What's Going On? Race, Class and Gender Issues in Pain Management

While overprescription of opioids for a vast majority of Americans is causing tolerance, opioid use disorder, abuse, and overdose, is there a small subset of Americans whose pain is vastly undertreated? Over the past half decade, literature has illuminated major discrepancies in the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic pain in many disadvantaged and underrepresented groups. This course will summarize and explore our knowledge of discrepancies in opioid prescribing based on race, class, and gender, and whether these disadvantaged groups are undertreated or if majority groups are overtreated with opioids. We will also explore the potential reasons behind these discrepancies, and look for solutions.

This course is not certified for credit.

Learning Objectives

  • Describe the factors that Influence our response to drug epidemics and how they may exacerbate disparities
  • List the barriers to high quality pain treatment in women and underrepresented minorities
  • Identify possible downstream solutions to improve these disparities in your practices

Additional Information

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Course summary
Course opens: 
06/01/2021
Course expires: 
06/01/2022
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Johnathan H. Goree, MD

Associate Professor and Director of Chronic Pain Division
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, Arkansas

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