Department of pain management

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Aim: To gain knowledge and experience of the services provided by the chronic and acute pain team.

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This is an introduction to the Pain Management Department, based at Chesterfield Royal hospital. 

We are part of the Critical Care Directorate.

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Learning outcomes

During the placement the student will be able to:

• Discuss differences between acute and chronic pain experiences

• Relate patients’ acute and chronic pain experiences to individual plans of evidence-based care

• Appreciate the roles of the multiprofessional team within pain management

• Identify an area of their practice where they could improve pain management and develop an action plan