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Published on: December 19, 2016
[League against pain: a teaching experience]
C A Pimenta1, M J Teixeira, P Simões
1Departamento de Enfermagem Médico-Cirúrgica da Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade de São Paulo.
Abstract:
The anatomical and physiological basis of pain are subjects of the basic sciences in health sciences undergraduate curriculum. Disciplines focussing pain concepts and pain therapy are not traditional in the medical and nursing schools programs. The description of the organization of the League Against Pain and the presentation the students' opinions about their participation in this educational program were the objectives of the study. The League is composed by nursing and medical students and professionals (physicians of many specialties and nurses). The objectives of the League are: the improvement of the teaching about pain subjects in the nursing and medical schools; the development of research in epidemiological, clinical and therapeutic aspects of pain; the development and promotion of a model of multidisciplinary and multiprofessional assistance to chronic pain patients. The students considered had improved their abilities in pain control and in professional-patients relationship; usefulness and satisfaction with the program; need for inclusion of the program in the undergraduate courses and that the League is a good model for teaching of medical and nursing students in pain.
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