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Undergraduate Course: Issues and Developments in the Management of Pain (NUST10008)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Health in Social Science CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis optional course looks to provide students with the opportunity 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.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements Only open to Nursing students.
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Examine critically the detailed knowledge from physiology and anatomy underpinning current theories of pain control
  2. Explore and understand the multi-dimensional aspects of pain control drawing on current research-based theories
  3. Analyse and reflect on the complexity of the assessment and management of different presentations of pain as an experience.
  4. Demonstrate a critical awareness of the potential implications for individuals living with pain and the challenges of enabling possible coping mechanisms
  5. Understand of role of all health care members of the multidisciplinary team in relation to the control of pain in all its various manifestations
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserProf Tonks Fawcett
Tel: (0131 6)50 3883
Email: T.Fawcett@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Lisa Binder
Tel: (0131 6)51 3969
Email: lisa.binder@ed.ac.uk
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