An Educational Strategy for Treating Chronic, Noncancer Pain With Opioids: A Pilot Test

Elhwairis, Huda; Reznich, Christopher B.

doi:10.1016/j.jpain.2010.03.012

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“…The programs at these institutions are discussed as examples of the varied ways in which the IASP curriculum has been implemented for undergraduate students. Our search for innovative curricula in pain management and opioid therapy also identified two undergraduate initiatives17,18 for which implementation trials have not been published and one program designed for graduate students 19. These are described in Table 1.…”

Section: Undergraduate Pain Curricula: Recent Effortsmentioning

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Mitigating the risk of opioid abuse through a balanced undergraduate pain medicine curriculum

Morley‐Forster¹,

Pergolizzi²,

Taylor³

et al. 2013

JPR

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Chronic pain is highly prevalent in the United States and Canada, occurring in an estimated 30% of the adult population. Despite its high prevalence, US and Canadian medical schools provide very little training in pain management, including training in the safe and effective use of potent analgesics, most notably opioids. In 2005, the International Association for the Study of Pain published recommendations for a core undergraduate pain management curriculum, and several universities have implemented pilot programs based on this curriculum. However, when outcomes have been formally assessed, these initiatives have resulted in only modest improvements in physician knowledge about chronic pain and its treatment. This article discusses strategies to improve undergraduate pain management curricula and proposes areas in which those efforts can be augmented. Emphasis is placed on opioids, which have great potency as analgesics but also substantial risks in terms of adverse events and the risk of abuse and addiction. The authors conclude that the most important element of an undergraduate pain curriculum is clinical experience under mentors who are capable of reinforcing didactic learning by modeling best practices.

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Section: Undergraduate Pain Curricula: Recent Effortsmentioning

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Mitigating the risk of opioid abuse through a balanced undergraduate pain medicine curriculum

Morley‐Forster¹,

Pergolizzi²,

Taylor³

et al. 2013

JPR

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“…In a study of ways to positively influence professional behavior Elhwairis and Reznich [30] investigated an education program provided to 28 internal medicine residents about treatment of chronic pain. Their results showed improvements in both knowledge and confidence levels in the residents.…”

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Psychological advances in chronic pain: a concise selective review of research from 2010

McCracken

Thompson²

2011

Current Opinion in Supportive &Amp; Palliative Care

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The largest number of psychological studies categorized for this review focused on psychological factors in relation to opioid use. These studies include ones to identify risk factors for aberrant drug behavior. This result seems to reflect that the dominant approach to chronic pain remains a pharmacological one. At the same time treatment from within a broadly cognitive behavioral approach seems to have reached a level of relative maturity with questions frequently being addressed with meta-analysis. Otherwise, there are developing and promising trends, such as in new treatment models and uses of information technology.

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“…10 Medical trainees report low levels of confidence managing chronic pain. 11,12 Safe opioid prescribing education can improve residents' attitudes, 13 knowledge, 14,15 and confidence. 14 Residents prefer skills-based opioid prescribing education.…”

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“…11,12 Safe opioid prescribing education can improve residents' attitudes, 13 knowledge, 14,15 and confidence. 14 Residents prefer skills-based opioid prescribing education. 14 To improve residents' opioid prescribing practices, we developed a skills-based educational program that included a lecture followed by an objective structured clinical examination (OSCE), allowing residents to practice skills in a realistic setting.…”

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“…14 Residents prefer skills-based opioid prescribing education. 14 To improve residents' opioid prescribing practices, we developed a skills-based educational program that included a lecture followed by an objective structured clinical examination (OSCE), allowing residents to practice skills in a realistic setting. OSCEs utilize principles of cognitive apprenticeship 16 through coaching, feedback, and allowing learners to reflect on their skills.…”

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Improving Residents' Safe Opioid Prescribing for Chronic Pain Using an Objective Structured Clinical Examination

Alford

Carney

Brett

et al. 2016

Journal of Graduate Medical Education

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An Educational Strategy for Treating Chronic, Noncancer Pain With Opioids: A Pilot Test

Cited by 11 publications

References 25 publications

Mitigating the risk of opioid abuse through a balanced undergraduate pain medicine curriculum

Mitigating the risk of opioid abuse through a balanced undergraduate pain medicine curriculum

Psychological advances in chronic pain: a concise selective review of research from 2010

Improving Residents' Safe Opioid Prescribing for Chronic Pain Using an Objective Structured Clinical Examination

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