Undergraduate Course: Issues and Developments in the Management of Pain (NUST10008)
Course Outline
| School | School of Health in Social Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This optional course looks to provide students at Masters level with the opportunities to consider the current debates and developments in the field of pain as both an experience and, in terms of its management, a priority in health care. Content addresses the most recent physiological and psychological knowledge and research addressing the causes, consequences and relief of pain in all its forms. |
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Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
The learner will have engaged critically with the current knowledge and research addressing the concept of pain, explored its relevance to the optimal care and nursing practice which looks to relieve or ameliorate the experience of pain.
The student will have established skills in conducting a literature review
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Tonks Fawcett
Tel: (0131 6)50 3883
Email: T.Fawcett@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Kirsty Gardner
Tel: (0131 6)50 3889
Email: Kirsty.Gardner@ed.ac.uk |
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