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Pain And Pain Management - Interaction As A Professional ToolLaajuus (5 cr)

Course unit code: SP10010

General information


Credits
5 cr
Teaching language
Finnish
Responsible person
Noora Silvennoinen, Vastuuopettaja

Objective

Learning Outcomes;
At the end of the module, you can:
- encounter a pain patient in healthcare and recognize the importance of interaction
- to guide different means to manage pain beside the usual care
- describe the basics on pain physiology and how pain is experienced.

Content

The main contents of the course are:
- The importance of interaction and encountering the patient in pain management
- Definition of pain and transmission of pain signals
- Basics of acute pain management
- How pain becomes chronic and chronic pain management.
- Non-pharmacological pain regulation methods as a support for medication and other treatments

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