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2024 Pain Care Skills Training

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Pain Care Skills Training Welcome Video 2024

Plenary Sessions will be available for viewing until 12/31/2025. To access each recording, click on the links below and enter the information requested. After viewing each recording, remember to download, complete and return the Sign-In Sheet/Questionnaire for Enduring CME/CNE purposes. 

Plenary Sessions

Dr. Anita Hickey

NCRPI honors Dr. Anita Hickey with a plenary memorial lecture each year during the Pain Care Skills Training. Read more about Dr. Anita Hickey’s contributions and impact to pain management in the military.

Dr. Anita Hickey Memorial Lecture: Pain Reprocessing Theory (60 Min) – Dr. Yoni Ashar, University of Colorado
Click here to access: https://na.eventscloud.com/2024plenaryreprocessing

A Whole Person Perspective on Pain Management (60 min) – Dr. Mark Pitcher
Click here to access: https://na.eventscloud.com/2024plenarywhole

Operation Supplement Safety (60 min) – Dr. Andrea Lindsey 
Click here to access: https://na.eventscloud.com/2024plenaryoperation

CHAMP Program-Mental Fitness Senior Scientist & Head of Leadership Development (60 min) – Dr. Gabriel Paoletti
Click here to access: https://na.eventscloud.com/2024plenarychamp

Workshops

Battlefield Acupuncture (BFA) Instructor Training


Buprenorphine for Chronic Pain

Chronic Pain & PTSD

*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.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) & Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) for Pain

Fibromyalgia in the Department of Defense: A Rheumatologists’ Perspective

Functional Medicine & Shared Medical Appointments: Force Multipliers for Pain & Performance

Headaches: Evaluation & Treatment Planning

Improving Sleep in Service Members and Veterans with Chronic Pain

Japanese Meridian Therapy Approach to Pain Management

Lifestyle & Performance Medicine

Massage Therapy for Pain

Motivational Interviewing for Pain

Occupational Therapy to Prevent and Treat Pain using Evidence-Based, Non-Pharmacological Interventions for Recruit to Retiree

Pain and Palliative Care: Opioids, Kids, and Communication Pearls

Pain Essentials in the Primary Care Setting

Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine

The Benefits of Mindfulness & Hypnotherapy for Pain

Therapeutic Movement (Yoga, Tai Chi & Qigong)

When Treatment As Usual Doesn’t Fit the Bill: Optimizing Pain Care for Women