Managing Pediatric Pain: Current Trends and Treatment Strategies
Empowering Pediatric Pain Management Through Self-Care
This accredited CE program offers healthcare professionals a comprehensive overview of self-care in pediatric pain management. It explores common types of pediatric pain, reviews widely used over-the-counter treatment options—including ibuprofen, acetaminophen, and natural remedies—and provides guidance on integrating these therapies into complex care plans. The course emphasizes the caregiver’s role in delivering effective pain relief and highlights how HCPs can support safe, informed use of OTC products. Quality-of-life considerations, including the impact of pain on daily functioning, are also addressed.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand and characterize common types of pediatric pain and their impact.
- Review treatment options and considerations for managing pediatric pain.
- Identify key factors in supporting caregiver-led self-care for pediatric pain.
This webinar offers 1.00 continuing medical education credit.
Date of webinar: Available now
Location: Online
Language: English
Meet the speaker
Dr. William Zempsky
Dr. William Zempsky is a globally recognized expert in pediatric pain management, with extensive NIH-funded research on pain in youth with conditions like sickle cell disease, obesity, fibromyalgia, neurofibromatosis, and postoperative pain, including the impact of pain-related stigma. He co-edited the Oxford Textbook of Pediatric Pain and has earned honors such as the Donaghue Investigator Award and the Mayday Pain and Society Fellowship. Under his leadership, his division was named a Center of Clinical Excellence by the American Pain Society and achieved ChildKind certification. He has chaired the Pediatric Special Interest Group of the American Pain Society, served on Connecticut’s Physicians Medical Marijuana Board, and received the M1 Mentoring Grant from the University of Connecticut for his commitment to clinical research and mentorship.
