Pain Medicine: Board Review

Blessen Eapen is the Chief of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) Department at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System and is a Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Eapen is a physiatrist, researcher, and medical educator who has received numerous professional awards and honors and has authored many peer-reviewed publications, chapters and books in the field of rehabilitation medicine David Cifu is an American physiatrist, researcher, and medical educator. He is the Associate Dean for Innovation and System Integration in the School of Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, the chairman and Herman J. Flax M.D. Professor of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Virginia Commonwealth University, staff physiatrist at the Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Administration Medical Center, founding director of the VCU-Center for Rehabilitation Science and Engineering and senior TBI specialist in the Department of Veterans Affairs' Veterans Health Administration.

• SECTION 1: General1. Anatomy and Physiology: Mechanisms of Nociceptive Transmission2. Pharmacology of Pain Transmission and Modulation3. Development of Pain Systems4. Designing, Reporting, and Interpreting Clinical Research Studies about Treatments for Pain: Evidence-Based Medicine5. Public Health Aspects of Pain Medicine and Legal/Regulatory Environment6. Ethical Standards in Pain Management and ResearchSECTION 2: Assessment and Psychology of Pain7. Clinical Evaluation of Pain8. Placebo and Pain9. Clinical Nerve Function Studies and Imaging10. Psychosocial and Cultural Aspects of Pain11. Sex and Gender Issues in PainSECTION 3: Treatment of Pain: Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, Adverse Effects, Drug Interactions, and Indications/Contraindications12. Opioids Pharmacology13. Antipyretic Analgesics: Nonsteroidals, Acetaminophen, and Phenazone Derivatives14. Antidepressants and Anticonvulsants15. Miscellaneous Agents: Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, Adverse Effects, Drug Interactions, Indications/ContraindicationsSECTION 4: Treatment of Pain: Other Methods16. Psychological Treatments (Cognitive-Behavioral and Behavioral Interventions)17. Mental Health Issues in Chronic Pain18. Stimulation-Produced Analgesia19. Interventional Pain Management Including Nerve Blocks and Lesioning20. Surgical Pain Management21. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Modalities and Treatment22. Work Rehabilitation and Management of Return to Work23. Complementary and Alternative MedicineSECTION 5: Clinical States - Taxonomy24. Taxonomy and Classification of Chronic Pain SyndromesSECTION 6: Tissue Pain25. Acute Pain26. Cervical Radicular Pain27. Neck Pain28. Lumbar Radicular Pain29. Low Back Pain30. Musculoskeletal Pain31. Myofascial PainSECTION 7: Visceral Pain32. Visceral Pain: Anatomy and Pain Modulation33. Visceral Pain: Classification and Management34. Pain in Pregnancy and PeripartumSECTION 8: Headache and Facial Pain35. Headache36. Orofacial Pain: Anatomy, Diagnosis, and ManagementSECTION 9: Nerve Damage37. Neuropathic Pain38. Complex Regional Pain SyndromesSECTION 10: Special Cases39. Pain in Infants, Children, and Adolescents40. Pain in Older Adults41. Pain With Neurocognitive Dysfunction / Pain in Individuals With Limited Ability to Communicate42. Chronic Pain and Addiction43. Pain Relief in Areas of Deprivation and Conflict