SAN DIEGO -- The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) strives to provide its members and other healthcare providers with up-to-the-minute clinical information and ongoing educational opportunities. The following new initiative is designed to help physicians improve their quality of patient care and the quality of their patient lives.
The AAFP is launching the first in a series of three online continuing medical education (CME) cases on pain management. The new cases will address chronic non-malignant pain, pain control at the end of life and diversion prevention. The first case on chronic non-malignant pain will be available in late Oct. 2002. The second and third cases will be available in late 2002 and early 2003. Cases will be available for one year to AAFP members and other visitors to aafp.org.
This endeavor is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Purdue Pharma L.P. Purdue Pharma L.P. is one of the fastest-growing pharmaceutical companies in the world. Together with The Purdue Frederick Company and other associated companies worldwide, Purdue produces a variety of prescription and non-prescription products and is known for its pioneering research on chronic pain.
American Academy of Family Physicians Launches First in a Series of Three CME Cases on Pain Management
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, October 16, 2002
Contact:
Janelle Davis
American Academy of Family Physicians
(800) 274-2237 Ext. 5222
jdavis@aafp.org
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Founded in 1947, the AAFP represents 110,600 physicians and medical students nationwide. It is the only medical society devoted solely to primary care.
Approximately one in four of all office visits are made to family physicians. That is 240 million office visits each year — nearly 87 million more than the next largest medical specialty. Today, family physicians provide more care for America’s underserved and rural populations than any other medical specialty. Family medicine’s cornerstone is an ongoing, personal patient-physician relationship focused on integrated care.
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