit.

Now SIR Endorsed!

The goal of this inaugural IR Medicolegal, Quality and Safety virtual conference is to fill a current educational void in the field of IR and offer a dedicated medicolegal, risk management and peer-learning complications symposium, designed for both practicing Interventional Radiologists and IRs-in-training, with special attention to early career IRs.

View the agenda!

 

Core  Educational Components:
Introduction to Risk Management in IR: (Friday, September 11th: 5:00pm-9:00pm)
How has IR become a ripe domain for medical error and litigation? How do we as innovators in IR successfully persist while managing the risk inherent in our minimally invasive work?

IR Complications Mastermind: (Saturday, September 12th: 7:00am-1:00pm)
Vascular- and Nonvascular- themed peer-learning complications sessions, featuring clinical and technical didactics paired with known and unknown case-based hot seat discussions.

Medicolegal IR: Liability, Defense, and Recovery: (Monday, September 14th: 5:00pm-9:00pm)
Defense attorneys who have built a career defending IRs, and IRs who have successfully emerged through malpractice suits will share requisite pearls and pitfalls. What does one do or not do? How does one recover? How does one make it through in one piece?

View or download the Spotlight Flyer!

Founding Symposium Chair
Mikhail C.S.S. Higgins, MD, MPH
Boston Medical Center

Support
This program is supported in part by educational grants from: Sirtex, Medtronic, and Penumbra
This program is supported in part by virtual exhibits from: Bard, Hi IQ, and Qgenda

Accreditation
Boston University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Boston University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 12.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsT. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

To request reasonable accommodations for disabilities, please notify the Office of Continuing Medical Education in writing at least two weeks prior to the start of the conference.

Now SIR Endorsed!

The goal of this inaugural IR Medicolegal, Quality and Safety virtual conference is to fill a current educational void in the field of IR and offer a dedicated medicolegal, risk management and peer-learning complications symposium, designed for both practicing Interventional Radiologists and IRs-in-training, with special attention to early career IRs.

View the agenda!

 

Core  Educational Components:
Introduction to Risk Management in IR: (Friday, September 11th: 5:00pm-9:00pm)
How has IR become a ripe domain for medical error and litigation? How do we as innovators in IR successfully persist while managing the risk inherent in our minimally invasive work?

IR Complications Mastermind: (Saturday, September 12th: 7:00am-1:00pm)
Vascular- and Nonvascular- themed peer-learning complications sessions, featuring clinical and technical didactics paired with known and unknown case-based hot seat discussions.

Medicolegal IR: Liability, Defense, and Recovery: (Monday, September 14th: 5:00pm-9:00pm)
Defense attorneys who have built a career defending IRs, and IRs who have successfully emerged through malpractice suits will share requisite pearls and pitfalls. What does one do or not do? How does one recover? How does one make it through in one piece?

View or download the Spotlight Flyer!

Founding Symposium Chair
Mikhail C.S.S. Higgins, MD, MPH
Boston Medical Center

Support
This program is supported in part by educational grants from: Sirtex, Medtronic, and Penumbra
This program is supported in part by virtual exhibits from: Bard, Hi IQ, and Qgenda

Accreditation
Boston University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Boston University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 12.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsT. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

To request reasonable accommodations for disabilities, please notify the Office of Continuing Medical Education in writing at least two weeks prior to the start of the conference.

SCOPE Live Webinars... FREE!

COVID-related challenges will also be discussed.
 

Register today for one these scheduled webinars:

July 13
Monday, 6:00-8:30pm EDT

August 18
Tuesday, 7:00-9:30pm EDT

Note: More dates to follow

Tuition for webinar: FREE

SCOPE of Pain is an in-depth training that focuses on:

• Effective communication skills and the potential risks and benefits of opioids for managing acute and chronic pain
• The assessment of opioid misuse risk and recognition and treatment of opioid use disorder
• Helping you safely and effectively manage patients with acute and/or chronic pain, when appropriate, with opioid analgesics

Course Director and Speaker:

Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

Speaker for July and August:

Jessica L. Taylor, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

Visit scopeofpain.org to register

or

View the 6 new podcasts FREE:

scopeofpain.org/podcast

SCOPE Live Webinars... FREE!

COVID-related challenges will also be discussed.
 

Register today for one these scheduled webinars:

December 9
Wednesday, 8:00-10:30pm ET

January 23
Saturday, 10:00am-12:30pm ET

February 23
Tuesday, 6:00-8:30pm ET

Tuition for webinar: FREE

SCOPE of Pain is an in-depth training that focuses on:

• Effective communication skills and the potential risks and benefits of opioids for managing acute and chronic pain
• The assessment of opioid misuse risk and recognition and treatment of opioid use disorder
• Helping you safely and effectively manage patients with acute and/or chronic pain, when appropriate, with opioid analgesics

Course Director and Speaker:

Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH (Jan 23 and Feb 23)
Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

Speakers:

Erica Bial, MD, MS (Dec 9)
Director of Non-surgical Spine Care, Department of Neurosurgery, Lahey Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Pain Management, Tufts University School of Medicine

Jessica L. Taylor, MD (Dec 9)
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

Visit scopeofpain.org to register

or

Listen to 6 new podcasts FREE:

scopeofpain.org/podcast

Mindfulness and Compassion in Uncertain Times:
Care for the Caregiver with Ron Siegel

Two Part Interactive Meeting on May 21^th and 28^th.

Profound changes in healthcare, PPE shortages, changing treatment guidelines, patients dying alone, sick colleagues and family members, long hours at work or home -- no wonder so many healthcare workers feel overwhelmed and exhausted.

How can you manage the intensity -- especially when in the thick of it? How can you care for yourself when you get home?

