2021 Virtual Community Opioid Symposium: November 4, 2021
Pain, Opioids, and Addiction: Understanding How They Are Related and How We Can Treat Pain Better to Improve Outcome – Don Teater, MD, MPH
Learning Objectives
1. Participants will be able to identify the 4 main mechanisms of pain and their impact on acute and chronic pain.
2. Participants will identify how our thoughts and emotions affect our pain experience.
3. Participants will understand how the use of opioids for acute and chronic pain commonly result in worse outcomes.
4. Participants will identify the optimal treatment options for both acute and chronic pain.