Module Descriptors
MANAGEMENT OF PAIN
XCPD60507
Key Facts
Faculty of Health Sciences
Level 6
15 credits
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 48
Independent Study Hours: 102
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- ASSIGNMENT weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Learning Strategies
Interactive lectures 10%, specialist lectures 10%, peer group learning 10%, debate 2%, seminars 8%, reflection 25%, tutorials 1%, accessing reputable web based materials and databases 4%, independent study 30%
Module Indicative Content
Complex nature of pain - physical, social, psychological and spiritual
Pain definitions and types of pain
Pain management strategies
Ethical issues in pain management
Multi-professional roles and interventions
Evidence based practice
Use of clinical exemplars to explore issues in pain management
Pain definitions and types of pain
Pain management strategies
Ethical issues in pain management
Multi-professional roles and interventions
Evidence based practice
Use of clinical exemplars to explore issues in pain management
Module Resources
Recommended texts, journals and reputable web based information, key evidence based practice resources, key policy and practice documents, video, taught module content, specialist practitioners
Module Special Admissions Requirements
Registered Nurses, Midwives, Health Visitors, or any professionally qualified healthcare worker with whose sphere of work involves the management of pain
Module Additional Assessment Details
Formative feedback: tutorials, seminar presentations
There will be a summative assessment which will be a critical appraisal of an issue or incident from the student's own practice relating to the management of pain - 2,500 words. This will constitute 100% of the module mark. All learning outcomes achieved
Students will also be required to undertake a formative assessment which will be a short seminar presentation which will also focus on the above. The aim of this is to enable students to share their learning within the group.
There will be a summative assessment which will be a critical appraisal of an issue or incident from the student's own practice relating to the management of pain - 2,500 words. This will constitute 100% of the module mark. All learning outcomes achieved
Students will also be required to undertake a formative assessment which will be a short seminar presentation which will also focus on the above. The aim of this is to enable students to share their learning within the group.
Module Texts
Houldin A (2000) Patients with cancer - Understanding the Psychological Pain. Lippincott. Philadelphia
Kaye P (2000) Decision making in Palliative Care. EPL Publications. Northampton
McCaffrey M & Pasero C (1999) Pain. Clinical Manual (2nd Edition). Mosby
MQuay H & Moore A (1998) Evidence based resource for pain relief. OUP
Rey (1998) The History of Pain. Harvard University Press
Royal College of Anaesthetists & The Pain Society (2003) Pain Management Services - Good Practice
Kaye P (2000) Decision making in Palliative Care. EPL Publications. Northampton
McCaffrey M & Pasero C (1999) Pain. Clinical Manual (2nd Edition). Mosby
MQuay H & Moore A (1998) Evidence based resource for pain relief. OUP
Rey (1998) The History of Pain. Harvard University Press
Royal College of Anaesthetists & The Pain Society (2003) Pain Management Services - Good Practice