June 29, 2022 | Eva Quirion, NP, PhD How best to assess pain to offer non-opioid medication and non-medication treatments based upon the patient needs will be explored. Pertinent to this assessment is learning how to distinguish between peripheral pain and centralized pain. Learning objectives: Assess patients with chronic pain to offer non-opioid medications and non-medication treatments based on patient needs. Distinguish between peripheral pain and centralized pain in order to identify treatments most likely to be helpful.