Course overview
To develop an advanced understanding of the biological and psychosocial contributors to the pain experience and their relevance for pain assessment and management.
Course learning outcomes
- Describe the biological and psychosocial factors that contribute to pain.
- Synthesise theoretical models of pain to explain its complexity from a biopsychosocial perspective.
- Describe the functions of nociceptive, immune, autonomic, neuroendocrine and motor systems in pain.
- Identify clinical signs and symptoms that are associated with pain-related mechanisms.
- Apply pain sciences principles to the assessment and management of people with pain.