Clinicians should be aware of the latest advances in acute postoperative pain management to alleviate their patients' symptoms”

This postgraduate diploma has been designed by anesthesiologists with extensive experience in pain management, both acute and chronic, in daily clinical practice, so it offers Students a global vision of the clinical problem of pain in our environment.

With this training, students will be introduced to the basics of knowledge and management of patients with acute postoperative pain and the different types of chronic pain. Thus, they will learn about the main advances in the knowledge of neuroanatomy and physiology of pain, including psychological and psychosocial areas, which allow them to work in the best way to assimilate these pain processes.

In order to be up to date with new treatments to alleviate pain symptoms, it is essential to know the advances in pharmacology and, therefore, in this Postgraduate Diploma, professionals will be able to discover, through one of its topics, the main drugs for the treatment of acute postoperative pain. This training pays special attention to analgesic therapies with adjuvant drugs, which contribute to pain control in complex circumstances.

In addition, the approach to postoperative pain requires a strategy that should be planned from the preoperative period. For this, it is necessary to take into account the individual connotations and clinical history of each patient. In this sense, this Postgraduate Diploma offers updates on pain management strategies according to different comorbidities, such as respiratory, psychiatric, cardiological, renal or neurological pathologies.

After completing and passing the postgraduate diploma, students will have acquired the theoretical knowledge necessary to carry out an effective approach to pain in the main fields of action of the anesthesiologist.

This postgraduate diploma in Acute Postoperative Pain will allow you to improve in your daily practice”

This postgraduate diploma in Acute Postoperative Pain Management. Clinical Situations contains the most complete and up-to-date educational program on the market. The most important features of the program include:

• Practical cases presented by experts in the Control of Acute Postoperative Pain. Clinical Situations
• The graphic, schematic, and eminently practical contents with which they are created provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• Novelties on the Control of Acute Postoperative Pain. Clinical Situations
• Practical exercises where the self-assessment process can be carried out to improve learning
• Special emphasis on innovative methodologies in Control of Acute Postoperative Pain. Clinical Situations
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

This postgraduate diploma is the best investment you can make in your training because, in addition to being up to date with the latest advances in acute postoperative pain control, you will obtain an official degree endorsed by TECH Technological University"

It includes in its teaching staff, professionals belonging to the field of Acute Postoperative Pain Control, who apply the experience of their work to this training, in addition to recognized specialists from reference societies and prestigious universities.

The multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide immersive training programmed to train in real situations.

This program is designed around Problem Based Learning, whereby the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise during the academic year. For this, the specialists will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts in Acute Postoperative Pain Control with extensive medical experience.

If you are looking for the best way to help your patients in the treatment of acute postoperative pain, do not miss the opportunity to train with us"

This postgraduate diploma will allow you to train with a multitude of practical cases that will help you to train in real situations"

This postgraduate diploma in Acute Postoperative Pain Management. Clinical Situations is aimed at facilitating the medical professional's performance with the latest advances and most innovative treatments in the sector.

If you want to increase your knowledge in a diagnostic and therapeutic approach to pain, this will be your best option"

 

General Objectives

• Update knowledge on pathophysiology, neuroanatomy, and etiopathogenesis of pain
• Acquire the skills to adequately assess pain based on the patient's clinical history and physical examination
• Obtain the necessary knowledge to determine the diagnostic methodology in the patient suffering from pain
• Establish the updated theoretical basis of pharmacological therapies useful in the treatment of pain
• Know the advances in non-pharmacological therapies and invasive therapies in the control of acute and chronic pain
• Develop competencies for the adequate control of pain in the perioperative period in different clinical situations and surgical procedures
• Broaden knowledge of pain management in the gynecological and obstetrical field
• Delve into the most relevant concepts of pain management in pediatric patients
• Achieve the ability to define, evaluate, and determine the diagnostic and therapeutic approach in patients with chronic pain of neuropathic, musculoskeletal, oncologic, and visceral origin

Specific Objectives

Module 1. General Aspects of Pain Management and Control

• Acquire the Anatomical and Pathophysiological Knowledge Necessary to Understand the Mechanisms and Pathways of Pain
• Develop the Ability to Obtain the Necessary Information to Plan the Diagnostic Management of Pain through Clinical History and Physical Examination of the Patient
• Obtain the Necessary Knowledge to be able to Determine the Complementary Tests that will be Necessary in Each Case
• Know the Psychosocial and Cognitive-Behavioral Aspects Related to the Origin and Evolution of Pain
• Establish the basis for the therapeutic management of pain
• Value the Importance of Educating Patients and their Environment in Pain Management and to Develop Strategies and Skills to Inform and Educate in this Area

Module 2. Pharmacology of Pain

• Know the Main Groups of Medications Used in Pain Management (Antipyretics, Anti-inflammatory Medications, and Opioids), their Beneficial Effects, Side Effects, Indications, and Contraindications
• Acquire Updated Theoretical Knowledge on Pharmacology Related to Analgesia. New Formulations, Dosages
• Know the Main Groups of Local Anesthetics used in the Management of Pain in the Surgical and Extra-Surgical Field
• Indications, Contraindications, Side Effects
• Expand the Knowledge of the Usefulness of Adjuvant Medications in Pain Control Mechanisms of Action, Dosage, Effectiveness. Current Status of the Subject
• Introduce the Concepts of Multimodal, Pre-emptive, and Preventive Analgesia in Order to Generate Tools for Pain Management in the Surgical and Non-Surgical Setting

Module 3. Acute Postoperative Pain Considerations. Clinical Situations. Surgical Procedures

• Know how to Differentiate between the Management of Acute Postoperative Pain in Different Clinical Situations
• Know the Specificities of the Elderly Patient with Respect to their Response to Pain and its Therapeutic Management, Side Effects, and Contraindications of Analgesic Techniques or Medications and
• their Therapeutic Alternatives
• Acquire Skills to Establish Adequate Analgesic Treatment in Patients Treated for Chronic or Dependent Pain
• Assimilate Concepts for the Treatment of Acute Postoperative Pain in Different Surgical Procedures
• Establish the Basis of Knowledge of Organizational Systems and Management of Acute Postoperative Pain in In-Hospital Acute Pain Units
• Assimilate the Importance of the Chronification of Acute Postoperative Pain And to Know the Pathophysiological Mechanisms, Risk Factors, and Prevention Strategies

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