acute pain through distance learning

The acute pain in Pakistan is managed by different specialty doctors. They use the traditional methods of acute pain management like intramuscular, intravenous or oral routes to administer narcotics and NSAID. Currently there is marked advancement in the management of acute pain like Patient control analgesia, patient control epidurals and ultrasound guided regional anesthesia in the developed part of the world. To meet the demand of the patients , doctor should not only aware of the current trends but they should be master of the skills necessary for the acute pain management

This module is a three month certification course in acute pain management. The target audiences of this learning module are pain nurse, anesthesia residents, anesthesia fellows and anesthesia consultants. This distance learning module of acute pain management will provide evidence based learning opportunity in acute pain management that will lead to improved post-operative care and better patient satisfaction.

This module will be conducted in collaboration with the department of anesthesia and pain Shifa Tameer-e-millat University Islamabad Pakistan. This module will be offered as distance learning on line course to make it available to all students who get registered with the module. This module will provide latest, practically curriculum on acute pain management, developed by department of anesthesia and pain, STMU. The module will promote shared learning through collaborative partnership with STMU at a reasonable cost.