Pain And Pain Management - Interaction As A Professional ToolLaajuus (5 cr)
Course unit code: C-02469-SP10010
General information
- Credits
- 5 cr
- Teaching language
- Finnish
- Institution
- Karelia University of Applied Sciences
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