I am trying to find some good courses for advanced pain procedures like MILD, sphenopalatine/ V2,V3 blocks, kypho/vertebro etc.
Any input would be greatly appreciated.
Any input would be greatly appreciated.
Advanced Pain procedures
- Thread starter onechance
- Start date
- Joined
- May 3, 2009
- Messages
- 1,178
- Reaction score
- 225
these procedures are dangerous to perform on your patients if you just take a weekend course. besides, you might not even get credentialed to perform these in local hospitals if you just take a weekend course.
- Joined
- May 30, 2005
- Messages
- 23,122
- Reaction score
- 14,678
I'm sure there are courses from Vertos and Kyphon as well as others for VCF augmentation. You will not easily find courses for the stuff your fellowship failed to provide.
If only you were a CRNA, then you wouldn't need no stinking training...
Check ASRA, ISIS, ASIPP, NASS for courses.
If only you were a CRNA, then you wouldn't need no stinking training...
Check ASRA, ISIS, ASIPP, NASS for courses.
- Joined
- Feb 25, 2010
- Messages
- 4,263
- Reaction score
- 1,560
Yes and no.
If you are a competent, fellowship-trained, ABMS-boarded Pain physician there has to be post-fellowship opportunities to learn new techniques and skills. Otherwise you commit your physicians to be stuck in the past, unable to keep up with the ever changing standard of care. So, to make a blanket statement, that anything not learned in fellowship, is by definition dangerous, is a stretch. Some of the "weekend" courses are run by high quality organizations.
"Weekend" courses should be for already competent, highly-trained physicians to learn new techniques. They should not be for any Johnny-come-lately who wants to practice outside their scope. We agree there.
You just have to decide what you want to take on. For someone that didn't do Stim trials or kypho in fellowship, I think they are very learnable. MILD, too. Probably not in just one weekend, though. The reps can offer more ongoing training, than just one weekend.
Spheopalatine or V2 RF? I'm happy to send that off to the "big boys."
You've got to decide what you want to bite off and chew.
Thank you every one for their constructive inputs.
Sure I have done vertebro/kypho, sacroplasty in fellowship: want to refresh ( 5 months out of fellowship, just being cautious) .
Never did V1,V2 blocks or MILD: and am in negotiation with the rep and also wanted to know if there were any courses.
May be I should have better shaped my question.
Have a great weekend!
Sure I have done vertebro/kypho, sacroplasty in fellowship: want to refresh ( 5 months out of fellowship, just being cautious) .
Never did V1,V2 blocks or MILD: and am in negotiation with the rep and also wanted to know if there were any courses.
May be I should have better shaped my question.
Have a great weekend!
- Joined
- Oct 7, 2011
- Messages
- 16,404
- Reaction score
- 7,027
one idea that i have...
spend a day or two with your old fellowship team. go back and learn new techniques with them, if it has been a while since you had done something.
being 5 months out of fellowship, i dont think that that is your situation, but i plan on asking my fellowship program about hanging out with them if i feel there is something new that i didnt learn during fellowship.
or become a CRNA. you dont need to attend any courses, cause you know deep down how to do it. and you slept at.....
(ps lidocaine sphenopalantine blocks - the noninjection type i.e topical - just look up some old lobelsteve posts on how to do it)
spend a day or two with your old fellowship team. go back and learn new techniques with them, if it has been a while since you had done something.
being 5 months out of fellowship, i dont think that that is your situation, but i plan on asking my fellowship program about hanging out with them if i feel there is something new that i didnt learn during fellowship.
or become a CRNA. you dont need to attend any courses, cause you know deep down how to do it. and you slept at.....
(ps lidocaine sphenopalantine blocks - the noninjection type i.e topical - just look up some old lobelsteve posts on how to do it)
