(126) Development of a Longitudinal Pain and Opioid Curriculum

The Mayo Clinic School of Medicine has identified pain management and opioid/substance abuse as a top five common societal problem that needs to be taught and addressed within the undergraduate medical curriculum. A Pain Curriculum Sub-committee was formed to 1) gather content experts together to collaborate and provide expertise, 2) examine the current state of pain management curriculum, and 3) create a plan for enhancing pain curriculum throughout the four years of medical school. The sub-committee created a curriculum map to identify the current pain curriculum (e.g., course objectives, sessions, session level objectives, instructional methods, and assessment methods) and detect areas within the curriculum that are missing.
Source: The Journal of Pain - Category: Materials Science Authors: Source Type: research