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The Role of Nonpharmacological Approaches to Pain Management: A Workshop

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The Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders and the Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education brought together key stakeholders to discuss nonpharmacological treatments and integrative health models for pain management, and their role within the broad landscape of approaches to pain management. Participants examined health professions' current approaches for educating students, trainees, and practicing clinicians on these approaches, and discussed potential next steps to improve training and education within and across health professions. They also explored policies (e.g., related to reimbursement) that enabled broader dissemination and implementation of evidence-based nonpharmacological treatments when appropriate.

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An ad hoc committee will plan and conduct a two-day public workshop that will bring together key experts and stakeholders from government, academia, industry, health professional societies, and disease-focused organizations to discuss nonpharmacological treatments and integrative health models for pain management, and their role within the broad landscape of approaches to pain management. Invited presentations and discussions will be designed to:

  • Review the current state of evidence on the effectiveness of nonpharmacological treatments and integrative health models for pain management, as well as available evidence on use patterns and patient interest. Examples may include acupuncture, manual therapies, physical therapy and exercise, cognitive behavioral therapy, tai chi, yoga, meditation, and noninvasive neurostimulation.
  • Consider multimodal approaches and potential synergies between pharmacological and nonpharmacological approaches to pain management.
  • Consider multimodal approaches and potential synergies between devices and nonpharmacological approaches to pain management.
  • Discuss research gaps and key questions for further research.
  • Examine health professions’ current approaches for educating students, trainees, and practicing clinicians on nonpharmacological pain management, and discuss potential next steps to improve training and education within and across health professions.
  • Explore policies, such as those related to reimbursement, that would enable broader dissemination and implementation of evidence-based nonpharmacological treatments when appropriate.

The committee will develop the agenda for the workshop, select and invite speakers and discussants, and moderate the discussions. A proceedings of the presentations and discussions at the workshop will be prepared by a designated rapporteur in accordance with National Academies’ institutional guidelines.

Collaborators

Committee

Daniel Cherkin

Co-Chair

Anthony Delitto

Co-Chair

John Chae

Member

Megan Driscoll

Member

Kim Dunleavy

Member

Steven George

Member

Elizabeth A. Goldblatt

Member

Alan M. Jette

Member

Robert Kerns

Member

John H. Krystal

Member

Anne Marie McKenzie-Brown

Member

Vitaly Napadow

Member

Robert Saper

Member

Dennis Turk

Member

Christin Veasley

Member

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Sponsors

Academic Collaborative for Integrative Health

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education

Aetna Foundation

Alzheimer's Association

American Academy of Nursing

American Association of Colleges of Nursing

American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine

American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy

American Occupational Therapy Association

American Osteopathic Association

American Physical Therapy Association

American Psychological Association

American Speech-Language Hearing Association

Association of American Medical Colleges

Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges

Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry

Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH)

Association of Schools of the Allied Health Professions

Athletic Training Strategic Alliance

Cohen Veterans Bioscience

Council on Social Work Education

Department of Defense

Department of Health and Human Services

Department of Veterans Affairs

Eli Lilly and Company

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Food and Drug Administration

Foundation for the National Institutes of Health

Gatsby Charitable Foundation

Janssen Research & Development, LLC

Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation

Kavli Foundation

Lundbeck Research USA, Inc.

Merck Research Laboratories, Inc.

Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research

Michigan Center for Interprofessional Education

National Academies of Practice

National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health

National Eye Institute

National Institute of Mental Health

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

National Institute on Aging

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

National Institute on Drug Abuse

National Multiple Sclerosis Society

National Organization for Associate Degree Nursing

National Science Foundation

NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research

NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences (OBSSR)

One Mind

Other, Federal

Physician Assistant Education Association

Private: For Profit

Private: Non Profit

Sanofi

Society for Neuroscience

Society for Simulation in Healthcare

Takeda

University of Toronto

Weill Cornell Medicine – Qatar

Wellcome Trust

Staff

Clare Stroud

Lead

Phoenix Wilson

Patricia Cuff

Sheena Posey Norris

Anna Fahlstrom

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