Symptom control and complication care: learning outcomes of module 18
Syllabus items | Knowledge | Skills | Attitude |
Pain management | Discuss indications and timing for specific management | Conduct physical examination and interpret findings | Accepts the importance of multimodal pain management |
Recall medications, mode of action, dosing, recommended and non-recommended combinations, side-effects and their management | Manage pain of diverse aetiology (e.g. neuropathic pain, complex regional pain syndrome) | ||
Discuss principles of palliative radiotherapy | Treat acute as well chronic pain | ||
Describe interventional pain management techniques (intrathecal, epidural administration, nerve blocks) | Select opioids and manage opioid toxicity | ||
Discuss ablative techniques (radiofrequency, cryoablation) | Provide end-of-life care related to pain management | ||
Compare surgical procedures | |||
Explain biphosphonates | |||
Discuss and list psychosomatic symptoms | |||
Discuss psychological aspects and approaches to pain management in cancer patients |