Annual Maine Pain Initiative Symposium
"Meeting Patient Needs: It's All About Conversation" September 16 & 17, 2008
Samoset Resort on the Ocean, Rockport, Maine Maine Pain Initiative Symposium Program DetailsTuesday, September 16, 2008 3:00 p.m. Pain Management at the End-of-Life: A Physician's Self-Study Packet -- Laurel Coleman, MD, CMD, FACP
This workshop is based on the self-study packet published by the Maine Hospice Council and Center for End-of-Life Care. It covers the clinical issues, ethical considerations and common myths of pain management. The workshop is accredited for 2 Category One CME credits and the Self-Study Packet is accredited for 3 Category One credits. Join us for dinner at 5:30 in the Owl’s Head Room 5:30 p.m. The Future of Hospice and Palliative Care in Maine: A Physician Roundtable -- David F. Giansiracusa, MD
Conversations with medical colleagues don’t seem to happen frequently enough, especially in the fast growing hospice and palliative care arena. Hospice and Palliative Care physicians are invited to gather for dinner at 5:30 in the Owl’s Head room for conversation regarding institutional challenges, models of "best practice" and strategies for the future. 5:30 p.m. Let’s Talk: New England State Pain Initiatives Collaborating for the Future
Join us at 5:30 in the Spruce Head room for dinner and a lively discussion of what individual New England State Pain Initiatives are doing and how we can collaborate in the future. Dinner for all three events will be the Samoset's Orient Express Buffet Dinner Wednesday, September 17, 2008 "Meeting Patient Needs: It's All About Conversation" 7:00 a.m. Registration 8:00 a.m. Opening Remarks 8:30 a.m. Ben A. Rich, J.D., Ph.D. "Existential Suffering and the Ethics of Pain Management" 9:50 a.m. Break and Exhibits 10:20 a.m. Workshops * Integrative Approaches to Managing Pain
Jenny Radsma, PhD, RN Pain Management in Long-term Care: Challenges and Strategies
Judith A. Spross, PhD, RN, FAAN & Nancy E. Richeson, PhD, CTRS Symptom Management for Individuals Living with Cancer: What Palliative Care Programs Need to Know
Lauren Michalakes, MD
11:30 a.m. Lunch, Exhibits, Networking
One table each for nurses, social workers, and physicians will be reserved for "Round Table" discussions Lunch will feature crisp tossed salad with raspberry vinaigrette, your choice of entree (Home Style Vegetarian Lasagna, Oven Roasted Salmon, or Chicken Samoset), and strawberry cream cake for dessert. Hot and iced tea, regular or decaf coffee, and water for drinks. If you have special dietary needs, please let us know in advance. 12:50 p.m. Workshops * Managing Acute Pain -- Trauma, Procedures, and Post-op: Oh My!
Janice Reynolds, RN, C, OCN Compassion Fatigue and Moral Distress
[speaker to be announced] Advanced Pharmacology
David F. Giansiracusa, MD and Lauren Michalakes, MD Addiction and Pain Management
June A. Dahl, Ph.D.
2:00 p.m. Break and Exhibits 2:30 p.m. Patrick J. Coyne, MSN, RN, CS, FAAN "What Happens when the WHO Ladder Fails?"
Interventional pain management and other techniques. * Presenters listed have been invited. Those in italics have not yet been confirmed. Workshop times will be assigned when all speakers are confirmed. 
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