ANES850A

The overall goal of this elective is to provide exposure to chronic pain management in the department of Anesthesiology, chronic pain division. Students will be exposed to different types of managements for musculoskeletal, neuropathic, and cancer pain. The management will involve pharmacological management including non-opioids options as well as a large array of interventional procedures to control pain. The students will learn to expand their differential diagnosis for pain based upon thorough history and physical examination. Students will also learn when to obtain diagnostic studies such as MRI, CT, X-rays, EMG and understand their correlation with pain etiology. Finally, students will be educated about the effects of chronic opioids, how to approach a patient regarding opioid weaning, and the laws in Arizona regarding prescribing.

Fall, Spring