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2026 Combined Pain Care Skills & Substance Use Disorder Training
Information on CME/CNE Enduring Credits for Plenaries
Enduring CME/CNE for Plenaries
To access each plenary session recording, click on the videos below. After viewing each recording, you will need to register to receive Enduring CME/CNE credits. Registration links can be found underneath each plenary video. The Sign-In Sheet/Questionnaire for Enduring CME/CNE credits will be found in your registration confirmation. Remember to download, complete and return the Sign-In Sheet/Questionnaire for Enduring CME/CNE credits to Daniela Spitalsky at daniela.k.spitalsky.ctr@health.mil and dha.bethesda.wrnmmc.mbx.pain-skills-training@health.mil.
Plenary sessions recordings are available until August 11, 2027.
Title: 2026 Enduring Material Combined Pain Care Skills & SUD Training (Interprofessional, CDE)
Activity ID: 2026-0286
The following sessions were recorded with speaker permission. To view the videos, click the play button. To view the videos with closed captioning, click the CC button found within the bottom toolbar of the video.
Pain Care Skills Training Welcome Video 2026
Plenary Sessions
Dr. Anita Hickey Memorial Lecture:
Intersection of Hyperalgesia and Hyperkatifeia as a Driving Force for Negative Reinforcement in Addiction
Dr. Anita Hunt Hickey trained in Pain Medicine at Harvard’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Boston Children’s Hospital. She participated in numerous working groups on pain management and integrative medicine for the Department of Defense and the VA and was selected as the U.S. Navy Integrative Medicine and Pain Medicine representative for the Army Surgeon General’s task force on pain management. She was a speaker with 30+ years’ experience and treated military and civilian patients with chronic and acute pain by focusing on the use of Integrative and Holistic Pain Medicine. Our team was very fortunate to have benefited from her knowledge and expertise for many years at the Pain Care Skills Trainings. Dr. Hickey was a valuable asset to the Pain DoD Community and will be deeply missed.
Dr. Richard Niemtzow Memorial Lecture:
Sleep in the Military: Spanning the Field to the Clinic
Neuroplastic Recovery Therapies for Chronic Pain
Drug Interactions & Cardiovascular Complications in Pain Management
Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD): Treatment of AUD with Chronic Pain and Research with TMS
Wending Our Way Down Opioid
Metabolism Pathways
Gas Station and Corner Store Drugs: What Clinicians Need to Know About Kratom, Tianeptine, and Other Emerging Substances
Virtual Workshops
A Multi-modal Approach to Women’s Midlife Change Symptoms: Impact of Perimenopause & Menopause
Battlefield Acupuncture (BFA) Instructor Training
Fibromyalgia and Chronic Multisystem Illness: Linking Neurobiology to Effective Diagnosis and Treatment Strategies of Nociplastic Pain Syndromes
*This video does not certify you as a BFA Instructor. All individuals interested in becoming a BFA instructors should be trained by the AIM CENTER. For more information on how to be fully training please reach out to USAF.ACUPUNCTURE@HEALTH.MIL.