Education / Graduate Medical Education / Prospective Fellows / Anesthesiology Multidisciplinary Pain Medicine Fellowship / Curriculum

Curriculum

Curriculum

Twelve 4- week rotation blocks, including:

2 weeks Neuroradiology
1 week Neurology
2 weeks Palliative Care
1 week Acute Pain Service-Non Anesthesia Specialty
1 week Airway-Non Anesthesia Specialty
2 weeks Elective
8 months and 3 weeks Pain Treatment Center at Sawgrass

One vacation block (25 days total for vacation and meetings)

Education

Pain Fellows are offered two lectures per week throughout their fellowship.

Sample weekly lecture topics:

Opioids in chronic pain
Adjuvant Medications
Pediatric Pain
Basics of EMG
Alternative Medicine
Acupuncture
Orofacial Pain
Epidemiology of Pain
Ethics in Animal Research
Rheumatological disorder and joint injections
Visceral/Urogenital Pain
Sleep Deprivation
Pain Pathways
Suicidal risk assessment

Additional education activities

Grand rounds
Chair Rounds
Multidisciplinary Case Discussion
Journal Club
Board review
Ultrasound with Musculoskeletal Workshop
Teaching and supervisory activities
A scholarly project in either research, medical education or quality improvement
Cadaver Lab