Table 5.
Pain education in Lebanese medical schools curricula.
| Questions | Medical school 1 | Medical school 2 | Medical school 3 | Medical school 4 | Medical school 5 |
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| Do you teach medical students pain assessment and management in your didactic curriculum? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| During which academic year(s) do you deliver your didactic curriculum on pain assessment and management? | Medical years 1 and 2 | Medical year 2 | Medical years 1, 2, and 3 | Medical year 2 | Medical year 3 |
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| What types of pain are covered in the didactic curriculum? | Acute, chronic, postoperative, and/or cancer pain | Acute, chronic, postoperative, functional, and/or complex (cancer/AIDS pain) | Acute, chronic, postoperative, palliative, and cancer pain | No answer | All types of pain |
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| Do you have a separate course dedicated to teaching your medical students on pain assessment and management? | No, it is taught within various courses | No answer | No, it is taught within various courses | No, it is taught within various courses | No, it is taught within various courses |
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| Do you teach medical students on pain assessment and management in simulation settings? | Yes | No | No | No | No |
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| Do you teach medical students on pain assessment and management in your experiential curriculum? | No | Yes | No | No | No |
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| Do you have a separate rotation dedicated to pain assessment and management? | No | Yes | No | No | No |
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| Kindly share student learning objectives that must be met on pain assessment and management in your curriculum | (i) Briefly review the mechanisms underlying pain sensation and describe clinical assessment of pain (ii) Discuss selection of pain medications based on pain severity and type (iii) Describe various modalities used to prevent and treat pain in different patient situations such as postoperative pain and cancer pain (iv) Discuss the indications and side effects of patient-controlled analgesia (v) Discuss the aims of pain management programs according to international guidelines (vi) Discuss alternative interventions for pain management |
(i) What is pain? (ii) How is pain recognized? (iii) What are the neural substrates of pain? (iv) How does context influence pain? (v) How is pain relieved? |
(i) Physiology (mechanism, different types) (ii) Surgery (traumatology, acute pain) (iii) Oncology (palliative care, cancer pain) (iv) Anesthesia (pain control and management) |
No answer | (i) Be aware of the different type of pain (ii) Know the different scores to evaluate pain in adults, pediatric population, and elderly patients (iii) Medical management (classes of analgesics) (iv) Nonmedical treatment (v) Surgical techniques in selected patients |
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| Does your affiliated hospital offer medical residents the option of a residency program in pain management? | No | No | Yes | No | No |