To receive your CME certificate:
- Download the Credit Claim Form.
- Indicate the number of hours you attended (credit will be verified against registration).
- Send the completed form to asrameetings@asra.com.
- Your certificate will be emailed to you within 1 week.
Educational objectives
After participating in this educational activity, participants should be able to:
- Analyze potential mechanisms and risk factors of persistent postsurgical pain.
- Describe a multidisciplinary approach for prevention and treatment of persistent postsurgical pain.
- Examine transitional pain service economics and obstacles.
- Discuss current and the future transitional pain service models.
Target audience
The ASRA CME program provides educational activities to physicians, residents, fellows, nurse practitioners, psychologists, and scientists. ASRA supports a multidisciplinary and interprofessional approach to continuing education and patient care by also providing relevant education for other healthcare professionals not directly engaging in interventional regional anesthesia and/or pain medicine procedures. ASRA offers learning opportunities to the national and international healthcare community.
This activity is focused on the surgical patient and the transition of acute to chronic pain and opioid use. The learning objectives are applicable to all health professions engaged in the continuum of pain care. Participants will learn public health
impact and healthcare system costs associated with persistent postsurgical pain and discuss the state of the science in terms of preoperative identification, prevention, treatment, as well as the opportunities for future research and change implementation.
Accreditation and credit designation statements
| Credits by Day | Maximum |
| Saturday, September 25, 2021 | 4.75 |
| Total Credits: | 4.75 |
Physicians
The American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine designates this an internet live course for a maximum of 4.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.™ Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their
participation in the activity.
PAs (Physicians Assistants): AAPA accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society. Physician
assistants may receive a maximum of 4.75 hours of Category 1 credit for completing this program.
Nurse Practitioners: The American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME. This activity has been approved for a maximum of 4.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.™
Registered Nurses: Regulations dictate that only physicians may earn CME credits; however, many state Boards of Registered Nursing accept AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME. Attendees are responsible for confirming their specific board’s acceptance of ASRA-provided credits. This activity has been approved for a maximum of 4.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.™
The American Board of Anesthesiology® MOCA®1
Credit Reporting to the ABA: ASRA is an ABA-approved provider and, as a service to ASRA members and participants, CME credits are reported to the ABA. Participants must include their correctly formatted ABA ID number (34567890) during the online evaluation and credit claim process available at the conclusion of the activity. Once the online evaluation and credit claim process is closed, certificates will be issued and credits reported to the ABA. After this time, participants may request their CME certificate by contacting asrameetings@asra.com, but ASRA will no longer report credits to the ABA, which will then be the individual participant’s responsibility.
International credits
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada: The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada has agreements based on the mutual recognition of credit points with the American Medical Association for live educational events.
You may submit your CME certificate directly for credit recognition of this accredited group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. For more information,
visit: www.royalcollege.ca
European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (UEMS-EACCME): The UEMS-EACCME has agreements based on the mutual recognition of credit points with the American Medical Association for live educational events. Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity. The EACCME is an institution of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS): www.uems.net
Commercial support disclosure
View industry support. This course is supported,
in part, by educational grants from industry. All support is managed in strict accordance with the ACCME’s Standards for Commercial Support. Appropriate acknowledgement of all supporting organizations is made to participants prior to the educational
activity on the event website. View the guidelines for company representative and in-kind support.
Disclosure and resolution of personal conflicts of interest
1 Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology™ program and MOCA® are registered trademarks of The American Board of Anesthesiology.™