This online program, is comprised of two parts to be held on Thursday, May 21 and Thursday, May 28, 2020 from 1:00-2:30pm EDT.  When you register, you will be signed up for both parts.

• There is a small registration fee of $50 for this program.
• This program is limited to no more than 200 people.

Speaker
Ronald Siegel, PsyD

Accreditation
Physicians
Boston University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Boston University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 3 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditT. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses
Continuing Nursing Education Provider Unit, Boston University School of Medicine is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Contact Hours 3.25 of which 0 are eligible for pharmacology credit.

Now SIR Endorsed!

The goal of this inaugural IR Medicolegal, Quality and Safety virtual conference is to fill a current educational void in the field of IR and offer a dedicated medicolegal, risk management and peer-learning complications symposium, designed for both practicing Interventional Radiologists and IRs-in-training, with special attention to early career IRs.

View the agenda!

 

Core  Educational Components:
Introduction to Risk Management in IR: (Friday, September 11th: 5:00pm-9:00pm)
How has IR become a ripe domain for medical error and litigation? How do we as innovators in IR successfully persist while managing the risk inherent in our minimally invasive work?

IR Complications Mastermind: (Saturday, September 12th: 7:00am-1:00pm)
Vascular- and Nonvascular- themed peer-learning complications sessions, featuring clinical and technical didactics paired with known and unknown case-based hot seat discussions.

Medicolegal IR: Liability, Defense, and Recovery: (Monday, September 14th: 5:00pm-9:00pm)
Defense attorneys who have built a career defending IRs, and IRs who have successfully emerged through malpractice suits will share requisite pearls and pitfalls. What does one do or not do? How does one recover? How does one make it through in one piece?

View or download the Spotlight Flyer!

Founding Symposium Chair
Mikhail C.S.S. Higgins, MD, MPH
Boston Medical Center

Support
This program is supported in part by educational grants from: Sirtex, Medtronic, and Penumbra
This program is supported in part by virtual exhibits from: Bard, Hi IQ, and Qgenda

Accreditation
Boston University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Boston University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 12.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsT. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

To request reasonable accommodations for disabilities, please notify the Office of Continuing Medical Education in writing at least two weeks prior to the start of the conference.

SCOPE Live Webinars... FREE!

COVID-related challenges will also be discussed.
 

Register today for one these scheduled webinars:

November 18
Wednesday, 6:30-9:00pm ET

December 9
Wednesday, 8:00-10:30pm ET

January 23
Saturday, 10:00am-12:30pm ET

February 23
Tuesday, 6:00-8:30pm ET

Tuition for webinar: FREE

SCOPE of Pain is an in-depth training that focuses on:

• Effective communication skills and the potential risks and benefits of opioids for managing acute and chronic pain
• The assessment of opioid misuse risk and recognition and treatment of opioid use disorder
• Helping you safely and effectively manage patients with acute and/or chronic pain, when appropriate, with opioid analgesics

Course Director and Speaker:

Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH (Nov 18, Jan 23, Feb 23)
Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

Speakers:

Erica Bial, MD, MS (Nov 18 and Dec 9)
Director of Non-surgical Spine Care, Department of Neurosurgery, Lahey Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Pain Management, Tufts University School of Medicine

Jessica L. Taylor, MD (Dec 9, Jan 23, Feb 23)
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

Visit scopeofpain.org to register

or

Listen to 6 new podcasts FREE:

scopeofpain.org/podcast

Now SIR Endorsed!

The goal of this inaugural IR Medicolegal, Quality and Safety virtual conference is to fill a current educational void in the field of IR and offer a dedicated medicolegal, risk management and peer-learning complications symposium, designed for both practicing Interventional Radiologists and IRs-in-training, with special attention to early career IRs.

View the agenda!

 

Core  Educational Components:
Introduction to Risk Management in IR: (Friday, September 11th: 5:00pm-9:00pm)
How has IR become a ripe domain for medical error and litigation? How do we as innovators in IR successfully persist while managing the risk inherent in our minimally invasive work?

IR Complications Mastermind: (Saturday, September 12th: 7:00am-1:00pm)
Vascular- and Nonvascular- themed peer-learning complications sessions, featuring clinical and technical didactics paired with known and unknown case-based hot seat discussions.

Medicolegal IR: Liability, Defense, and Recovery: (Monday, September 14th: 5:00pm-9:00pm)
Defense attorneys who have built a career defending IRs, and IRs who have successfully emerged through malpractice suits will share requisite pearls and pitfalls. What does one do or not do? How does one recover? How does one make it through in one piece?

View or download the Spotlight Flyer!

Founding Symposium Chair
Mikhail C.S.S. Higgins, MD, MPH
Boston Medical Center

Support
This program is supported in part by educational grants from: Sirtex, Medtronic, and Penumbra
This program is supported in part by virtual exhibits from: Bard, Hi IQ, and Qgenda

Accreditation
Boston University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Boston University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 12.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsT. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

To request reasonable accommodations for disabilities, please notify the Office of Continuing Medical Education in writing at least two weeks prior to the start of the conference.

SCOPE Live Webinars... FREE!

COVID-related challenges will also be discussed.
 

Register today for one these scheduled webinars:

July 13
Monday, 6:00-8:30pm EDT

August 18
Tuesday, 7:00-9:30pm EDT

Note: More dates to follow

Tuition for webinar: FREE

SCOPE of Pain is an in-depth training that focuses on:

• Effective communication skills and the potential risks and benefits of opioids for managing acute and chronic pain
• The assessment of opioid misuse risk and recognition and treatment of opioid use disorder
• Helping you safely and effectively manage patients with acute and/or chronic pain, when appropriate, with opioid analgesics

Course Director and Speaker:

Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

Speaker for July and August:

Jessica L. Taylor, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

Visit scopeofpain.org to register

or

Listen to 6 new podcasts FREE:

scopeofpain.org/podcast

Mindfulness and Compassion in Uncertain Times:
Care for the Caregiver with Ron Siegel

Two Part Interactive Meeting on May 21^th and 28^th.

