Virtual Seminar
11/29/2026 - 11/29/2026
9:00 am - 2:00 pm
Where: virtual
Topics include: pain management
Virtual Seminar
Gregory Holmquist, Pharm.D., BCOP
Pain and Palliative Care Specialist
Dr. Holmquist is on the Board of Advisors of the American Society of Pain Educators. Over the past decade, he has been invited to present over 1,000 CME and CE lectures on pain management across the country. He shares practical and relevant clinical information, with a touch of humor, ensuring that audiences not only listen but also hear an important message on managing pain and making a difference in the lives of their patients.
PAIN MANAGEMENT
ACPE # TBA
Objectives:
1. State three myths and barriers to providing effective use of pharmacological therapies for pain control in patients.
2. State five features of patients that differentiate patients with acute versus chronic pain syndromes.
3. Differentiate addiction, dependence, tolerance, pseudo-addiction, pseudo-tolerance, and hyperalgesia.
4. Recommend and effectively utilize standard and innovative pharmacological strategies to effectively palliate uncontrolled pain.
5. State the role of selected co-analgesic and adjuvant pain therapies (e.g. antidepressants, anticonvulsants, NSAIDs, topical approaches) in the management of pain.
6. Compare and contrast the pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, side effects and clinical utilization of the commercially available opioid products.
7. Recognize the patient / chronic pain syndrome which can receive the greatest potential benefit from a trial of opioid therapy and be able to implement this therapeutic approach in a manner that minimize the risks of drug diversion, addiction, and side effects.
8. State the common side effects associated with pain medications and be able to recommend strategies to prevent the side effects from impacting the patients’s quality of life.