Pain education for patients has grown in interest and practice in recent years. It seems
intuitive that patient education is important. Patients seek care to understand their pain and …

Since the 2011 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report on the status of pain and pain care in
America, there has been a renewed appreciation for the scope of the pain “epidemic”. Many …

Since it emerged in the early 2000's, intensive education about 'how pain works', widely
known as pain neuroscience education or explaining pain, has evolved into a new …

The continuing high prevalence of pain, both acute and persistent, is a public health
problem. Improving pain curricula for health professionals is essential if we are to change …

Suffering chronic pain is a global epidemic that requires a closer look on how we are
educating trainees to become more effective in pain management. The vast majority of …

Pain education is entering a new era of progress and impact, heralded by the recent
announcement of a Global Year for Excellence in Pain Education by the International …

Raising the profile of pain education is crucial as it enables ongoing advancement of our
profession in many different ways. First, as the Editorial points out, it behoves all clinicians to …

This book provides a core curriculum of common knowledge for clinicians in a multitude of
disciplines who have primary responsibility for pain patients.(PsycINFO Database Record (c) …

A decade or two ago, pain experts were a rare breed and had relatively little clout in medical
schools. We observed the dismaying shortcomings in the treatment of patients with pain and …

The high prevalence of pain seen by clinicians in ambulatory settings [1, 2] combined with
the insufficient number of pain specialists in the community necessitate that most patients …