Profound changes in healthcare, PPE shortages, changing treatment guidelines, patients dying alone, sick colleagues and family members, long hours at work or home -- no wonder so many healthcare workers feel overwhelmed and exhausted.

How can you manage the intensity -- especially when in the thick of it? How can you care for yourself when you get home?

This online program, is comprised of two parts to be held on Thursday, May 21 and Thursday, May 28, 2020 from 1:00-2:30pm EDT.  When you register, you will be signed up for both parts.

• There is a small registration fee of $50 for this program.
• This program is limited to no more than 200 people.

Speaker
Ronald Siegel, PsyD

Accreditation
Physicians
Boston University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Boston University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 3 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditT. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses
Continuing Nursing Education Provider Unit, Boston University School of Medicine is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Contact Hours 3.25 of which 0 are eligible for pharmacology credit.

SCOPE Live Webinars... FREE!

COVID-19 information will be integrated into this training.

Registration is now open for these scheduled webinars:

April 29
Wednesday, 5:00-7:30pm EDT

May 19
Tuesday, 6:00-8:30pm EDT

June 18
Thursday, 7:00-9:30pm EDT

July 13
Monday, 6:00-8:30pm EDT

August 18
Tuesday, 7:00-9:30pm EDT

Tuition for webinar: FREE

SCOPE of Pain is an in-depth training that focuses on:

• Effective communication skills and the potential risks and benefits of opioids for managing acute and chronic pain
• The assessment of opioid misuse risk and recognition and treatment of opioid use disorder
• Helping you safely and effectively manage patients with acute and/or chronic pain, when appropriate, with opioid analgesics

Course Director:

Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

Speaker for April and June:

Erica Bial, Me, MD, MS
Director of Non-surgical Spine Care, Department of Neurosurgery, Lahey Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Pain Management, Tufts University School of Medicine

Speaker for May, July, and August:

Jessica L. Taylor, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

Visit scopeofpain.org to register

or

View the 7 new podcasts FREE:

scopeofpain.org/podcast

Now SIR Endorsed!

The goal of this inaugural IR Medicolegal, Quality and Safety virtual conference is to fill a current educational void in the field of IR and offer a dedicated medicolegal, risk management and peer-learning complications symposium, designed for both practicing Interventional Radiologists and IRs-in-training, with special attention to early career IRs.

View the agenda!

 

Core  Educational Components:
Introduction to Risk Management in IR: (Friday, September 11th: 5:00pm-9:00pm)
How has IR become a ripe domain for medical error and litigation? How do we as innovators in IR successfully persist while managing the risk inherent in our minimally invasive work?

IR Complications Mastermind: (Saturday, September 12th: 7:00am-1:00pm)
Vascular- and Nonvascular- themed peer-learning complications sessions, featuring clinical and technical didactics paired with known and unknown case-based hot seat discussions.

Medicolegal IR: Liability, Defense, and Recovery: (Monday, September 14th: 5:00pm-9:00pm)
Defense attorneys who have built a career defending IRs, and IRs who have successfully emerged through malpractice suits will share requisite pearls and pitfalls. What does one do or not do? How does one recover? How does one make it through in one piece?

View or download the Spotlight Flyer!

Founding Symposium Chair
Mikhail C.S.S. Higgins, MD, MPH
Boston Medical Center

Support
This program is supported in part by educational grants from: Sirtex, Medtronic, and Penumbra
This program is supported in part by virtual exhibits from: Bard, Hi IQ, and Qgenda

Accreditation
Boston University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Boston University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 12.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsT. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

To request reasonable accommodations for disabilities, please notify the Office of Continuing Medical Education in writing at least two weeks prior to the start of the conference.

SCOPE Live Webinars... FREE!

COVID-related challenges will also be discussed.
 

Registration is now open for these scheduled webinars:

April 29
Wednesday, 5:00-7:30pm EDT

May 19
Tuesday, 6:00-8:30pm EDT

June 18
Thursday, 7:00-9:30pm EDT

July 13
Monday, 6:00-8:30pm EDT

August 18
Tuesday, 7:00-9:30pm EDT

Tuition for webinar: FREE

SCOPE of Pain is an in-depth training that focuses on:

• Effective communication skills and the potential risks and benefits of opioids for managing acute and chronic pain
• The assessment of opioid misuse risk and recognition and treatment of opioid use disorder
• Helping you safely and effectively manage patients with acute and/or chronic pain, when appropriate, with opioid analgesics

Course Director and Speaker:

Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

Speaker for April and June:

Erica Bial, MD, MS
Director of Non-surgical Spine Care, Department of Neurosurgery, Lahey Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Pain Management, Tufts University School of Medicine

Speaker for May, July, and August:

Jessica L. Taylor, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

Visit scopeofpain.org to register

or

View the 7 new podcasts FREE:

scopeofpain.org/podcast

Now SIR Endorsed!

The goal of this inaugural IR Medicolegal, Quality and Safety virtual conference is to fill a current educational void in the field of IR and offer a dedicated medicolegal, risk management and peer-learning complications symposium, designed for both practicing Interventional Radiologists and IRs-in-training, with special attention to early career IRs.

View the agenda!

 

Core  Educational Components:
Introduction to Risk Management in IR: (Friday, September 11th: 5:00pm-9:00pm)
How has IR become a ripe domain for medical error and litigation? How do we as innovators in IR successfully persist while managing the risk inherent in our minimally invasive work?

