Pain Medicine Short Course 2024 (September)

Why do the course

Through following the journey of a patient with chronic pain who needs acute care and new surgery, participants will develop an appreciation of the burden of chronic pain, the mechanisms behind both acute and chronic pain, how to best assess patients with pain and ways we can modify the patient experience to help minimise the burden of pain in these patients

Who the course is aimed at

This course is aimed at clinical staff who would like an introductory overview to perioperative and acute-on-chronic pain management.

• Doctors (all specialities)
• Nurses/Allied Health/Other

Course structure

• Six interactive modules including videos, reading packages, journal articles, quizzes
• One module is released each week
• Once a module is released participants can work at their own pace
• No assessment

Topics

• Pain primer
• Pain history talking
• Pre-hospital optimisation of patient prior to surgery
• In-hospital perioperative management of pain
• Post-hospital management of pain after surgery
• CCRPS (Complex Regional Pain Syndrome)

Course duration

6 weeks of online learning.

Time commitment

4-6 hours per week (on average).

Course fee

• Doctors - AUD $800 (inc GST)
• Nurses/Allied Health Professional and other AUD $400 (inc GST)

All registrants will be required to provide proof of speciality registration.

Enquiries

Ms Aushra Saldukas 
Ms Catherine Pound

Phone: +61 3 9903 0321
Email: med-periopmedicine@monash.edu