The Postgraduate Diploma in Pain Management is devised to equip medical practitioners with fundamental knowledge and skills required for the practice and instruction of Pain Medicine. This course allows practitioners to address and manage pain resulting from a myriad of medical conditions and situations likely to be encountered in their clinical practice. The course equips the healthcare provider with this expertise so as to reduce unnecessary physical, psychological, and social suffering of patients and their families, contributing towards improving the health and well-being of the community in general.
Pain Physiology and Pathophysiology
Pain Assessment and Measurement
Pharmacological Management of Pain
Interventional Pain Management
Chronic Pain Management
Cancer Pain Management
Palliative Care
Pain assessment and diagnosis
Pain management planning
Medication management
Interventional procedures (injections, nerve blocks)
Multidisciplinary pain management