IR Complications Mastermind: (Saturday, September 12th: 7:00am-1:00pm)
Vascular- and Nonvascular- themed peer-learning complications sessions, featuring clinical and technical didactics paired with known and unknown case-based hot seat discussions.

Medicolegal IR: Liability, Defense, and Recovery: (Monday, September 14th: 5:00pm-9:00pm)
Defense attorneys who have built a career defending IRs, and IRs who have successfully emerged through malpractice suits will share requisite pearls and pitfalls. What does one do or not do? How does one recover? How does one make it through in one piece?

View or download the Spotlight Flyer!

Founding Symposium Chair
Mikhail C.S.S. Higgins, MD, MPH
Boston Medical Center

Support
This program is supported in part by educational grants from: Sirtex, Medtronic, and Penumbra
This program is supported in part by virtual exhibits from: Bard, Hi IQ, and Qgenda

Accreditation
Boston University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Boston University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 12.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsT. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

To request reasonable accommodations for disabilities, please notify the Office of Continuing Medical Education in writing at least two weeks prior to the start of the conference.

This exciting program reflects the current state of headache medicine and is taught by an expert faculty!

To register and for program information,
visit the website below:

www.hacoop.org

Members: $25
Non-members: $50
Residents and Fellows: FREE

VIEW THE AGENDA!

SCOPE Live Webinars... FREE!

COVID-related challenges will also be discussed.
 

Register today for one these scheduled webinars:

May 19
Tuesday, 6:00-8:30pm EDT

June 18
Thursday, 7:00-9:30pm EDT

July 13
Monday, 6:00-8:30pm EDT

August 18
Tuesday, 7:00-9:30pm EDT

Tuition for webinar: FREE

SCOPE of Pain is an in-depth training that focuses on:

• Effective communication skills and the potential risks and benefits of opioids for managing acute and chronic pain
• The assessment of opioid misuse risk and recognition and treatment of opioid use disorder
• Helping you safely and effectively manage patients with acute and/or chronic pain, when appropriate, with opioid analgesics

Course Director and Speaker:

Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

Speaker for April and June:

Erica Bial, MD, MS
Director of Non-surgical Spine Care, Department of Neurosurgery, Lahey Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Pain Management, Tufts University School of Medicine

Speaker for May, July, and August:

Jessica L. Taylor, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

Visit scopeofpain.org to register

or

View the 7 new podcasts FREE:

scopeofpain.org/podcast

Safer/Competent Opioid Prescribing Education

• A new way to experience SCOPE of Pain Education

• Register and participate for FREE

• Listen sequentially online or download the series

• Together they will take 2 hours and 15 minutes

What is this podcast series about?
SCOPE of Pain is a series of continuing medical education/continuing nursing education activities designed to help you safely and effectively manage patients with acute and/or chronic pain, when appropriate, with opioid analgesics. Our program consists of a free 2-module, case-based online activity and live conferences held around the US. Through the case of Kathy James, a 32-year-old who has a displaced right femoral neck fracture due to a motor vehicle crash, you''ll learn how to:

• Optimize safety when prescribing opioids for acute pain
• Determine when opioid analgesics are indicated for chronic pain
• Assess pain and prescription opioid misuse risk
• Educate patients about opioid risks and realistic benefits
• Monitor patients on opioid therapy for benefits and harms
• Assess and manage worrisome opioid-taking behaviors
• Safely taper long-term opioid therapy
• Identify and manage patients with an opioid use disorder

Target Audience
Physicians, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, physician assistants, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, and allied health professionals whose practices manage acute and chronic pain.

Date of Original Release: 4/20/2020
Date of Expiration: 4/19/2021

View Accreditation Information

scopeofpain.org

Safer/Competent Opioid Prescribing Education

• A new way to experience SCOPE of Pain Education

• Register and participate for FREE

• Listen sequentially online or download the series

• Together they will take 2 hours and 15 minutes

What is this podcast series about?
SCOPE of Pain is a series of continuing medical education/continuing nursing education activities designed to help you safely and effectively manage patients with acute and/or chronic pain, when appropriate, with opioid analgesics. Our program consists of a free 2-module, case-based online activity and live conferences held around the US. Through the case of Kathy James, a 32-year-old who has a displaced right femoral neck fracture due to a motor vehicle crash, you''ll learn how to:

• Optimize safety when prescribing opioids for acute pain
• Determine when opioid analgesics are indicated for chronic pain
• Assess pain and prescription opioid misuse risk
• Educate patients about opioid risks and realistic benefits
• Monitor patients on opioid therapy for benefits and harms
• Assess and manage worrisome opioid-taking behaviors
• Safely taper long-term opioid therapy
• Identify and manage patients with an opioid use disorder

Target Audience
Physicians, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, physician assistants, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, and allied health professionals whose practices manage acute and chronic pain.

Date of Original Release: 4/20/2020
Date of Expiration: 4/19/2021

View Accreditation Information

scopeofpain.org

Mindfulness and Compassion in Uncertain Times:
Care for the Caregiver with Ron Siegel

Two Part Interactive Meeting on May 21^th and 28^th.

Profound changes in healthcare, PPE shortages, changing treatment guidelines, patients dying alone, sick colleagues and family members, long hours at work or home -- no wonder so many healthcare workers feel overwhelmed and exhausted.

How can you manage the intensity -- especially when in the thick of it? How can you care for yourself when you get home?

This online program, is comprised of two parts to be held on Thursday, May 21 and Thursday, May 28, 2020 from 1:00-2:30pm EDT.  When you register, you will be signed up for both parts.

• There is a small registration fee of $50 for this program.
• This program is limited to no more than 200 people.

Speaker
Ronald Siegel, PsyD

Accreditation
Physicians
Boston University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Boston University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 3 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditT. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses
Continuing Nursing Education Provider Unit, Boston University School of Medicine is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Contact Hours 3.25 of which 0 are eligible for pharmacology credit.

