2026 Arkansas Pain Management Symposium

Saturday, April 4, 2026, 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM CT, Little Rock, AR


The 2026 Arkansas Pain Management Symposium is designed to provide high quality continuing education to an interprofessional audience in order to improve chronic pain treatment in the state of Arkansas.

1. Identify appropriate initial assessment and management strategies for patients presenting with acute and chronic pain in primary and specialty care settings.
2. Evaluate evidence-based rehabilitation interventions for common geriatric pain conditions using case-based examples.
3. Apply current best practices for managing pain in older adults, including screening for substance use disorders (SUD) and identifying cannabis use disorder in the geriatric population.
4. Discuss safe and effective pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic alternatives for pain control in elderly patients.
5. Interpret updated CDC guidelines to determine when opioid prescribing is appropriate and how to minimize risk.
6. Analyze barriers to care faced by older adults and propose strategies to improve access.
7. Implement evidence-based fall prevention interventions tailored to geriatric patients.
8. Recognize the impact of diversity, culture, and social determinants of health on pain management and care delivery in older adults.

*Pre-registration ends March 29, 2026.

EARLY REGISTRATION (Until March 21)
Physicians	$100.00
Nurses, Pharmacists, and Other Healthcare Professionals	$50.00
Students and Residents	$0.00
REGULAR REGISTRATION (From March 22)
Physicians	$125.00
Nurses, Pharmacists, and Other Healthcare Professionals	$75.00
Students and Residents	$0.00

 

NOTICE FOR UAMS DEPARTMENTS – NOTICE FOR UAMS DEPARTMENTS - Please register and if you plan to pay via IDT, please provide your department's businessperson with the receipt from CloudCME for them to create a journal entry. Please use FD 604 CC100577 for the interdepartmental revenue line.

Cancellation/Refund Policy

A handling fee of $10.00 is deducted for cancellations. 

*Refund Requests must be received one week before the conference. **March 28, 2026, is the last day for refund requests. 

For questions, please call 501-661-7962. 

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (5.50 hours), AAPA - American Academy of PAs Category 1 CME (5.50 hours), ACPE - Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (5.50 hours), ANCC - American Nurses Credentialing Center (5.50 hours), Board of Certification for the Athletic Trainer (5.50 hours), Non-Physician AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (5.50 hours)

In support of improving patient care, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Office of Continuing Education adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.