Principles and Practice of Pain Management

Our post-qualifying framework (PQF) allows health and social care practitioners to continue their professional development and achieve further qualifications in their field.

You have the opportunity to study individual modules in subject areas that interest you. You can select from a comprehensive and contemporary range of modules that fit your personal development and career plans; either on an individual basis or combined in a planned programme to eventually achieve a degree.

This module is aimed at healthcare professionals who are involved in the assessment, care or treatment of people who experience pain in their clinical practice. It takes a holistic approach, focusing on all aspects of the pain experience, and seeks to develop practitioners’ responses to the needs of patients and their carers across a range of settings.

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Level: Short Course, CPD
Delivery: Campus
Study Mode: Part-time
Duration: 1 module
Module code: NU3127
Campus: Preston
Start Date: February

Course overview

This module addresses a range of issues related to pain management in patient care. Key themes in the module are physiology of pain; pain classification; psycho-social responses to pain; service-user and carer perspectives; pain assessment; pharmacology/pharmacokinetics; non-pharmacological methods of pain management; practical pain management skills.

On successful completion of this module a student will be able to:

Discuss the physiological, psychological and social aspects of pain
Critically examine the different aspects of acute, chronic and malignant pain
Review the pharmacological approaches to pain control
Debate the application of different pain assessment techniques
Demonstrate critical understanding of the role of the healthcare practitioner in the safe and effective management of non-pharmacological techniques of pain control
Discuss the ethical, legal and professional issues surrounding effective pain management

The aim of this module is to enhance the role of the healthcare practitioner in the assessment and management of pain. The module will provide an opportunity for qualified healthcare practitioners to develop evidence-based approaches to practice with the overall aim of producing a reflective practitioner, skilled in pain management who has proactive and reactive skills that are exercised to the maximum benefit of the patient in pain.

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This course is based in the School of Sport and Health Sciences located in the Faculty of Allied Health and Wellbeing

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