Now SIR Endorsed!

The goal of this inaugural IR Medicolegal, Quality and Safety virtual conference is to fill a current educational void in the field of IR and offer a dedicated medicolegal, risk management and peer-learning complications symposium, designed for both practicing Interventional Radiologists and IRs-in-training, with special attention to early career IRs.

View the agenda!

 

Core  Educational Components:
Introduction to Risk Management in IR: (Friday, September 11th: 5:00pm-9:00pm)
How has IR become a ripe domain for medical error and litigation? How do we as innovators in IR successfully persist while managing the risk inherent in our minimally invasive work?

IR Complications Mastermind: (Saturday, September 12th: 7:00am-1:00pm)
Vascular- and Nonvascular- themed peer-learning complications sessions, featuring clinical and technical didactics paired with known and unknown case-based hot seat discussions.

Medicolegal IR: Liability, Defense, and Recovery: (Monday, September 14th: 5:00pm-9:00pm)
Defense attorneys who have built a career defending IRs, and IRs who have successfully emerged through malpractice suits will share requisite pearls and pitfalls. What does one do or not do? How does one recover? How does one make it through in one piece?

View or download the Spotlight Flyer!

Founding Symposium Chair
Mikhail C.S.S. Higgins, MD, MPH
Boston Medical Center

Support
This program is supported in part by educational grants from: Sirtex, Medtronic, and Penumbra
This program is supported in part by virtual exhibits from: Bard, Hi IQ, and Qgenda

Accreditation
Boston University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Boston University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 12.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsT. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

To request reasonable accommodations for disabilities, please notify the Office of Continuing Medical Education in writing at least two weeks prior to the start of the conference.

This exciting program reflects the current state of headache medicine and is taught by an expert faculty!

To register and for program information,
visit the website below:

www.hacoop.org

Members: $25
Non-members: $50
Residents and Fellows: FREE

VIEW THE AGENDA!

SCOPE Live Webinars... FREE!

COVID-related challenges will also be discussed.
 

Register today for one these scheduled webinars:

November 18
Wednesday, 6:30-9:00pm ET

December 9
Wednesday, 8:00-10:30pm ET

January 23
Saturday, 10:00am-12:30pm ET

February 23
Tuesday, 6:00-8:30pm ET

Tuition for webinar: FREE

SCOPE of Pain is an in-depth training that focuses on:

• Effective communication skills and the potential risks and benefits of opioids for managing acute and chronic pain
• The assessment of opioid misuse risk and recognition and treatment of opioid use disorder
• Helping you safely and effectively manage patients with acute and/or chronic pain, when appropriate, with opioid analgesics

Course Director and Speaker:

Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH (Nov 18, Jan 23, Feb 23)
Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

Speakers:

Erica Bial, MD, MS (Nov 18 and Dec 9)
Director of Non-surgical Spine Care, Department of Neurosurgery, Lahey Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Pain Management, Tufts University School of Medicine

Jessica L. Taylor, MD (Dec 9, Jan 23, Feb 23)
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

Visit scopeofpain.org to register

or

Listen to 6 new podcasts FREE:

scopeofpain.org/podcast

SCOPE Live Webinars... FREE!

COVID-related challenges will also be discussed.
 

Register today for one these scheduled webinars:

August 18
Tuesday, 7:00-9:30pm EDT

October 22
Thursday, 5:30-8:00pm EDT

November 18
Wednesday, 6:30-9:00pm EDT

Tuition for webinar: FREE

SCOPE of Pain is an in-depth training that focuses on:

• Effective communication skills and the potential risks and benefits of opioids for managing acute and chronic pain
• The assessment of opioid misuse risk and recognition and treatment of opioid use disorder
• Helping you safely and effectively manage patients with acute and/or chronic pain, when appropriate, with opioid analgesics

Course Director and Speaker:

Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

Speakers:

Erica Bial, MD, MS
Director of Non-surgical Spine Care, Department of Neurosurgery, Lahey Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Pain Management, Tufts University School of Medicine

Jessica L. Taylor, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

Visit scopeofpain.org to register

or

Listen to 6 new podcasts FREE:

scopeofpain.org/podcast

The goal of this inaugural IR Medicolegal, Quality and Safety virtual conference is to fill a current educational void in the field of IR and offer a dedicated medicolegal, risk management and peer-learning complications symposium, designed for both practicing Interventional Radiologists and IRs-in-training, with special attention to early career IRs.

View the agenda!

 

Core  Educational Components:
Introduction to Risk Management in IR: (Friday, September 11th: 5:00pm-9:00pm)
How has IR become a ripe domain for medical error and litigation? How do we as innovators in IR successfully persist while managing the risk inherent in our minimally invasive work?

IR Complications Mastermind: (Saturday, September 12th: 7:00am-1:00pm)
Vascular- and Nonvascular- themed peer-learning complications sessions, featuring clinical and technical didactics paired with known and unknown case-based hot seat discussions.

Medicolegal IR: Liability, Defense, and Recovery: (Monday, September 14th: 5:00pm-9:00pm)
Defense attorneys who have built a career defending IRs, and IRs who have successfully emerged through malpractice suits will share requisite pearls and pitfalls. What does one do or not do? How does one recover? How does one make it through in one piece?

View or download the Spotlight Flyer!

Founding Symposium Chair
Mikhail C.S.S. Higgins, MD, MPH
Boston Medical Center

Support
This program is supported in part by educational grants from: Sirtex, Medtronic, and Penumbra
This program is supported in part by virtual exhibits from: Bard, Hi IQ, and Qgenda

Accreditation
Boston University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Boston University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 12.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsT. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

To request reasonable accommodations for disabilities, please notify the Office of Continuing Medical Education in writing at least two weeks prior to the start of the conference.

