Learning to manage patients' pain is one of the most important aspects of doctors"

This postgraduate certificate 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. 

Thus, with this training, the student will be able to learn about the main types of chronic pain. The postgraduate certificate begins with neuropathic pain, encompassing those acute and chronic pain syndromes that share as their etiological bases damage to the nervous system. It includes a group of pathologies that affect a considerable part of the population in our environment and whose incidence is progressively increasing.

Today, neuropathic pain is considered a difficult pain to treat. Poor response to the usual means of pain management means that specific pain management strategies are required, and health care professionals involved in pain management should be familiar with these strategies.

The following topic will deal with musculoskeletal pain, which is one of the most prevalent pain entities in our environment, since a large part of the population, regardless of age, suffers from this type of pain to a greater or lesser extent. Musculoskeletal pain is associated with multiple musculoskeletal, trauma and systemic pathologies.

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

This training program is the best option you can find to specialize in the Integral Approach to Acute Postoperatory Pain and Chronic Pain”

This postgraduate certificate in Chronic Neuropathic and Musculoskeletal Pain contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features of the course are:

• Practical cases presented by experts in Chronic Pain
• 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
• The latest developments in Chronic Pain
• Practical exercises where the self-assessment process can be carried out to improve learning
• Special emphasis on innovative methodologies in chronic pain
• 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

Do not hesitate to take this training with us. You will update your knowledge in chronic pain and obtain a certificate from TECH Technological University"

The teaching staff includes professionals from the field of Chronic Pain, who bring their experience to this training program, as well as renowned specialists from leading communitiesand 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 purpose, the professional will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts in Chronic Pain with extensive medical experience. 

This postgraduate certificate will allow you to train with the best didactic methodology and in simulated scenarios that will allow you to train in real situations"

As it is 100% online, you will be able to combine the completion of this postgraduate certificate with your work and family life"

The postgraduate certificate in Chronic Neuropathic and Musculoskeletal Pain is designed to facilitate the performance of medical professionals by providing them with the latest advances and the most innovative treatments in the sector.  

Thanks to this postgraduate certificate you will be able to increase your knowledge in Chronic Neuropathic and Musculoskeletal Pain and offer more accurate treatments to your patients”

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. Chronic Pain: Neuropathic Pain

• Establish Updated Knowledge on the Etiopathogenesis of Neuropathic Pain
• Define basic Theoretical Concepts about Neuropathic Pain and its Types
• Show Current Diagnostic Strategies for the Evaluation of Neuropathic Pain
• Analyze Pharmacological Therapeutic Methods and Non-Pharmacological Alternatives Suitable for Each Type of Neuropathic Pain
• Present the Particularities of the Different Types of Neuropathic Pain Favoring a Better Knowledge of Them and Their Management in Clinical Practice

Module 2. Chronic Pain: Musculoskeletal Pain

• Raise Awareness of the Relevance of Musculoskeletal Pain and to Clarify Concepts Regarding its Etiology and Classification
• Provide Useful Tools for the Evaluation of Musculoskeletal Pain by Means of Clinical History and Physical Examination
• Establish Conceptual Bases for the Management of Current Diagnostic Techniques in the Diagnosis of Musculoskeletal Pain
• Offer a practical approach to the pharmacological, invasive and non-invasive therapeutic management of musculoskeletal pain
• Analyze Specific Aspects of Musculoskeletal Pain According to its Etiologic Origin
• Show Updated Information on Complex Musculoskeletal Syndromes such as Fibromyalgia or Central Sensitivity Syndrome

Update your knowledge through the postgraduate certificate in Chronic Neuropathic and Musculoskeletal Pain"