Empowered Relief Instructor Certification Workshop

Friday, October 8, 2021, 8:30 AM - Saturday, October 9, 2021, 5:00 PM PST, Online

The Empowered Relief Workshop provides healthcare professionals with the necessary tools and skills to implement Empowered Relief to patients at their respective health institutions. Empowered Relief™ is manualized, research-grade, and ready for immediate implementation into your clinic or research study. Participants will engage in active learning experiences including role-play, breakout discussion groups, and reflection. All certification workshops involve didactic content, a demonstration patient class, interaction with peers and faculty, and small group skills practice. Attendees finish the two-day event with foundational information and skills, and all treatment materials (background scientific articles, the Empowered Relief therapist manual, instructor slide deck, and all patient materials).

For more information and to register, please visit:
https://empoweredrelief.stanford.edu/event/empowered-relief-instructor-certification-workshop-october-2021

STAP-eligible employees can use STAP funds towards the registration fees for this activity.  Complete the STAP Reimbursement Request Form and submit to your department administrator. 

For Pharmacists to Claim ACPE Credit

If you wish to apply for ACPE credit, please enter your NABP ePID# and Date of Birth in your CE Profile.
Log in to Stanford's CME portal > My CE > Profile tile > Credentials > Select NABP ePID# from the drop down and enter your ID number.
Please also enter your Date of Birth (month and day) in your profile under Basic Information.  The field will appear when you select your Profession as Pharmacist.


AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (11.00 hours), Non-Physician Participation Credit (11.00 hours), ANCC Contact Hours (11.00 hours), ACPE Contact Hours (11.00 hours), AAPA Category 1 CME credits (11.00 hours), APA Continuing Education credits (11.00 hours), ASWB Approved Continuing Education (ACE) credits (11.00 hours)

1. Incorporate evidence-based approaches in pain management to optimize patient evaluation and pain treatment
2. Recognize the efficacy and be able to implement Empowered Relief to help patients constructively manage their pain
3. Discuss the importance of presence, authority and warmth in optimizing non-specific efficacy.
4. Employ perspective taking with patients.
5. Recognize the effectiveness of binaural audio beats to facilitate learning and lower anesthetic requirement during surgery

In support of improving patient care, Stanford Medicine 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.

Credit Designation
American Medical Association (AMA)
Stanford Medicine designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 11.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Accreditation Council of Pharmacy Education (ACPE)
Stanford Medicine designates this knowledge-based activity for a maximum of 11 hours. Credit will be provided to NABP CPE Monitor within 60 days after the activity completion. 

Universal Activity Number List:
JA0000751-0000-21-005-L08-P
JA0000751-0000-21-005-L08-T

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
Stanford Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 11 ANCC contact hours.

The California Board of Registered Nursing recognizes that Continuing Medical Education (CME) is acceptable for meeting RN continuing education requirements as long as the course is certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits TM(rn.ca.gov). Nurses will receive a Certificate of Participation following this activity that may be used for license renewal. The provider number is: 0000751.

ASWB Approved Continuing Education Credit (ACE) –Social Work Credit
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Stanford Medicine is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Stanford Medicine maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this activity receive 11 live continuing education credits.

American Psychological Association (APA)
Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibly for the content of the programs.

American Academy of PAs (AAPA)
Stanford Medicine has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This live activity is designated for 11 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

Cancellation Policy
Registration fees are non-refundable. Requests to transfer registration to a future workshop will be considered with at least 30 days' notice only. If applicable, you will be responsible for the difference in registration fees.

Accessibility Statement
 Stanford University School of Medicine is committed to ensuring that its programs, services, goods and facilities are accessible to individuals with disabilities as specified under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008.  If you have needs that require special accommodations, please contact [email protected]

Cultural and Linguistic Competency
The planners and speakers of this CME activity have been encouraged to address cultural issues relevant to their topic area for the purpose of complying with California Assembly Bill 1195. Moreover, the Stanford University School of Medicine Multicultural Health Portal contains many useful cultural and linguistic competency tools including culture guides, language access information and pertinent state and federal laws.  You are encouraged to visit the Multicultural Health Portal: https://laneguides.stanford.edu/multicultural-health

For activity related questions, please email: [email protected]

For CME general questions, please contact 
     Ph: (650)-497-8554
     Email: [email protected]

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Stanford Medicine adheres to the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education.

There are no relevant financial relationships with ACCME-defined ineligible companies for anyone who was in control of the content of this activity, except: