MSc-Postgraduate Diploma in Pain Management

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University of Leicester

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• Objectives
  To develop knowledge and competencies in the theoretical aspects of the management of patients in acute and chronic pain, with an emphasis on the multidisciplinary approach.
• Entry requirements
  Entry requirements This degree is intended for healthcare professionals working in nursing, medicine, physiotherapy, pharmacy, psychology or occupational therapy. Applicants should have relevant professional qualifications or a good honours degree in a healthcare subject coupled with suitable practical experience.
• Academic title
  MSc/Postgraduate Diploma in Pain Management
• Course description
  Course modules
  
  -Research Methodology & Interpreting the Literature
  -Psychological Aspects of Pain
  -Physiology and Pharmacology of Pain
  -Acute Pain
  -Pain in Children
  -Cancer Pain
  -Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation
  -Chronic Pain Syndromes
  
  Teaching and assessment methods
  Teaching is by a combination of an intensive taught element, and private study. Assessment of each module will be performed predominantly by submission of a report, which reviews clinical practice, and partly by a
  short written test.

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