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End of Life learning tutorial

Our first End of Life learning tutorial is intended to teach towards the effective management of pain. While pain is one of the most common problems bringing people to visit their doctor, it is traditionally poorly taught in health sciences education.

 

Undertreatment of pain is a serious public health problem that erodes the patient’s quality of life, and their trust in the medical profession.  Failure to treat pain can begin to be addressed with improved knowledge and practice of principles of pain assessment and management.  Scientific understanding of pain and management is key but also is our ability to engage in careful history taking and effective communication. This tutorial is intended to serve at a refresher for some and an opportunity to expand your knowledge of pain management for others.  You can use the chapter headings to maximize your learning by navigating to areas that interest you.

http://www.ivimeds.org/intralibrary/IntraLibrary?command=open-preview&learning_object_key=i306n266859t


LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Knowledge

  1. Compare and contrast nociceptive and neuropathic pain.
  2. Know steps of analgesic management.
  3. Know advantages and disadvantages of various routes of administration.
  4. Demonstrate the ability to convert between opioids to enhance analgesia and minimize side effects.
  5. Know how to use adjuvant analgesic agents.
  6. Know adverse effects of analgesics and how to manage or minimize them.
  7. Understand biases and barriers that limit effective pain management.
  8. Understand legal mandates relating to pain management.

Attitudes

  1. Understand the key to assessment is to believe the patient

Behaviours

  1. Assess patient’s pain.
  2. Manage pain with opioids and other co-analgesics.
  3. Approach the management of pain in a systematic manner.

 

 

 
 

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