Table 1.
Overview of the 5 core learning components of the interprofessional pain curriculum.
| Core learning session | Content and process | Student participation | Teaching–learning strategies |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Self-study, online module | 1-h long online module on foundational topics: Pain Mechanisms and Manifestations | Single students | Asynchronous online modules. The opioid module includes interprofessional and profession specific perspectives and is case-based |
| 2. Self-study, online module | 1-h long online module on foundational topics: Opioids | Single students | Asynchronous online modules. The opioid module includes interprofessional and profession specific perspectives and is case-based |
| 3. Multiprofessional, large group session | 3-h patient and interprofessional care team panel presentation demonstrating a person-centered approach to pain assessment and management, interprofessional collaboration, and communication in pain care | Approximately 500–1,000 students/y | Patient panel: people with lived experience (acute TMJ pain, acute and sickle-cell related pain, and chronic neuropathic pain) Interprofessional panel: interprofessional specialty pain team (physiatrist, nurse, physical therapist, and pharmacist) Panels are facilitated by IPC cochair and interaction facilitated with students using technology |
| 4. Multiprofessional, medium group concurrent sessions | 2 × 1.25-h presentations on “Hot” Clinical Topics: Addressing the current opioid crisis, issues, and challenges in cancer pain, headaches, pharmacology of pain, cannabis for pain, osteoarthritis, and mindfulness for pain management |
Approximately 30–100 students/year per session depending on the student selection | Students select 2 didactic presentations of their choice from a menu of options Presenters from different professions for each topic, recognized as experts |
| 5. Interprofessional, small group sessions | 2 × 3-h interprofessional, team sessions to discuss virtual interactive case (VIC)-based examples of acute and persistent pain assessment and develop interprofessional pain management care plans | Interprofessional teams of 10 students each | Faculty-affiliated clinician and scientist facilitators |
IPC, interfaculty pain curriculum; TMJ, temporomandibular joint; VIC, virtual interactive case.