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A survey of prelicensure pain curricula in health science faculties in Canadian universities.
Watt-Watson, J; McGillion, M; Hunter, J; Choiniere, M; Clark, A J; Dewar, A; Johnston, C; Lynch, M; Morley-Forster, P; Moulin, D; Thie, N; von Baeyer, C L; Webber, K.
Afiliação
  • Watt-Watson J; University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. j.watt.watson@utoronto.ca
Pain Res Manag ; 14(6): 439-44, 2009.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20011714
OBJECTIVE: The present exploratory, descriptive study aimed to determine the designated time for mandatory pain content in curricula of major Canadian universities for students in health science and veterinary programs before being licensed. METHOD: Major Canadian university sites (n=10) were chosen where health science faculties included at least medicine (n=10) and nursing (n=10); many also included dentistry (n=8), pharmacy (n=7), physical therapy (n=8) and/or occupational therapy (n=6). These disciplines provide the largest number of students entering the workforce but are not the only ones contributing to the health professional team. Veterinary programs (n=4) were also surveyed as a comparison. The Pain Education Survey, developed from previous research and piloted, was used to determine total mandatory pain hours. RESULTS: The majority of health science programs (67.5%) were unable to specify designated hours for pain. Only 32.5% respondents could identify specific hours allotted for pain course content and/or additional clinical conferences. The average total time per discipline across all years varied from 13 h to 41 h (range 0 h to 109 h). All veterinary respondents identified mandatory designated pain content time (mean 87 h, range 27 h to 200 h). The proportion allotted to the eight content categories varied, but time was least for pain misbeliefs, assessment and monitoring/follow-up planning. CONCLUSIONS: Only one-third of the present sample could identify time designated for teaching mandatory pain content. Two-thirds reported 'integrated' content that was not quantifiable or able to be determined, which may suggest it is not a priority at that site. Many expressed a need for pain-related curriculum resources.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Universidades / Modalidades de Fisioterapia / Currículo / Educação Profissionalizante / Manejo da Dor Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies / Prognostic_studies Limite: Humans País/Região como assunto: America do norte Idioma: En Revista: Pain Res Manag Assunto da revista: NEUROLOGIA / PSICOFISIOLOGIA Ano de publicação: 2009 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Canadá País de publicação: Estados Unidos

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Universidades / Modalidades de Fisioterapia / Currículo / Educação Profissionalizante / Manejo da Dor Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies / Prognostic_studies Limite: Humans País/Região como assunto: America do norte Idioma: En Revista: Pain Res Manag Assunto da revista: NEUROLOGIA / PSICOFISIOLOGIA Ano de publicação: 2009 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Canadá País de publicação: Estados Unidos