What do medical students know about chronic pain and its management?
Year: 1992
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: A questionnaire on chronic pain management was completed by 114 third year, and 80 fifth (final) year medical students. The results demonstrated a significant improvement in most facets of chronic pain knowledge and management by the end of the medical course. A postal survey was undertaken of all pain clinics in Northern Ireland to identify current activity, as these figures are not collected in Korner returns. Despite the improvement in knowledge by final year, there were still many students who did not know what type of problem to refer to a pain clinic (30%), who ran the clinics (> 40%), or the types of treatment commonly employed. More formal education is required on this subject, at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.
Source: PubMed Central
Author: W I Campbell
Institution: Ulster Hospital
Language: English
Subfield: Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W76305802