Pain Education During the Coronavirus Pandemic: The Introduction of Pain Medicine During the Pre-Clinical Years

Mirman, Benjamin; Mukhdomi, Taif; Rajaguru, Praveen; Whitten, Ira; Fragoza, Keith; Siddiqui, Afreen; Carayannopoulos, Alexios G.; Kendall, Mark C.

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“…Consequently, practicing anesthesiologists seldom provide direct classroom instruction, as other specialties have more "ownership" over certain topics. [7][8][9] A similar pattern has been observed in Canadian medical schools, where one estimate of median teaching hours from anesthesiologists was approximately 2 hours of the total didactic education in 2017. 10,11 Shifting curriculum structures at medical schools have allowed for flexibility and personalization of students' preclinical education, most notably through electives.…”

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Impact of a Preclinical Medical Student Anesthesiology Elective on the Attitudes and Perceptions of Medical Students Regarding Anesthesiology

Walsh,

Yadav,

Cradeur

et al. 2023

AMEP

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Purpose First- and second-year medical students typically have limited exposure to the field of anesthesiology, yet recent match data shows growing interest in the specialty. Early, structured exposure to anesthesiology in the form of a preclinical elective may allow medical students to make more informed decisions on their specialty of choice. Methods The anesthesiology preclinical elective, BIOL 6704: “Anesthesia: Much More than Putting you to Sleep”, is a one-credit course taught at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. A survey consisting of fifteen questions assessing changes in attitudes, perceptions, and interest in anesthesiology was distributed to first- and second-year medical students before and after course participation. The results were analyzed using the Wilcoxon’s signed-rank test for paired samples. Results The biggest impact of the preclinical elective was observed in the students’ subjective understanding of key aspects of the practice of anesthesiology. Statistically significant improvement was seen in the understanding of airway management, anesthetic pharmacology, basics of ultrasound, vascular access, anesthesiology subspecialties, and an understanding of anesthesiology residency. Overall, results were limited by our small sample size. Conclusion Our elective allows medical students to explore anesthesiology early in their medical school career. After taking this course, students noted more familiarity with various topics in anesthesiology. Peer institutions lacking a similar course may consider using our experience to increase interest about the specialty of anesthesiology for future students.

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Impact of a Preclinical Medical Student Anesthesiology Elective on the Attitudes and Perceptions of Medical Students Regarding Anesthesiology

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Yadav,

Cradeur

et al. 2023

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“…Fortunately, medical school, physical therapy, psychology, and pharmacy educators now have access to a growing number of resources to help plan curricular content around CP treatment and practice. Educators in physical therapy, 61 , 62 medicine, 63 , 64 and pharmacy 65 , 66 have outlined courses and activities devoted to pain based on both interprofessional and profession-specific guidelines. The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (2023) developed a searchable database of activities conducted at pharmacy institutions as a resource for educators and a method to inform stakeholders about the efforts of schools of pharmacy to address the opioid crisis.…”

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Interprofessional Active Learning for Chronic Pain: Transforming Student Learning From Recall to Application

Helms,

Frankart,

Bradner

et al. 2023

Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development

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Chronic pain (CP) affects over 50 million Americans daily and represents a unique challenge for healthcare professionals due to its complexity. Across all health professions, only a small percentage of the curriculum is devoted to treating patients with CP. Unfortunately, much of the content is delivered passively via lecture without giving students an opportunity to practice the communication skills to effectively treat patients in the clinic. An interprofessional team of health educators identified 5 essential messages that students frequently struggle to convey to patients with CP. Those messages were based on interprofessional and profession-specific competencies to treat patients with CP from the International Association for the Study of Pain. The 5 messages highlighted the importance of (1) therapeutic alliance, (2) consistent interdisciplinary language, (3) patient prognosis, (4) evidence for pain medicine, surgery, and imaging, and (5) early referral to the interprofessional team. For each message, the team summarized relevant research supporting the importance of each individual message that could serve as a foundation for didactic content. The team then developed active learning educational activities that educators could use to have students practice the skills tied to each message. Each learning activity was designed to be delivered in an interprofessional manner.

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The pain medicine fellowship landscape, an observational analysis

Mukhdomi

Vanzant

Harris

et al. 2022

Interventional Pain Medicine

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Pain Education During the Coronavirus Pandemic: The Introduction of Pain Medicine During the Pre-Clinical Years

Cited by 3 publications

References 14 publications

Impact of a Preclinical Medical Student Anesthesiology Elective on the Attitudes and Perceptions of Medical Students Regarding Anesthesiology

Impact of a Preclinical Medical Student Anesthesiology Elective on the Attitudes and Perceptions of Medical Students Regarding Anesthesiology

Interprofessional Active Learning for Chronic Pain: Transforming Student Learning From Recall to Application

The pain medicine fellowship landscape, an observational analysis

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