ARKANSAS, USA — A $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration will allow the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Department of Emergency Medicine to change how it treats pain and trains new doctors.
The award funds a three-year project to train UAMS emergency physicians, advanced practice providers and nurses about pain management strategies that treat pain aggressively but don’t rely on opioid medications, the university said in a news release.
Dr. Michael Wilson, an associate professor in the UAMS College of Medicine departments of Emergency Medicine and Psychiatry, said he expects the project to lead to better pain management throughout Arkansas.
To read more about this grant, our content partner, Arkansas has the full story here.
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