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WIP 2012 | Miami Beach, Florida

Pre-Congress Refresher Course 

Refresher Course & Clinical Update Program

A refresher course & clinical update program is offered on Friday, February 3, 2012.  The objective of this course is to provide attendees with an overview of interventional pain management – attributes of practitioners of the speciality and drugs and techniques used. The intended audience includes physicians and other health care professionals who want an overview of this specialized area of medicine.

The Pre-Congress Refresher Course has CME accreditation.

**Please note the 25 maximum credits include accreditation hours for the Pre-Congress Refresher Course which is at an additional enrollment fee.

Course Registration Fee: USD 200

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Refresher Course & Clinical Update Program

08:00

 Minimally Invasive Options for Lumbar Stenosis

Interventional Management of Spine Disease: Two Views

09:00

Spinal Cord Stimulation for Axial Back Pain:  What is the Evidence?

Pain in Women: Gender Related

10:00

Clinical Pharmacology of Spinal Drugs

Palliative Care Medicine in 2011

11:00

Assessment and Management of Trauma Pain

Post Amputation Pain:  Characteristics and Treatment   

12:00

Break

13:00

Abuse, Misuse and Diversion:  How to Identify and Manage Offenders

Novel Analgesic Drugs in Clinical Development

14:00

Acute Pain:  What Have We Learned Over the Past 30 Years?  

Pain in Developing Countries:  Managing Resources  

15:00

An Algorithmic Approach to Neuropathic Pain  

Spinal Cord Stimulation:  Update

16:00-17:00

Management of Opioid-related Side Effects and Complications

Interventional Management in Cancer Pain Patients