Pain management in the clinical setting (6 modules)

Ready to more effectively apply your pain management knowledge and skills within the clinical setting?

These modules have been designed by specialist clinicians from the Faculty of Pain Medicine (FPM), Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA). This course is dedicated to multi-disciplinary healthcare professionals who want to further develop an evidence-based pain management approach to improve patient outcomes.

NORMALLY $165.00 + gst

NATIONAL PAIN WEEK OFFER: $82.50 + gst

With interactive case studies, doctor/patient videos and dedicated learning assessments, this self-paced pain management course features the following six modules:

 

MODULE 4, Neuropathic pain: Use a systematic assessment approach to diagnose neuropathic pain, including how to distinguish between neuropathic and nociceptive pain. Develop treatment plans to address common comorbidities, together with a rational choice of investigations in the diagnostic process, knowing when referral is indicated. (Details here)

MODULE 5, Lower back pain: Develop an evidence-based approach to assessing low back pain using practical and time-efficient strategies. Specialist clinicians demonstrate how to further define clinical problems using structured physical examinations. Understand why a multimodal vs unimodal approach to low back pain presentations is likely to be more effective. (Details here)

MODULE 8, Non-joint musculoskeletal pain: Capturing less understood causes of chronic musculoskeletal conditions, learn how to better manage pain associated with trauma, postural strain, repetition and age-related changes to the integrity of structures. Includes common types of non-rheumatological causes of musculoskeletal pain, with their pathological mechanisms and diagnosis. (Details here)

MODULE 9, Acute pain management, post-discharge: Develop your skills in the ongoing management of acute or traumatic pain, post-surgical. With increasing early recovery protocol trends, learn to support and manage discharge patients under your care. Understand professional requirements of managing post-surgical acute pain in the community, with risks/benefits of opioids in managing pain. (Details here)

MODULE 10, Understanding pain-related procedures: Uncover and understand the indications for interventional procedures used in the diagnosis and treatment of chronic pain. Commonly performed management procedures for pain reduction are explained in detail, and you will acquire skills for informing patients about these procedures - managing expectations of their efficacy. (Details here)

MODULE12, Pain in children: Effectively managing pain in children requires an in depth knowledge of their pain physiology and wider social influences. Prevent and manage acute pain, common episodic or recurrent pain problems. Improve your practice by identifying the consequences of pain during development from premature infants to adolescents. (Details here)