ASPE's Pain Educators Forum (PEF) is a live conference offering multiple courses for frontline pain practitioners. Sessions cover best practices in pain management as well as ways to effectively teach, transfer, and communicate what’s been learned to other healthcare professionals and patients, families, and caregivers.
The next Pain Educators Forum will be held during the PAINWeek® 2009 National Conference (September 9-12, in Las Vegas). Check out this year's courses.
ASPE Members save $50 on PAINWeek registration. Click here to claim your discount.
The American Society of Pain Educators (ASPE) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit professional organization dedicated to improving pain management through the education and training of healthcare professionals to become Certified Pain Educators (CPEs).
As the only organization focusing on pain educator training, the Society teaches healthcare professionals to serve as resources to educate their clinical peers, as well as patients, families, and caregivers, on ways to relieve pain by the safest means possible.
Learn more about the ASPE.
CERTIFIED PAIN EDUCATOR (CPE) EXAM Next testing window: August 1, 2009 to September 30, 2009. Last chance to take the test & earn the credential in 2009!
CPEs NAMED 50 healthcare professionals earned the Certified Pain Educator (CPE) credential in March 2009. See who they are in the CPE Registry.
NEW ASPE AWARDS PROGRAM Recognizes member participation in the Society & its activities. Members should start tracking their points on the Awards Form.
PainView NEWSLETTER Spring 2009 issue now posted. Free access for a limited time.
PAIN EDUCATOR RESOURCES New article provides compendium of pain organizations, Web sites, publications & more. Free download.
2009 PAIN EDUCATORS FORUM ASPE will offer 12 Pain Educators Forum courses during PAINWeek® 2009 (September 9-12, in Las Vegas). Don't miss this national conference for frontline pain practitioners.
CPE EXAM AT PAINWeek® 2009 The CPE Exam will administered during PAINWeek. Limited testing slots are available & must be reserved in advance.
Gain recognition for the knowledge, experience, and expertise you bring to your profession as a pain educator.
Why Join? If you teach others about pain, this is your organization. ASPE provides information, education, resources, and activities designed to help you grow as a frontline pain practitioner...
Executive DirectorB. Eliot Cole, MD, MPA, CPE
Board of DirectorsMary Lynn McPherson, PharmD, CPE - ChairSamira K. Beckwith, LCSW - Vice ChairJeffrey Tarnoff - SecretaryJennifer Bolen, JDMichael R. Clark, MD, MPHMarcia Jackson, PhDJames J. Lang
Clinical Advisory BoardCharles E. Argoff, MD, CPEKathleen Broglio, MN, NP, ACHPN, CPEJames J. Giordano, PhDDavid M. Glick, DC, CPEGregory L. Holmquist, PharmD, CPEGordon Irving, MBBS, FFA, MSc, MMed, CPEBarbara L. Kornblau, JD, OTR, CPEBarry Rosenblum, DPMMichael E. Schatman, PhD, CPEJeff Unger, MDMark A. Young, MD, FACP
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