Pain medicine content, teaching and assessment in medical school curricula in Australia and New Zealand.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The objective of pain medicine education is to provide medical students with opportunities to develop their knowledge, skills and professional attitudes that will lead to their becoming safe, capable, and compassionate medical practitioners who are able to meet the healthcare needs of persons in pain. This study was undertaken to identify and describe the delivery of pain medicine education at medical schools in Australia and New Zealand.

Method

All 23 medical schools in Australia and New Zealand in 2016 were included in this study. A structured curriculum audit tool was used to obtain information on pain medicine curricula including content, delivery, teaching and assessment methods.

Results

Nineteen medical schools (83%) completed the curriculum audit. Ne

SUBMITTER: Shipton EE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5948674 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature