Pain Medicine
| Department |
Anesthesiology
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|---|---|
| Course Number |
ANES 387
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| Course Title | Pain Medicine |
| Course Director |
Geet Paul, MD
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| Length (Weeks) |
2, 4 |
| When Offered |
All year |
| Prerequisites |
Reservation required (recommend NEUR 397 or other ANES course) |
| Availability Notes |
All students must obtain email approval from course coordinator Neyota Washington (or Dr. Geet Paul) in addition to a letter of intent in order to add this course. Recommended pre-requisite is NEUR 397 (PM&R) or other ANES course. |
| Contact Name |
Neyota Washington
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| Contact Phone | |
| Contact Fax | |
| Contact Email |
nwashington@mfa.gwu.edu
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| Other Contacts |
Dr. Paul (gpaul@mfa.gwu.edu); Sina Davari Farid (sdavari@mfa.gwu.edu); Roya Navid (rnavid@mfa.gwu.edu) |
| Location |
MFA Pain Clinic, 2150 Pennsylvania, 7th floor (same area as Neurology Clinic). |
| Limit |
2
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| Report |
MFA Pain Clinic, 2150 Pennsylvania, 7th floor (same area as Neurology Clinic). |
| Evaluation |
Uniform Clinical Evaluation, oral presentation |
| Description |
The goals and objectives are to learn various acute and chronic painful conditions by evaluating patients and discussing options available for pain management. The student will encounter outpatients with spine related (back and neck), neuropathic pain, and cancer pain. They will learn pharmacological (opioids and non-opioids) and non-pharmacological options for pain control. The student will be exposed to various image guided interventional techniques in pain management. Students will have the opportunity to observe and assist in interventional procedures in the surgery center. The student will have an opportunity to observe regional techniques for perioperative pain control. Students may round with the Acute Pain Service on postoperative patients and assist with inpatient consultations. The student will have an opportunity to observe options for pain control at the Center for Integrative Medicine using complementary techniques and alternative medicine. If there is interest, there may be opportunities for the student to participate in research or study projects. Course Learning Objectives: By the end of this course, the student should be able to:
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| Additional Notes |
To assist in your learning during your chronic pain rotation, there are several fundamentals which we refer to as “building blocks” that will assist in learning how to assess and treat various pain presentations in chronic pain patients:
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