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Pain affects individuals of all ages and backgrounds. The United States
Department of Health and Human services declared that "patients with
acute and chronic pain in the United States face a crisis because of
significant challenges in obtaining adequate care, resulting in profound
physical, emotional, and societal costs" (2019). This webinar will
provide OT practitioners with a better understanding to the
biopsychosocial model for pain as well as the biological, psychological,
and sociological factors that contribute to the development of pain. This course is targeted at occupational therapy assistants and occupational therapists. This course uses the following instructional methods: recorded audio, visual aides (ie slides and videos), discussion board, transcription/closed captioning, guided note taking, and learning, and practice opportunities.
Content disclosure: This course does not exclusively focus on any specific product or service.
Learning Objectives:
Participants will identify the psychological, biological, and social factors that can influence the development of pain and its persistence.
Participants will be able to describe the impact pain can have on occupational performance.
Participants will explain 3 evidence-based occupational therapy interventions that could be used in a biopsychosocial approach to treat individuals with pain.
Course Contents
What People Are Saying
I am better equipped with the tools and ways to help my clients navigate their pain to improve their quality of life.
You both do a great job presenting the information in a way that OTPs can understand.
-K., an OT
I like how it gave practical OT interventions. It helped me feel more confident in the treatment interventions I provide for pain. -N., an OT
I feel very empowered to help patients coming into my rehab setting cope with pain and provide them with strategies to manage pain and increase their overall health outcomes and wellbeing. -C., an OT
Course Authors
Presenter Biographies
Niccole Rowe: Niccole Rowe, BA, COTA/L found her way to occupational therapy through her first profession in television news producing. She is grateful one story lead to changing to such an amazing profession as occupational therapy. She is in her 8th year of clinical practice. She treated for 4.5 years at an outpatient occupational therapy pain program.
Kimberly Breeden: Kimberly Breeden, MS, OTR/L has 25 years of experience working in occupational therapy in a variety of settings. She has an extensive background in clinical program development, leadership, administration and reimbursement. Kimberly served as clinical lead for an outpatient occupational therapy pain program for 5 years.
Niccole and Kimberly, together, developed an outpatient occupational therapy pain program. They have authored two continuing education articles on the subject of chronic pain and opioid guidelines. They have also served as contributing authors to an occupational therapy textbook on the subject of occupational therapy's role in pain management. They have traveled across the country serving as instructors for various courses on the subject of pain and non-pharmacological interventions for the treatment of pain.
DISCLOSURES
FINANCIAL: Niccole and Kimberly are both compensated as Founding Partners of Aspire OT.
NON FINANCIAL: Kimberly and Niccole serve as Founding Partners of Aspire OT, which has partnerships and affiliations as noted on the Partner and Affiliation sections of the Aspire OT website.
In order to receive the certificate of completion, participants must meet ALL of the following criteria:
View all course content for the entire duration including videos (Note: Learners cannot fast forward or increase play rate and complete the course)
Complete the course evaluation.
Pass the course exam with score of 75% or greater
Please note that no credit or certificate will be issued unless all criteria is met. Partial credit will not be issued.
Cancellation
Live Courses and Webinars: Learner cancellations: In the event that the learner requests to cancel or is unable to attend a course, a refund for the total paid for the course will be granted if Aspire OT is notified via email at info@aspireot.us within 10 business days prior to date of the scheduled course, minus a non-refundable registration fee of 25% of registration price. If the learner provides notification of cancellation less then 10 business days prior to the scheduled course, the learner will be offered the opportunity to attend the same webinar on an alternate date or enrollment in the recorded on-demand version of that webinar, instead of a refund.
No refunds will be issued after a course has been attended for more than 30 minutes. Partial credit will not be issued.
Provider cancellations: In the event of inclement weather or other event resulting in the inability for a live course to be provided within the scheduled time, learners will be offered an alternate date or a full refund for registration paid.
On-demand Web Courses Web courses will remain available to learners for 1 year. No refunds will be available for web courses that have been attended or viewed for greater than 30 minutes. In the event of a refund, the learner will be unenrolled in the course immediately upon issuance of a refund. No refunds will be issued for any course in which a certificate has been issued.
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This course has been approved for 3 Contact Hours by TNOTA
