Publication Date
2-2015
Abstract
Objective
The purpose of this article is 1) to present the historical context and rationale for competency-based pain management education; and 2) to suggest learning tools that faculty might apply into their teachings and their institutions' pre-licensure curricula for promoting conceptual learning based on competency-based pain management education.
Design
Based on the well-documented need to improve the competency of health care professionals in pain assessment and management, an interprofessional group of health care providers collaborated and then convened in August 2012 to develop core competencies for pain management for the pre-licensure programs of study across health care disciplines. This interprofessional group of pain educators achieved consensus on a common set of pain-related competencies intended to be implemented across a variety of pre-licensure professional programs.
Setting
A group of the interprofessional faculty, who participated in the development of the core competencies for pain management, provides a follow-up of how to implement learning tools within teaching and curricula, based on competency education in pre-licensure health care.
Results
Broad questions about how to incorporate competencies into pre-licensure curricula, for all health provider pre-licensure programs, including how to assess competency across individuals and how to teach in ways that emphasize the demonstration of conceptual learning, remain unanswered. This article reviews how the use of competencies creates historical context for a shift from teaching to learning and concludes with suggestions and exemplars in applying core competencies for pain management in pre-licensure programs.
Author Supplied Keywords
Pain education, Pain competencies, Conceptual learning, Curricula exemplars
Subjects
Clinical competence; Curriculum; Health Care Reform; Pain Management; Paradigms (Social sciences); Teaching--methods
Citation: Pilot Scholars Version (Modified MLA Style)
Arwood, Ellyn; Rowe, Joanna M.; Singh, Naileshni S.; Carr, Daniel B.; Herr, Keela A.; and Chou, Roger, "Implementing a Paradigm Shift: Incorporating Pain Management Competencies into Pre-Licensure Curricula" (2015). Education Faculty Publications and Presentations. 30.
https://pilotscholars.up.edu/edu_facpubs/30
DOI
10.1111/pme.12563
Peer-Reviewed
Yes
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Information
Pain Medicine, 2015, Volume 16, Issue 2, 291-300.
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Archived version is accepted manuscript.
This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: Pain Medicine, 2015, Volume 16, Issue 2, 291-300, which has been published in final form at 10.1111/pme.12563. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.