A survey of prelicensure pain curricula in health science faculties in Canadian universities.
Objective: The present exploratory, descriptive study aimed to determine the designated time for mandatory pain content in curricula of major Canadian universities for students in health science and veterinary programs before being licensed.Method: Major Canadian university sites (n=10) were chosen...
| Published in: | Pain Research & Management Vol. 14; no. 6; pp. 439 - 445 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2009 Nov-Dec
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=105271787&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 105271787 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 12036765 4ZQ3 jtl: Pain Research & Management issn: 12036765 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2009 Nov-Dec vid: 14 iid: 6 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell place: Malden, Massachusetts artinfo: ui: 105271787 105271787 NLM20011714 2010512007 NLM20011714 PMC2807771 105271787 ppf: 439 ppct: 6 formats: tig: atl: A survey of prelicensure pain curricula in health science faculties in Canadian universities. aug: au: Watt-Watson J McGillion M Hunter J Choiniere M Clark AJ Dewar A Johnston C Lynch M Morley-Forster P Moulin D Thie N von Baeyer CL Webber K Watt-Watson, J McGillion, M Hunter, J Choiniere, M Clark, A J Dewar, A Johnston, C affil: University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada sug: subj: Curriculum Standards Education Pain Therapy Education, Physical Therapy Colleges and Universities Canada Data Collection Educational Measurement Human Pain Diagnosis Professional Competence ab: Objective: The present exploratory, descriptive study aimed to determine the designated time for mandatory pain content in curricula of major Canadian universities for students in health science and veterinary programs before being licensed.Method: Major Canadian university sites (n=10) were chosen where health science faculties included at least medicine (n=10) and nursing (n=10); many also included dentistry (n=8), pharmacy (n=7), physical therapy (n=8) and/or occupational therapy (n=6). These disciplines provide the largest number of students entering the workforce but are not the only ones contributing to the health professional team. Veterinary programs (n=4) were also surveyed as a comparison. The Pain Education Survey, developed from previous research and piloted, was used to determine total mandatory pain hours.Results: The majority of health science programs (67.5%) were unable to specify designated hours for pain. Only 32.5% respondents could identify specific hours allotted for pain course content and/or additional clinical conferences. The average total time per discipline across all years varied from 13 h to 41 h (range 0 h to 109 h). All veterinary respondents identified mandatory designated pain content time (mean 87 h, range 27 h to 200 h). The proportion allotted to the eight content categories varied, but time was least for pain misbeliefs, assessment and monitoring/follow-up planning.Conclusions: Only one-third of the present sample could identify time designated for teaching mandatory pain content. Two-thirds reported 'integrated' content that was not quantifiable or able to be determined, which may suggest it is not a priority at that site. Many expressed a need for pain-related curriculum resources. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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