Virtual meeting
Via Zoom
Description
This training introduces evidence-based approaches that complement conventional pain management strategies. Participants will learn to incorporate at least two integrative therapies into a multimodal treatment plan to enhance patient outcomes. The training also explores common barriers to implementing these therapies in clinical settings and practical solutions to overcome them. This course supports a holistic, patient-centered approach to pain care.
Intended audience
Providers, nurses, social workers, psychologists, peer supports, other clinical staff, and non-clinicians.
Speakers
Zev Schuman-Olivier, MD
Zev Schuman-Olivier, MD is the Founding Center Director of the CHA Center for Mindfulness and Compassion and Director of the Mindful Mental Health Service at CHA. He is Director of Addiction Research at CHA. Dr. Schuman-Olivier is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and an investigator at the Center for Technology and Behavioral Health at Dartmouth. As a board-certified addiction psychiatrist, he has been involved with research and clinical care of patients with addiction, mental illness, and chronic pain both in mental health and primary care settings. He has participated in the NIH Science of Behavior Change Initiative and NIH HEAL Initiatives. He is the principal investigator for the PARTS study, which is developing and testing novel group interventions based on an Internal Family Systems approach to trauma and PTSD. He co-developed the Mindful Behavior Change curriculum and was the principal investigator of the MINDFUL-PC project, which led the way in integrating mindfulness into primary care. He is the principal investigator of the MINDFUL-OBOT trial, a national trial of live online mindfulness training groups, which recruited people with opioid use disorder from 16 states. He is Director of the Clinical Core for the NCCIH program project grant testing synergistic integrative mind-body approaches to chronic pain treatment. In addition, he is involved in clinical trials of innovative interventions for depression, anxiety, alcohol use, and grief.
Objectives
At the end of this training, participants will have the knowledge necessary to:
- Identify at least two evidence-based integrative therapies used in the management of pain.
- Describe ways to utilize integrative therapies as part of a multimodal treatment plan for pain management.
- List barriers to implementation of integrative pain management strategies in clinical practice and potential solutions.
Sponsored by
Boston Medical Center Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (DPH/BSAS)
Funding for out of state attendees is provided by the Opioid Response Network (ORN).
Funding for this initiative was made possible (in part) by grant no. 1H79TI085588-02 from SAMHSA. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
This project is supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $2,710,074.00 with 100 percent funded by CDC/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by CDC/HHS, or the U.S. Government.
Accreditation information
Please read the Accreditation Information section of the training page to learn about the requirements for receiving credit or a certificate of completion.
Audience
Providers, nurses, social workers, psychologists, peer supports, other clinical staff, and non-clinicians.
