Social Work Ethics and Pain Management
April 6, 2012
MACMHB/Impact Training Center
426 S. Walnut, Lansing, MI 48933
This course fulfills the Michigan Social Work Licensing Board’s requirements for licensure renewal.
Agenda click here for a printable brochure
8:30am - Registration; 9:00am - Training Begins Promptly
12:00pm to 1:00pm - Lunch (provided)
4:00pm - Adjourn
This training is closed. If you would like to be put on a waiting list, email Annette Pepper at apepper@macmhb.org.
What Are Ethics? According to Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary: It is the discipline dealing with what is good and bad and with moral duty and obligation; set of moral principles or values; the principles of conduct governing an individual or a group.
Why Are We Concerned About Ethics? Ethics provides us with standards and guidelines for how we live our lives. They provide us with standards and guidelines for how we conduct ourselves in our work. They provide us with standards and guidelines for evaluating our profession. They provide us with standards and guidelines for evaluating our colleagues’ behaviors. They help us to do the “right thing”.
This course reviews the NASW Code of Ethics and gives opportunities to evaluate our personal work performance against these standards.
Why is it important to understand pain and pain management? Pain is often misunderstood and highly subjective. Chronic pain becomes central in one’s life. Pain relief becomes the most important aspect of life and is often misunderstood by health care professionals.
· Can appear to be attention seeking
· Can appear to be drug seeking
· Can appear to be psychological
· Often nothing physical shows up as the cause of pain
This course reviews causes of chronic pain, and gives the practitioner some guidelines for assisting clients in principles of pain management.
This course fulfills the Michigan Social Work Licensing Board’s requirements for licensure renewal.
Course Learning Objectives:
Participants will be able to:
1. Identify 3 ethical dilemmas in their work
2. Demonstrate a model for ethical decision making
3. List 3 elements of conflict between personal values and professional ethics
4. Define chronic pain
5. Identify 2 differences between physical pain and psychological pain
6. List 4 key parts of a pain management plan
Learning Materials:
The instructor will supply handouts of the PowerPoint presentation used in this course. Lecture and discussion will be the main learning activities along with the extensive use of small group activities.
Assignments:
Participants are encouraged to actively engage in dialogue with the instructors and other participants during interactive segments of the course.
Continuing Education Credits: The Michigan Association of Community Mental Health Boards (MACMHB), provider #1140, is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. MACMHB maintains responsibility for the program. Social workers participating in this training will receive 6 continuing education clock hours.
MACMHB is approved by Michigan Certification Board for Addiction Professionals (MCBAP). MACMHB maintains the responsibility for the program and content. Substance Abuse Professionals participating in this training will receive 6 specific contact hours.
Evaluation: There will be an opportunity for each participant to complete an evaluation of the course and the instructor. If you have any issues with the way in which this training was conducted or other problems, you may note that on your evaluation of the training or you may contact MACMHB at 517-374-6848 or through our webpage at www.macmhb.org for resolution.
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