Advancing the Science and Practice of Pain Medicine: AAPM 29th Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, FL, April 11–14

Abstract

Next month will mark the Academy's 29th Annual Meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, providing an excellent opportunity for you to join your colleagues and convene to address pressing concerns of pain medicine physicians, as well as primary care physicians. Attendees will look to better assess and diagnose patients with acute and chronic pain disorders, develop patient treatment plans, improve treatment of patients with addictions and psychological disorders, and enhance the scientific rigor and quality of their practice. Besides providing an ideal networking venue, the meeting cuts a clear educational path for clinicians and academicians to learn the latest trends and evidence-based research. Meeting sessions will delineate knowledge and present a balance of complex issues and straightforward clinical information to use in practice. In today's environment, it is imperative that we maintain a strong stance as pain experts to the medical community, fully understand a growing array of pain therapies and treatments, and be grounded in pain science. The goal of this meeting is to share information on the latest science and advancements in the treatment of pain so that we practice in an evidence-based fashion. To help achieve that, our educational sessions take a biopsychosocial approach, rather than one that is purely biomedical to pain medicine. Large issues such …