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This Course has 8 modules of content and this is a brief overview of what you will learn.
Understand that pain is not a stimulus but is something that is “experienced” by a patient and that perception of pain can be altered by their experiences (plasticity).
Understand that pain is different for every patient but that there are well-recognised “types” of pain that our patients experience including nociceptive and neuropathic pain.
Understand the difference between acute and chronic pain.
Understand the physiology of pain and appreciate the detrimental effects that pain can have on our patients' short-term, long-term physical and mental health.
Appreciate that there are different approaches to pain management: A) Mechanism-specific approach B) Biopsychosocial approach.
Have a knowledge of different techniques to aid in the mental stimulation of our patients to improve mental health and prevent depression.
Be able to recognise and assess pain in our small animal species (namely rabbits, cats, and dogs).
Understand and be able to explain the concept of multimodal analgesia.
Understand the clinical use of the different drug classes used in pain management and when they are most effectively used in relation to acute and chronic pain.
Understand that chronic pain is rarely managed effectively with pharmaceuticals alone.
Understand the role of interventional techniques including intra-articular PRP, stem cells and steroids.
Be able to explain the role of biomodulation in chronic pain including the use of acupuncture, cryotherapy, ultrasound, LASER, shockwave, and magnetic field therapies.
Understand how hydrotherapy, therapeutic exercise and physiotherapy can help with pain.
Be confident to make suggestions to help your team develop safe, effective, and individualised pre-medication, peri-operative and post-operative acute pain management plans.
Be able to assess each outpatient you see as an individual and identify their chronic pain patterns to make appropriate recommendations to both your team and to your clients to assist in the development of a tailored multimodal chronic pain management plans.
Upon completion of this 20-Hour on-demand CPD Course, you will receive a certificate to download and keep for your records.
Great news is that you have lifetime access with your enrolment, so completely learn at your own pace and no stressful deadlines.
This course comes with a comprehensive 159 page course workbook, interactive activities and tasks to complete and a multiple choice quiz at the end to release your CPD accredited certificate for 20 Hours/Credits.
Our courses are more than just a webinar.
You will be taken through easy to digest bitesize chunks of learning, via a series of informative tutor video presented slides.
Research shows, that online learning knowledge is easier to retain and absorb if video content is used rather than just audio, which is easier to just switch off from and become distracted. This way you can have a human connection to your tutor which is so important.
So that's what we do...
Course Introduction; Aims & Objectives
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Course Workbook
Module 1 Introduction, Aims & Objectives
FREE PREVIEWUnit 1; What is pain?
Unit 2; The Physiology of Pain
Unit 3; Pain states
Unit 4; The holistic approach – the bigger picture
Module 2 Introduction, Aims & Objectives
FREE PREVIEWUnit 1; The importance and challenges of pain recognition and assessment
Unit 2; The consequences of pain in small animals
Unit 3; Pain scores and pain scoring
Unit 4; Pain recognition and scoring in rabbits
Unit 5; Pain recognition and scoring in cats
Unit 6; Pain recognition and scoring in dogs
Module 3 Introduction, Aims and Objectives
FREE PREVIEWUnit 1; Principles of multimodal analgesia
Unit 2; Pharmaceutical agents commonly used in small animal pain management
Module 4 Introduction, Aims & Objectives
FREE PREVIEWUnit 1; Constant rate infusions (CRI’s)
Unit 2; Local blocks
Unit 3; Regenerative medicine
Unit 4; Intra-articular pharmaceuticals
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