SCOPE Live Webinars... FREE!

COVID-related challenges will also be discussed.
 

Register today for one these scheduled webinars:

June 18
Thursday, 7:00-9:30pm EDT

July 13
Monday, 6:00-8:30pm EDT

August 18
Tuesday, 7:00-9:30pm EDT

Tuition for webinar: FREE

SCOPE of Pain is an in-depth training that focuses on:

• Effective communication skills and the potential risks and benefits of opioids for managing acute and chronic pain
• The assessment of opioid misuse risk and recognition and treatment of opioid use disorder
• Helping you safely and effectively manage patients with acute and/or chronic pain, when appropriate, with opioid analgesics

Course Director and Speaker:

Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

Speaker for April and June:

Erica Bial, MD, MS
Director of Non-surgical Spine Care, Department of Neurosurgery, Lahey Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Pain Management, Tufts University School of Medicine

Speaker for May, July, and August:

Jessica L. Taylor, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

Visit scopeofpain.org to register

or

View the 7 new podcasts FREE:

scopeofpain.org/podcast

SCOPE Live Webinars... FREE!

COVID-related challenges will also be discussed.
 

Register today for one these scheduled webinars:

June 18
Thursday, 7:00-9:30pm EDT

July 13
Monday, 6:00-8:30pm EDT

August 18
Tuesday, 7:00-9:30pm EDT

Tuition for webinar: FREE

SCOPE of Pain is an in-depth training that focuses on:

• Effective communication skills and the potential risks and benefits of opioids for managing acute and chronic pain
• The assessment of opioid misuse risk and recognition and treatment of opioid use disorder
• Helping you safely and effectively manage patients with acute and/or chronic pain, when appropriate, with opioid analgesics

Course Director and Speaker:

Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

Speaker for June:

Erica Bial, MD, MS
Director of Non-surgical Spine Care, Department of Neurosurgery, Lahey Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Pain Management, Tufts University School of Medicine

Speaker for July and August:

Jessica L. Taylor, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

Visit scopeofpain.org to register

or

View the 7 new podcasts FREE:

scopeofpain.org/podcast

Now SIR Endorsed!

The goal of this inaugural IR Medicolegal, Quality and Safety virtual conference is to fill a current educational void in the field of IR and offer a dedicated medicolegal, risk management and peer-learning complications symposium, designed for both practicing Interventional Radiologists and IRs-in-training, with special attention to early career IRs.

View the agenda!

 

Core  Educational Components:
Introduction to Risk Management in IR: (Friday, September 11th: 5:00pm-9:00pm)
How has IR become a ripe domain for medical error and litigation? How do we as innovators in IR successfully persist while managing the risk inherent in our minimally invasive work?

IR Complications Mastermind: (Saturday, September 12th: 7:00am-1:00pm)
Vascular- and Nonvascular- themed peer-learning complications sessions, featuring clinical and technical didactics paired with known and unknown case-based hot seat discussions.

Medicolegal IR: Liability, Defense, and Recovery: (Monday, September 14th: 5:00pm-9:00pm)
Defense attorneys who have built a career defending IRs, and IRs who have successfully emerged through malpractice suits will share requisite pearls and pitfalls. What does one do or not do? How does one recover? How does one make it through in one piece?

View or download the Spotlight Flyer!

Founding Symposium Chair
Mikhail C.S.S. Higgins, MD, MPH
Boston Medical Center

Support
This program is supported in part by educational grants from: Sirtex, Medtronic, and Penumbra
This program is supported in part by virtual exhibits from: Bard, Hi IQ, and Qgenda

Accreditation
Boston University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Boston University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 12.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsT. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

To request reasonable accommodations for disabilities, please notify the Office of Continuing Medical Education in writing at least two weeks prior to the start of the conference.

FOR REGISTRATION AND PROGRAM INFORMATION
PLEASE LOG ON TO THIS WEBSITE

www.hacoop.org

VIRTUAL EVENT - Care for the Caregivers
Friday, April 24th, 12:00 - 1:00pm EST

Register Here!

According to an article published earlier this month in the New England Journal of Medicine, "the novel nature of SARS-CoV-2, inadequate testing, limited treatment options, insufficient PPE, extended workloads and other emerging concerns are sources of stress" for healthcare providers.

This virtual program will provide support and psychoeducation about resilience and self-care to healthcare providers in the age of COVID-19. Particular attention will be paid to managing stress and avoiding burn-out.


Objective: At the end of this session, healthcare providers will be able to utilize coping strategies for self-care


Co-presenters:
Stephen Brady, PhD
Guerette Symposia Course Director
Assistant Dean- Graduate Medical Sciences
Director, Mental Health Counseling & Behavioral Medicine Program
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Boston University School of Medicine

Rachel Levy-Bell, PsyD
Associate Program Director and Director of Clinical Training
Mental Health Counseling and Behavioral Medicine Program
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry and Division of Graduate Medical Sciences
Clinical Psychologist
Boston University School of Medicine


Accreditation
Physicians
Boston University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Boston University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditT. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses
Continuing Nursing Education Provider Unit, Boston University School of Medicine is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Register Here!

