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Pain


This is subdivided into:
  • Basic (ST3/4), and;
  • Advanced (ST6/7) training.

For more information, please see the website for the faculty of pain medicine of the Royal College of Anaesthetists. It can be found at:

 

Pain - Basic

Basic Pain Training (ST3/4)

These are the requirements of the pain module in ST 3/4:

  • Minimum of 10 pain clinic sessions preferably within a module (more sessions would be an advantage). Sessional shortfall must be made up, although this can be as an ST 5.
  • At least one session should be a procedure list.
  • Experience of acute pain and postoperative analgesia will be gained outside of the formal pain module.
  • Experience of regional anaesthetic and analgesic techniques will be obtained outside of the formal pain module.
  • You will need to download the pain logbook and fill it in.

For training objectives see ‘ST year 3/4 training and assessment from CCT in Anaesthesia III'.

Click here for the Pain Logbook.
 

Pain - Advanced


Advanced Pain Training Year (ST6/7)

An Advanced Chronic Pain Training year in ST 6/7 is available within the Bristol School.
All trainees spend six months at Frenchay and can then rotate to either Cheltenham/Gloucester, or Bath or the BRI. All pain fellows should become members of the Pain Faculty of the Royal College of Anaesthetists. Current members require a portfolio, but do not need to do a formal assessment, but in future trainees will need to be assessed.

For more information download the Advanced Pain Fellow Handbook
 
If interested in Advanced training please inform Ted Rees, Programme Director (Specialty) and the Pain Regional Adviser (mark.taylor@phnt.swest.nhs.uk) of your intentions, as early as possible.

Click here for the Pain - Advanced - Logbook.

 
 
 
Last updated at 10:21, 13 May 2009