Education Committee May Journal Club

This webinar will discuss a recent JAMA article titled Long-Term Outcomes in Use of Opioids, Nonpharmacological Pain Interventions, and total costs of Spinal Cord Stimulators Compared with Conventional Medical Therapy for Chronic Pain with the intent to clarify the article’s findings and communicate to the clinical professional community and policymakers about biases introduced in this publication.

Learning Objectives:
To be introduced to the retrospective comparative effectiveness type of studies.
To learn about the design of extensive cohort studies
To assess the reliability of outcome measures for assessment of the long-term efficacy of SCS treatment.
To evaluate the findings and limitations of this study
To appraise the conclusions authors made based on results.
Make recommendations for designing and conducting future long-term follow-up retrospective and prospective studies.

Intended audience: residents, fellows, clinicians, and policymakers.