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An Interfaculty Pain Curriculum: Lessons learned from six years experience

Abstract

Minimal pain content has been documented in pre-licensure curricula and students lack important pain knowledge at graduation. To address this problem, we have implemented and evaluated a mandatory Interfaculty Pain Curriculum (IPC) yearly since 2002 for students (N=817 in 2007) from six Health Science Faculties/Departments. The 20-h pain curriculum continues to involve students from Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, and …

Authors

Hunter J; WattWatson J; McGillion M; RamanWilms L; Cockburn L; Lax L; Stinson J; Cameron A; Dao T; Pennefather P

Journal

Pain, Vol. 140, No. 1, pp. 74–86

Publisher

Wolters Kluwer

Publication Date

November 15, 2008

DOI

10.1016/j.pain.2008.07.010

ISSN

0304-3959