Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:
1. Describe the prevalence of chronic pain in pediatrics patients and its impact on normal growth and development
2. Understand the new concepts of the pathophysiology of fibromyalgia and pain processing disorders, and rationale for therapy
3. Recognize how to diagnose FM and use evidence based treatment modalities; role of opioids and other medications

Faculty

Peter Blier, MD
Baystate Pediatric Rheumatology
Baystate Medical Center 

None of the members of the faculty and planning committee for this educational event have commercial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods and services consumed by or used on patients.