2017 Grand Rounds: Mortal Values - The Ethics of Pain Management

Overview

Grand Rounds is available in-person, on the UNTHSC campus, or online via this page starting promptly at 12:00 PM CST. Registration is not required for attendance in-person.

To participate online, you must enter the system between 11:00 AM and 12:15 PM CST. Grand Rounds starts promptly at 12:00 PM CST. You will not be able to access the activity after 12:15 PM CST. To access the activity, click the Register Online button and follow the instructions.

Presentation Summary

“Terror upon terror overwhelms me.  It sweeps away my resolution like the wind, and my hope of victory vanishes like a cloud.  So now my soul is in turmoil, and misery has me daily in its grip.  My night pain racks my bones, and there is a ceaseless throbbing in my veins.  With violent force it seizes me and torments me” (JOB 30:15:17)

Job’s ancient lament does not seem exaggerated to patients who experience pain, whether from cancer, heart disease, post-severe burns, orthopedic injury and surgery, or any of the host of other causes.  What often makes pain worse, is that both patients and physicians may feel it is more morally defensible to treat disease than to treat pain effectively.  Even when pain is experienced by dying patients, there may be a real debate about treating such paint adequately – especially if to do so might shorten the patient’s life.  Does patient autonomy include the right to make such decisions?  Or for physicians to choose not to implement them? Is the obligation to treat pain an ethical obligation in patient care? 

Accreditation

CPE

The University of North Texas Health Science Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

This knowledge-based activity has been assigned UAN 0845-0000-17-018-L04-P and will award 1.00 contact hour (0.100 CEUs) of continuing pharmacy education credit in states that recognize ACPE providers.

Statements of participation will indicate hours and CEUs based on participation and will be issued online at the conclusion of the activity. Successful completion includes signing in at registration, attending the entire session for which credit is claimed, completing the activity evaluation and requesting credit online at conclusion of the activity. Credit will be uploaded to CPE Monitor, and participants may print a statement of credit or transcript from their NABP e-profile. UNTHSC complies with the Accreditation Standards for Continuing Pharmacy Education.

CNE

UNT Health Science Center is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider # 16274. This activity is approved for 1.20 Contact Hours.

TSBSWE

This activity is approved for a maximum of 1.00 Clock Hours for Social Workers.

UNTHSC

The University of North Texas Health Science Center certifies this activity for 1.00 hour of participation.

Physicians

The University of North Texas Health Science Center is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association to award continuing medical education to physicians.

The University of North Texas Health Science Center has requested that the AOA Council on Continuing Medical Education approve this program for 1.00 hour of AOA Category 1A CME credits. Approval is currently pending.

The University of North Texas Health Science Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of North Texas Health Science Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The University of North Texas Health Science Center has determined that this CME activity provides hours towards the Texas State Board of Medical Examiner's standard, annual ethics/professional responsibility requirement.

The University of North Texas Health Science Center presents this activity for educational purposes only. Participants are expected to utilize their own expertise and judgment while engaged in the practice of medicine. The content of the presentations is provided solely by presenters who have been selected for presentations because of recognized expertise in their field.

ACGME Competencies

• Patient care
• Professionalism

IOM Competencies

• Provide patient-centered care

IPE Competencies

• Values/Ethics for Interprofessional Practice

Counselor

Texas LPC CEU

University of North Texas Health Science Center is an approved provider, number 2022, by the Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors. This activity is approved for 1.00 CEU credit/1.00 clock hours.

PT

UNT Health Science Center is accredited by Texas Physical Therapy Association, Provider 1810035TX. This activity is approved for 1.00 CCU for PTs and PTAs.

For successful completion, a participant must attend the program, complete the evaluation, and request credit online at conclusion of the activity.

The assignment of Texas PT CCUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by TPTA or TBPTE.

Acknowledgement