Pain Lectures  are held every Tuesday at 7:00 am in the Pain Clinic. 

Speaker:    Natalie Strand , M.D.

Topic:        Gender Issues in Pain

Objectives:      

-Identify gender issues in pain management regarding physician diagnosis and treatment

-Identify gender issues in pain management regarding clinical presentation of the patient

-Identify pain syndromes that have gender specific predispositions

-Identify the role of gender identity with regards to pain

-Cite opioid use and misuse in males versus females

-Cite management of pain in females with HIV versus males with HIV

FACULTY DISCLOSURE

Faculty Disclosure: Dr. Freeman- None, Dr. Wie- None and Trish Koch- None

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