CME Information

Accredited Continuing Education Information

The AAPM 38th Annual Meeting is scheduled for March 17-20, 2022 and will be available as an enduring activity thereafter and until December 1st, 2022. Below please find important information about the meeting educational programming.

Who Should Attend?

Clinicians from all specialties and general medical practice treating patients in pain are invited to join leading experts in pain medicine at AAPM 2022. The program was designed by a multidisciplinary, multimodal committee of experts at the forefront of pain medicine practice. The primary audience is physicians whose scope of practice is the multidisciplinary practice of pain medicine and a secondary audience of nonphysician healthcare clinicians including nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, physical therapists, psychologists, and pharmacists who are part of the multidisciplinary pain management team.

After attending the meeting, participants should be better able to

  • Describe recent advancements in research, clinical best practices, patient management, practice management, and the diagnosis and treatment of patients in pain
  • Assess, treat, and improve outcomes for patients suffering from multiple types of pain through the use of evidence-based, integrative/multidisciplinary pain management strategies and patient-centered treatment plans
  • Improve patient safety and decrease the rate of opioid- and pain analgesic–related adverse events.

Session-specific learning objectives can be viewed following the description for each session.

The American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AAPM designates this education activity on March 17-20, 2022 and enduring from April 1, 2022 to December 1, 2022 for a maximum of 30 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

Meeting registrants can access the evaluation by visiting the AAPM meeting website and clicking on the Online Evaluations & CME/CE Certificates. Attendees cannot receive credit for simultaneous sessions so you must view some sessions as “live” virtual and then view the concurrent sessions later, as enduring sessions. Participants will receive their CME certificate only after they submit their evaluations online and at the conclusion of all viewed sessions that the Participant will view. Certificates also can be sent to participants’ e-mail addresses for printing later or saving electronically. All attendees are encouraged to complete the meeting evaluation at the conclusion of his or her respective viewing or by December 1, 2022, regardless of whether they are seeking continuing education credits. The final evaluation deadline and claiming CME deadline for the 38th Annual Meeting is December 1, 2022.

This meeting is supported, in part, by educational grants and in-kind support from industry. All support is managed in strict accordance with the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence. Appropriate acknowledgement of all supporting organizations is made to participants prior to the educational activity in the program guide, on the event website, and with signage during the meeting. Guidelines for industry support can be found on AAPM’s website at www.painmed.org

On December 10, 2020, ACCME announced new Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. These newly evolved standards, formerly known as Standards for Commercial Support, “serve the needs of healthcare professionals, patients, and the public in changing healthcare environment”.

It is the policy of AAPM to plan and implement educational activities in accordance with ACCME to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor. As an ACCME-accredited provider, AAPM may receive support from ineligible companies (defined by ACCME as any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients) but does not receive guidance, either nuanced or direct, on the content of the activity or on who should deliver the content. All program faculty and planners are required to disclose all financial relationships they may have or have had within the past 24 months with ineligible companies. Any real or apparent conflicts of interest must be resolved prior to the presentation. Faculty are expected to disclose this information to the audience both verbally and in print (PPTs) at the beginning of each presentation. A full list of real-time Planning Committee and faculty disclosures shall be posted to the AAPM meeting website

Participants have an implied responsibility to use information presented at the 38th Annual Meeting to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Further, the opinions expressed at the 38th Annual Meeting are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of AAPM. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of patient conditions and possible contraindications on dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.

AAPM Annual Meeting schedules and faculty are subject to change and cancellation. If AAPM must cancel a meeting in full, registrants will receive a full credit or refund, minus a $25 processing fee. AAPM is not liable for any other costs of any attendee for cancellation.

AAPM works to ensure that no individual with a disability is excluded, denied services, segregated, or otherwise treated differently from other individuals because of the absence of auxiliary aids and services. If you require any auxiliary aids or services to attend any AAPM program, please contact AAPM toll free at (800) 917-1619.