Pain Management (Updated)

Enrolments 21 Aug 2018 onwards This series of three online modules covers the domain of Pain Management in the Advanced Training Palliative Medicine Curriculum by presenting three long cases in a range of clinical settings. The modules also address a range of domains in the Professional Qualities Curriculum.

Each case should take approximately 2-3 hours to complete, however each are broken into small, 15-30 min sections that you may complete and return to in stages if you wish.

Note: Complete this resource if you have not already started the old Pain Management resource. Please continue your progress and complete the old resource if you are already enrolled in it.

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Topics
  • Palliative care in the community setting
  • Palliative care in the tertiary setting
  • Palliative care in the in-patient palliative care unit
  • Opioids in renal failure
  • Intrathecal analgesia
  • Mucositis
  • Prescribing errors
  • Pain assessment and management in the profoundly disabled child
  • Non-pharmacological management of pain
Format
  • In-depth content
  • Case studies
  • Recommended resources
  • References
Contributors Working Group
  • Dr Anil Tandon
  • Dr Peter Eastman
  • Dr Helen Lord
  • Dr Elissa Campbell
  • Dr Vicki Tai
  • Dr Simon Allan
  • Dr Sharon Ryan
  • Dr Melanie Lovell
Peer reviewers
  • A/Prof Rohan Vora
  • Dr Phillip Good
  • Dr Jennifer Weil
  • Dr Greg Parker
  • A/Prof Mark Boughey
  • Dr Bruce Foggo
  • Dr Tamsin Bryan
Version 2
Release Date: July, 2014 Revise Date: August 2018