Addiction-Free Pain Management® Training
Next week I fly to Florida to conduct my Addiction-Free Pain Management® three day Certification skills training. I’ve been presenting APM™ clinical trainings for over 12 years now and last week I went back and reviewed the very first training I conducted. I was very surprised at how far this model has come in the past decade. I have a commitment to continuously evolve the APM™ model as new research becomes available.
I often get to learn a lot myself during these trainings because I often get healthcare professionals with many years of experience at these trainings. All of our trainings are a combination of lecture, demonstration and experiential skill building exercises.
We use these types of exercises for two reasons. The first reason is to give our participants an opportunity to practice a new clinical skill but the second reason is even more important. Participants need to play the role of a patient with chronic pain and coexisting addictive disorders. By being on the receiving end of these experiential exercises they are able to develop much more empathy and compassion for their own patients. I have a policy not to ask any of my patients to do anything I haven’t done or wouldn’t do.
If you want to learn more about any of our trainings or other various aspects of chronic pain management please check out our website at www.addiction-free.com. You can check out our Ariticles page where you can download free articles or go to our Publications page to learn about my Addiction-Free Pain Management® books—especially my latest book Managing Pain and Coexisting Disorders that the Addiction-Free Pain Management® trainings are based on.
