\ SPPM Virtual 8th Annual Meeting MMG: Keynote Lectures

SPPM Virtual 8th Annual Meeting
April 23 - 25, 2021

Keynote Lectures

Saturday, April 24, 2021
10:00 AM EST

Whose Pain is it Anyway? Exploring the Neurobiological Basis of Pediatric Pain


    Maria Fitzgerald, PhD

Upon completion of this presentation, the participant will be able to:
* Understand what preclinical research on developing nociceptive systems can tell us about the measurement and treatment of paediatric pain.
* Discuss the importance of endogenous pain control systems and how their slow postnatal maturation impacts upon pain experience in young patients.
* Identify how early life injury at critical stages of development can impact upon the immature pain system with life-long effects



Sunday, April 25, 2021
4:00 PM EST

Advocacy for Children's Pain: Not for the Faint of Heart


      Gary Walco, PhD

Upon completion of this presentation, the participant will be able to:
* Incorporate historical and contextual factors to optimize advocacy for the prevention and treatment of pain in children.
* Critically evaluate various advocacy strategies to scope and refine future efforts.

 

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