Author, as appears in the article.: Miró J; Castarlenas E; Solé E; Martí L; Salvat I; Reinoso-Barbero F

Department: Psicologia

URV's Author/s: Castarlenas Solé, Elena Teresa / Miró Martínez, Jordi / Salvat Salvat, María Isabel / Sole Pijuan, Ester

Keywords: Undergraduate training Teaching methods Pain education Health sciences Education Curriculum teaching methods pain education health sciences curriculum

Abstract: © 2019 The Author(s). Background: Pain management is a challenge and effective treatment requires professionals to collaborate if they are to address the needs of patients with pain. Comprehensive education and training is key to helping skilled professionals provide the best pain care possible. The objective of this work was to study the content of the pain education provided to undergraduates in healthcare and veterinary programs in Spain. Methods: A survey was developed on the basis of previous surveys that had been used in the field. The final version included 31 questions about different issues on pain education, including, type of subject, number of pain mandatory/elective hours, and specific content covered. The survey was sent to all course leaders for all subjects on the undergraduate programs in Dentistry, Human Nutrition and Dietetics, Medicine, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy, Podiatry, Psychology, and Veterinary Science, in Catalonia, Spain. The survey was conducted from January to June, 2018. Students' t-test were used to study mean differences in responses. Results: A total of 550 course leaders from all healthcare undergraduate programs in Catalan universities took part. There were considerable differences in the number of pain-related hours among disciplines: Nursing reported the highest number of hours, and Psychology the lowest. The area least covered by all the disciplines was the Management of pain, and particularly the content related to the most vulnerable members of society (i.e., youths, the elderly and special populations). No interprofessional educational program on pain was identified. Conclusions: Pain is not such a large component of the undergraduate healthcare curriculum in Spain as could be expected given the extent of pain and its impact. Curricula need to be changed so that the problems all stakeholders have with pain care can be addressed.

Thematic Areas: Saúde coletiva Odontología Medicine (miscellaneous) Medicina iii Medicina ii Medicina i Interdisciplinar General medicine Ensino Enfermagem Education, scientific disciplines Education & educational research Education Educació Educação física Educação Ciencias sociales Biotecnología Administração pública e de empresas, ciências contábeis e turismo

licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

ISSN: 14726920

Author's mail: mariaisabel.salvat@urv.cat ester.sole@urv.cat jordi.miro@urv.cat elena.castarlenas@urv.cat

Author identifier: 0000-0002-1540-8143 0000-0002-1998-6653 0000-0003-0383-2526

Record's date: 2023-06-09

Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Link to the original source: https://bmcmededuc.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12909-019-1741-5

Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Papper original source: Bmc Medical Education. 19 (1): 307-

APA: Miró J; Castarlenas E; Solé E; Martí L; Salvat I; Reinoso-Barbero F (2019). Pain curricula across healthcare professions undergraduate degrees: A cross-sectional study in Catalonia, Spain. Bmc Medical Education, 19(1), 307-. DOI: 10.1186/s12909-019-1741-5

Article's DOI: 10.1186/s12909-019-1741-5

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Journal publication year: 2019

Publication Type: Journal Publications