WORKSHOP 4

Workshop Title: Implementation Strategies for Increasing Access to Acupuncture Therapy as Part of Comprehensive Pain Care

Workshop Facilitators: Linda Rapson, MD; Heather Boon BScPhm, PhD; Heather Tick, MA MD; Arya Nielsen, PhD

Recommended Reading:

Nielsen A, Dusek JA, Taylor-Swanson L, Tick H. Acupuncture therapy as an evidence-based nonpharmacologic strategy for comprehensive acute pain care: The academic consortium pain task force white paper update. Pain Medicine. 2022 Sep;23(9):1582-612. https://doi.org/10.1093/pm/pnac056

Tick H, Nielsen A, Pelletier KR, Bonakdar R, Simmons S, Glick R, Ratner E, Lemmon RL, Wayne P, Zador V. Evidence-based nonpharmacologic strategies for comprehensive pain care: the consortium pain task force white paper. Explore. 2018 May 1;14(3):177-211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.explore.2018.02.001

Tu JF, Cao Y, Wang LQ, Shi GX, Jia LC, Liu BL, Yao WH, Pei XL, Cao Y, Li HW, Yan SY. Effect of Adjunctive Acupuncture on Pain Relief Among Emergency Department Patients With Acute Renal Colic Due to Urolithiasis: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA network open. 2022 Aug 1;5(8):e2225735-.

https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.25735