Culture and Pain Management
Course Overview
Today’s healthcare professionals are expected to provide patient-centered care in environments with diverse populations, races, ethnicities, and backgrounds. This course will provide the learner with the opportunity to gain insight and understanding of how a patient’s cultural background and identity can shape their health trajectory, pain management, disease management, and quality of life. Learners will be given specific examples of different cultural responses to pain relative to health-related situations and will complete the course with recognition that to deliver best care practices there must be a level of insight for the impact culture has on individual choice relative to health, as well as public health.
Learning Outcomes
Upon the completion of this course, the learner should be able to:
- Identify the impact of pain on well-being and quality of life.
- Identify variables comprising culture that impact pain management, pain expression, and pain treatment.
- Gain insight into aspects of culture and the need for healthcare professionals to find acceptance and understanding to deliver optimum care in any modality.
- Identify aspects of cultural identification that will enhance the ability to deliver patient-centered care in the current environment in any health-related specialty relative to concepts of pain.
About the Author/Presenter
Joy Siegel, EdD, MBA, provides solution-oriented services to seniors and their families by assessing and addressing social determinants of health. Direct services are designed to improve quality of life and address such issues as crisis intervention, aging in place, identifying financial resources, home health, housing, and social services.
Joy has also worked with healthcare providers and most recently consulted with AgeWell Global, leading a grant-funded pilot designed to reduce Medicare readmissions at Holy Cross Hospital in Ft. Lauderdale. Joy has participated in research projects that include exploring quality of life and healthcare systems, loneliness, civic reengagement, and cultural competency. Her clients include Nova Southeastern University, Case Western Reserve, Jewish Community Services, and Chrysalis Health.
Joy has developed an extensive catalog of continuing education courses for healthcare providers. Her latest courses focus on social determinants of health and partnerships between healthcare systems and community-based organizations. Joy was a fundraising consultant for over 15 years and worked with over 200 nonprofits raising over $300 million. She also created, produced, and hosted Good Work Radio, sponsored by the Office Depot Foundation. Joy has interviewed many celebrated heroes and celebrities and is proud to have interviewed all the U.S. presidents since George H. W. Bush.
Audience/Accreditations and Approvals
TRC Healthcare/ NetCE
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by TRC Healthcare/ NetCE. TRC Healthcare/NetCE is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
This course is designed for the following healthcare professions (select your profession for details):
Counselor, Nursing, Psychology, Social Work
Colibri Healthcare
This course is designed for the following healthcare professions (select your profession for details):
Massage Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Respiratory Therapy
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