Safer/Competent Opioid Prescribing Education Podcast Series

• A new way to experience SCOPE of Pain Education

• Register and participate for FREE

• Listen to each of the 6 episodes sequentially online or download the series

• Each episode will take approximately 20 minutes to complete
  

What is this podcast series about?
SCOPE of Pain is a series of continuing medical education/continuing nursing education activities designed to help you more effectively manage patients with acute and/or chronic pain, with a focus on the more judicious and safer use of opioid analgesics. By completing this case-based program you will learn how to:

• Optimize safety when prescribing opioids for acute pain
• Determine when opioid analgesics are indicated for chronic pain
• Assess pain and prescription opioid misuse risk
• Educate patients about opioid risks and realistic benefits
• Monitor patients on opioid therapy for benefits and harms
• Assess and manage worrisome opioid-taking behaviors
• Safely taper long-term opioid therapy
• Identify and manage patients with an opioid use disorder

Speakers:
Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH (Course Director)
Marc R. LaRochelle, MD, MPH
Jessica L. Taylor, MD
Alexander Y. Walley, MD, MSc
Kristin F. Wason, MSN, NP-C, CARN

Target Audience
Physicians, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, physician assistants, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, and allied health professionals whose practices manage acute and chronic pain.

Date of Original Release: 4/20/2020
Date of Expiration: 4/19/2021

View Accreditation Information

scopeofpain.org

SCOPE Live Webinars... FREE!

COVID-related challenges will also be discussed.
 

Register today for one these scheduled webinars:

May 19
Tuesday, 6:00-8:30pm EDT

June 18
Thursday, 7:00-9:30pm EDT

July 13
Monday, 6:00-8:30pm EDT

August 18
Tuesday, 7:00-9:30pm EDT

Tuition for webinar: FREE

SCOPE of Pain is an in-depth training that focuses on:

• Effective communication skills and the potential risks and benefits of opioids for managing acute and chronic pain
• The assessment of opioid misuse risk and recognition and treatment of opioid use disorder
• Helping you safely and effectively manage patients with acute and/or chronic pain, when appropriate, with opioid analgesics

Course Director and Speaker:

Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

Speaker for April and June:

Erica Bial, MD, MS
Director of Non-surgical Spine Care, Department of Neurosurgery, Lahey Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Pain Management, Tufts University School of Medicine

Speaker for May, July, and August:

Jessica L. Taylor, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

Visit scopeofpain.org to register

or

View the 7 new podcasts FREE:

scopeofpain.org/podcast

SCOPE Live Webinars... FREE!

COVID-related challenges will also be discussed.
 

Register today for one these scheduled webinars:

July 13
Monday, 6:00-8:30pm EDT

August 18
Tuesday, 7:00-9:30pm EDT

Note: More dates to follow

Tuition for webinar: FREE

SCOPE of Pain is an in-depth training that focuses on:

• Effective communication skills and the potential risks and benefits of opioids for managing acute and chronic pain
• The assessment of opioid misuse risk and recognition and treatment of opioid use disorder
• Helping you safely and effectively manage patients with acute and/or chronic pain, when appropriate, with opioid analgesics

Course Director and Speaker:

Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

Speaker for July and August:

Jessica L. Taylor, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

Visit scopeofpain.org to register

or

View the 6 new podcasts FREE:

scopeofpain.org/podcast

To our Boston University School of Medicine CME/CNE Community,

Today, we are reaching out to you to say thank you.  We know you are on the frontlines doing whatever you can in your community to take care of your patients.

Here in the CME/CNE office, we are working remotely while reaching out to our own Boston University faculty and staff to help in any way that we can during this difficult time.

Here are some resources that may be useful to you:

• We are fortunate to have the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) here on our university campus. Read about what they are doing here: http://www.bu.edu/neidl/news/in-the-news/
  

• Associate Professor, Benjamin P. Linas, MD collaborated with assistant professor Eleanor Murray, ScD, to create a series of COVID-19 patient fact sheets in multiple languages.  More on this effort is here: https://www.bmc.org/healthcity/policy-and-industry/covid-19-translation-making-patient-education-accessible?utm_campaign=healthcity&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin&utm_content=covid-accessible-patient-education. The sheets can be downloaded here: https://github.com/eleanormurray/COVID_19/tree/master/5Tips_forEveryone

• Our live meetings may be on pause but we look forward to when we can once again meet, in person, to share best practices. In the meantime, you can access our opioid prescribing Scope of Pain online program here: https://www.scopeofpain.org/ and other online programs here: https://www.bucme.org/search/online_activities
  

• The ACCME has a terrific resource for educational programs on the COVID epidemic: https://www.accme.org/coronavirus-resources
  

• The National Academy of Medicine has a resource page here: https://nam.edu/initiatives/clinician-resilience-and-well-being/clinician-well-being-strategies-during-covid-19/

Should you have any questions about our programs, please check our website at bucme.org, call us at 617-358-5005 or email us at cme@bu.edu.

Stay well, stay safe, and thank you,
BUSM - Continuing Medical/Nursing Education Office

Safer/Competent Opioid Prescribing Education Podcast Series

• A new way to experience SCOPE of Pain Education

• Register and participate for FREE

• Listen to each of the 6 episodes sequentially online or download the series

• Each episode will take approximately 20 minutes to complete
  

What is this podcast series about?
SCOPE of Pain is a series of continuing medical education/continuing nursing education activities designed to help you more effectively manage patients with acute and/or chronic pain, with a focus on the more judicious and safer use of opioid analgesics. By completing this case-based program you will learn how to:

• Optimize safety when prescribing opioids for acute pain
• Determine when opioid analgesics are indicated for chronic pain
• Assess pain and prescription opioid misuse risk
• Educate patients about opioid risks and realistic benefits
• Monitor patients on opioid therapy for benefits and harms
• Assess and manage worrisome opioid-taking behaviors
• Safely taper long-term opioid therapy
• Identify and manage patients with an opioid use disorder

Speakers:
Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH (Course Director)
Marc R. LaRochelle, MD, MPH
Jessica L. Taylor, MD
Alexander Y. Walley, MD, MSc
Kristin F. Wason, MSN, NP-C, CARN

Target Audience
Physicians, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, physician assistants, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, and allied health professionals whose practices manage acute and chronic pain.

