— Palliative Care: Essentials in Communication, Pain & Symptom Management

Prerequisites & course information

Course Description: Mix of didactic sessions and clinical time. Exposure to management of nociceptive pain, neuropathic pain and mixed pain syndromes. Introduction to the pathophysiology of pain, pharmacology of opioids and non-opioids medications, and management of pain, titration and equilanelgesic conversion of pain medications. Learning Activities: Variable. Grade Mode: Pass/Fail only. Learning Activities: Variable. Grade Mode: Pass/Fail only.