(Our leaflet "Training and Education Pain Management" can be downloaded here.)
For health and social care staff, people in pain, their families and their employers we offer the following training, education and audit options:
Quick links:
1. Conferences, seminars, workshops and accredited programmes
2. Training needs analysis
3. Audit
4. Course materials
5. Testimonials
1. Conferences, Seminars, Workshops and Accredited Programmes
Our current stock of library programmes is listed in four sections. Please follow the links below if you wish to move directly to that section:
Conferences
Primary care
Secondary care
Independent and Social Services
Industry, Employers and Charities (includes the "Living & Working with Pain" series)
In addition to library programmes, we also offer a bespoke service, tailored to suit individual needs. Please contact us to discuss your requirements.
Delivery Patterns
Whether you require a half-study day, a full programme, or distance learning, our delivery patterns can be flexible to suit your needs. For instance, at a recent training day for clinical and administrative staff our team provided a plenary session on pain in primary care, a clinical workshop on acupuncture and a seminar exploring the patient's perspective.
Delegate Fees
Prices for seminars and workshops range from £35 to £150 per delegate. Long programmes commence at £500 per delegate.
Accreditation
If you wish to gain CPD credits, please mention this upon application.
Primary Care
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2. Training Needs Analysis
PainConsultants works with you to identify your specific needs and requirements. The following are some of the areas that you and your team/colleagues might ask whether you are up to date on:
- Current thinking about pain
- Assessing pain with different client groups
- Approaches to medication management
- Non-medication management
- Managing pain in the work context
- The patient/client centred care agenda
- Resources and facilities for staff
and people in pain?
If your answer to any of these is NO contact PainConsultants to find out how we can help you.
Please note our packages may be used as part of an APL route for accreditation in Higher Education.
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3. Audit
PainConsultants works with you to identify your specific needs and requirements. The following are some areas you might consider:
- Developing your service provision: getting the service right
- Benchmarking analgesic choice in light of current evidence
- Identifying the needs of people in pain in your work context
- New ways of working
- Developing self-care support programmes
- Effectiveness of symptom control programmes
- Choice and participation in pain provision
- Training needs analysis
You may have your own ideas. Contact PainConsultants to discuss them.
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4. Course Materials
For Practitioners:
Our course materials are professionally written, evidence based and grounded in practice. As well as supporting individual courses, our materials recommend areas for further study, thus allowing you to continue your professional development beyond completion of the course.
For
People with Pain & Their Families:
Our materials are written with the user in mind. Professional terminology is kept to a minimum and always explained. Our inserts on "other resources" help to point you in the right direction for good quality, further information.
For Employers:
Whether you are an SME or a large corporation, we know that your business has specific as well as general requirements. Our flexible approach means that we can adapt our materials to suit your needs.
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5. Testimonials
"On behalf of STEPS, thank you for giving us such a useful programme .... at very short notice. Perhaps this… is something you could market to other PCTs"
Dr P A Sutlieff
Joint Clinical Co-ordinator, STEPS
Slough PCT
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