Date of Original Release: 4/20/2020
Date of Expiration: 4/19/2021

View Accreditation Information

scopeofpain.org

To our Boston University School of Medicine CME/CNE Community,

Today, we are reaching out to you to say thank you.  We know you are on the frontlines doing whatever you can in your community to take care of your patients.

Here in the CME/CNE office, we are working remotely while reaching out to our own Boston University faculty and staff to help in any way that we can during this difficult time.

Here are some resources that may be useful to you:

• We are fortunate to have the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) here on our university campus. Read about what they are doing here: http://www.bu.edu/neidl/news/in-the-news/
  

• Associate Professor, Benjamin P. Linas, MD collaborated with assistant professor Eleanor Murray, ScD, to create a series of COVID-19 patient fact sheets in multiple languages.  More on this effort is here: https://www.bmc.org/healthcity/policy-and-industry/covid-19-translation-making-patient-education-accessible?utm_campaign=healthcity&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin&utm_content=covid-accessible-patient-education. The sheets can be downloaded here: https://github.com/eleanormurray/COVID_19/tree/master/5Tips_forEveryone

• Our live meetings may be on pause but we look forward to when we can once again meet, in person, to share best practices. In the meantime, you can access our opioid prescribing Scope of Pain online program here: https://www.scopeofpain.org/ and other online programs here: https://www.bucme.org/search/online_activities
  

• The ACCME has a terrific resource for educational programs on the COVID epidemic: https://www.accme.org/coronavirus-resources
  

• The National Academy of Medicine has a resource page here: https://nam.edu/initiatives/clinician-resilience-and-well-being/clinician-well-being-strategies-during-covid-19/

Should you have any questions about our programs, please check our website at bucme.org, call us at 617-358-5005 or email us at cme@bu.edu.

Stay well, stay safe, and thank you,
BUSM - Continuing Medical/Nursing Education Office

 Now Online!

The video from our webinar, Care for the Caregivers is now online at https://www.bucme.org/caregivers.  You can just watch the video or, we offer the option to claim CME/CNE credit as well.

We also have a resource page, visit this link.

About the Program: According to an article published earlier this month in the New England Journal of Medicine, "the novel nature of SARS-CoV-2, inadequate testing, limited treatment options, insufficient PPE, extended workloads and other emerging concerns are sources of stress" for healthcare providers.

This virtual training will provide support and psychoeducation about resilience and self-care to healthcare providers in the age of COVID-19.  Particular attention will be paid to managing stress and avoiding burn-out.

 

Reference: Mental Health and the Covid-19 Pandemic, Betty Pfefferbaum, M.D., J.D., and Carol S. North, M.D., M.P.E. April 13, 2020  DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp2008017

Target Audience: All health care providers.

Objective: At the end of this session, healthcare providers will be able to utilize coping strategies for self-care.


Co-presenters:
Stephen Brady, PhD
Guerette Symposia Course Director
Assistant Dean- Graduate Medical Sciences
Director, Mental Health Counseling & Behavioral Medicine Program
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Boston University School of Medicine

Rachel Levy-Bell, PsyD
Associate Program Director and Director of Clinical Training
Mental Health Counseling and Behavioral Medicine Program
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry and Division of Graduate Medical Sciences
Clinical Psychologist
Boston University School of Medicine


Accreditation
Physicians
Boston University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Boston University School of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditT. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses
Continuing Nursing Education Provider Unit, Boston University School of Medicine is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Contact Hours 1.25 of which 0 are eligible for pharmacology credit.

Safer/Competent Opioid Prescribing Education Podcast Series

• A new way to experience SCOPE of Pain Education

• Register and participate for FREE

• Listen to each of the 6 episodes sequentially online or download the series

• Each episode will take approximately 20 minutes to complete
  

What is this podcast series about?
SCOPE of Pain is a series of continuing medical education/continuing nursing education activities designed to help you more effectively manage patients with acute and/or chronic pain, with a focus on the more judicious and safer use of opioid analgesics. By completing this case-based program you will learn how to:

• Optimize safety when prescribing opioids for acute pain
• Determine when opioid analgesics are indicated for chronic pain
• Assess pain and prescription opioid misuse risk
• Educate patients about opioid risks and realistic benefits
• Monitor patients on opioid therapy for benefits and harms
• Assess and manage worrisome opioid-taking behaviors
• Safely taper long-term opioid therapy
• Identify and manage patients with an opioid use disorder

Speakers:
Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH (Course Director)
Marc R. LaRochelle, MD, MPH
Jessica L. Taylor, MD
Alexander Y. Walley, MD, MSc
Kristin F. Wason, MSN, NP-C, CARN

Target Audience
Physicians, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, physician assistants, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, and allied health professionals whose practices manage acute and chronic pain.

Date of Original Release: 4/20/2020
Date of Expiration: 4/19/2021

View Accreditation Information

scopeofpain.org

Thank You!

2020 was a year unlike any other. On behalf of the Boston University School of Medicine Continuing Medical Education Office we want to say thank you for all that you have done and continue to do in your community and practice.

While our live, in-person conferences are on hold until later this year, we do have a number of live-stream webinars scheduled for the spring on a variety of topics. We also have many programs available on demand to watch at your convenience.

We offer programs for the entire healthcare team - physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, psychologists, social workers and more. Many of our programs offer specialty credits including MOC, AAFP and AAP credits.

From our award winning national SCOPE of Pain Program to our Guerette Symposia series, we offer programs in over 20 specialties, that can be accessed from the comfort of your home or office. 

Check us out at bucme.org.  We hope to welcome you to a program soon!

Please reach out to us with any questions at cme@bu.edu or 617-358-5005.


Wishing you a happy and healthy New Year!
The Team at Boston University School of Medicine Continuing Medical Education Office