CALENDAR
- March 4-6, 2018: The APS Scientific Summit will be held in Anaheim, CA.
- April 26-29, 2018: The American Academy of Pain Medicine Annual Meeting will be held in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
SOCIETIES
- American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine: Residents and Fellows
- American Academy of Pain Medicine: Apply for Membership
- American Pain Society: Membership Benefits
- International Association for the Study of Pain: Membership Benefits
HELPFUL WEBSITES AND MOBILE APPS
Miscellaneous
| Johns Hopkins | Opioid conversion tool |
Productivity
| Simple Mind | Mind map generator (F) (P= exportable PDF) |
| Quizlet | App to make flashcards that can be shared, used for testing, and adaptive testing |
| Dropbox | Lets you view/share group articles |
| IHI | IHI app allows you to do safety/quality modules on the go. |
Journals
| Read by QxMD | Gathers the abstracts of the journals and you can peruse easily. |
| Pubget | PubMed library and reader for your iPad. |
Anatomy
| Netter Atlas | Free images are of spine and other useful pictures. |
| Inmotion | Stryker has good pictures of knees. |
| Spine Decide | Good visual images/details about area-specific pathology. Also available: Shoulder Decide, Knee Decide, Hand Decide, and Foot Decide |
| Neuro Localizer HD | Gingerbread man neurolocalizer app |
| DrawMD: Orthopedics | Spine models you can draw on. |
Stimulator/Surgical
| Ethicon | Suturing/wound healing |
| Medtronic | Stimulator resources |
| Boston Scientific NLI | Stimulator textbook and resources |
| St. Jude Neuromodulation | Stimulator resources |
Ultrasound/Radiology
| Munich Ultrasound | Munich ultrasound course |
| Radiology Quizzes | Musculoskeletal Radiology cases |
| European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology | Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Technical Guidelines (Knee, Shoulder, Ankle, Hip, Wrist) |
Physical Exam (UCSD’s Practical Guide to Clinical Medicine)
| Musculo-Skeletal Examination | A comprehensive physical examination and clinical education site for medical students and other health care professionals. |
| Neurological Examination | A comprehensive physical examination and clinical education site for medical students and other health care professionals. |
Pain Research and Funding Opportunities
| NIH Pain Consortium | Government site dedicated to pain research |
| Interagency Pain Research Portfolio | Provides information on pain research and training activities supported by the Federal Government |
| Institute of Medicine Blueprint for Pain in America | "Relieving Pain in America: A Blueprint for Transforming Prevention, Care, Education, and Research" |
| Pain Research Forum | An interactive web community dedicated to finding treatments for untreatable pain conditions |
Fellowship
| ACGME Pain Medicine Fellowship Requirements | 32-page PDF describing program requirements |
| IASP Pain Interprofessional Pain Curriculum Outline |
ABOUT THE EDITORS
Meredith C. B. Adams, M.D., M.S., is an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at the Medical College of Wisconsin. She currently serves as the Program Director of the Pain Fellowship at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Adams teaches and practices clinical pain medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin and Milwaukee VAMC. Her research interests are novel approaches to pain education and pain biomedical informatics.
