Mapping of pain curricula across health professions programs at the University of Toronto.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is a growing societal need for health professional competency in pain care. The University of Toronto Centre for the Study of Pain-Interfaculty Pain Curriculum (UTCSP-IPC) has been offered since 2002. Content and process have been updated annually. In addition, participating health professions programs have advanced their pain teaching. A curricular scan was needed to creatively and constructively advance the UTCSP-IPC.

Aim

The aim of this study was to map curricular pain content in participating health professions programs onto the UTCSP-IPC content as a first step to further curriculum design.

Methods

UTCSP-IPC committee members and faculty representatives from six health profession programs completed a 27-item online survey in this collaborative ac

SUBMITTER: Murphy L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8730574 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature