WSAVA Certificate in Pain Management - Module III Pain Management in Practice

Course overview

This course includes Module III 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 recently 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 WSAVA Certificate in Pain Management is divided into three Modules. The Module III Pain Management in Practice has 16 hours of content (32 recorded lectures of 20 -30 mins each and 2 hours of mandatory reading). It includes lectures focused on the following topics to put the gained knowledge from Module 1 and 2 into practice while considering the challenges they might face such as limited access to analgesic drugs. For example, tiered analgesic protocols are presented for the management of numerous painful conditions; from state-of-the-art protocols to those with limited analgesic options.