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2025 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 12/2027.
Title: 2025 Enduring Material Combined Pain Skills & SUD Symposium Training (Interprofessional, CDE)
Activity ID: 2025-0442
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 2025
Plenary Sessions
Dr. Anita Hickey Memorial Lecture: Dopamine Nation and the Pleasure Pain Balance
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.
An Overview of the Management of
Benzodiazepine Use Disorder
Artificial Intelligence in Pain Medicine: Transforming Assessment and Treatment Through Technology
Cognitive Functional Therapy for Pain
Dr. Richard Niemtzow Memorial Lecture: Pain & Substance Use Disorder an Integrative Approach
More Than Just Head Pain: The Variety of Headache Disorders and How We Approach Management
Neuropathic Pain Diagnosis – Using the NEP SIG Guidance to Support Appropriate Treatment
Secret and Arcane Strategies in the Understanding of Substance Use Disorders
Substance Use Disorder Prevention
Virtual Workshops
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy for Pain and Addiction
Battlefield Acupuncture (BFA) Instructor Training
Beyond Breaking Bad: Substance Abuse Treatment in 2025, including AI, Pop Culture, and Political Sensitivity
*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.