WSAVA Certificate in Pain Management - Module II - Preventing and treating pain.

Course overview

This course includes Module II of the WSAVA Certificate in Pain Management. The course was developed with the vision that veterinary professionals (veterinarians and nurses and veterinary technicians) across the globe understand the importance of adequate pain management for small animal health and welfare, and are empowered to 1) Frequently assess pain in small animals with knowledge of pain-related behaviors and validated pain scales 2)Prevent pain and other negative emotions such as fear, discomfort, nausea and anxiety 3)Treat pain using drug and non-drug therapies in which the analgesic plan is developed on a case-by-case basis and adapted to their own reality. The WSAVA Certificate in Pain Management includes pre-recorded lectures in addition to mandatory and suggested reading materials, and quizzes at the end of each lecture. The educational content is primarily based on the published 2022 WSAVA guidelines for the recognition, assessment and treatment of pain, and on additional topics not covered by that document, but considered to be important and relevant for professionals working with companion animal health and welfare globally. Lectures are given by the authors of the Guidelines and other invited experts in the field. The entire educational content is available at no cost following registration to any veterinarian or nurse or veterinary technician. A fee will be charged to those who would like to receive the actual Certificate and recognition of continuing education credits. The WSAVA Certificate in Pain Management is divided into three Modules. The Module II Preventing and treating pain has 12 hours of content (12 recorded lectures of 0.5 hour each and 3.5 hours of mandatory reading). It includes lectures focused on the following topics, Principles of pain management, Analgesic drug delivery techniques and tools, Opioids, Anti-inflammatory, Local anesthetics, Alpha-2 agonists, Adjunctive analgesic drugs, Adjunctive musculoskeletal therapies, non-analgesic drugs for the painful patient, Nursing and supportive care, home and the clinic environments, Non-pharmacological therapies, Nutrition and diet plans and Misconceptions in pain management.