Implementing an Interactive Introduction to Complementary Medicine for Chronic Pain Management Into the Medical School Curriculum.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In the setting of the opioid crisis, chronic pain management requires new approaches and open dialogue between physicians and patients to explore evidence-based nonpharmacologic treatments. We developed an educational session on the role of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) for chronic pain management as part of our larger curriculum on health equity and social justice.

Methods

Students and faculty developed a novel educational session for second-year medical students consisting of a lecture and an experiential small-group session immersing the students in CAM. We conducted pre- and postsurveys to assess the students' self-reported learning and impressions of the session.

Results

Over the academic years of 2018-2019 and 2019-2020, 345 second-ye

SUBMITTER: Gadde U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7780745 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature