Quick Notes

  • Purpose

    This introductory course is intended for students and clinicians who are new to understanding and applying the science of pain.

  • About Jared

    Jared is the Continuing Education Coordinator for ClinicalAthlete, and is a Physiotherapist and strength coach in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

  • The Course

    The course examines what we understand pain to be, the models we use to explain it, the process of pain, placebo & nocebo, the utility of diagnostic imaging, and principles for treating people in pain

  • Course Duration

    The course is expected to take approximately 3-5 hours to complete.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

  • 2

    Pre-Course Test

    • Pre-Course Test
  • 3

    Chapter 2 - Outline, Presenter and Credit

  • 4

    Chapter 3 - What is Pain?

    • Chapter 3 - What is Pain?
  • 5

    Chapter 4 - Models of Pain

    • Chapter 4 - Models of Pain
    • Symptoms and the body: taking the inferential leap
    • Symptom perception, placebo effects and the Bayesian brain
    • Deconstructing the sensation of pain
    • Self-reflection: Models of pain
  • 6

    Chapter 5 - The Process of Pain

    • Chapter 5 - The Process of Pain
  • 7

    Chapter 6 - Acute and Chronic Pain

    • Chapter 6 - Acute and Chronic Pain
    • Role of psychological interventions in the management of patients with chronic pain
    • Self-reflection: Psychological interventions in chronic pain
  • 8

    Chapter 7 - Placebo and Nocebo

    • Chapter 7 - Placebo and Nocebo
    • Bad is more powerful than good: the nocebo response in medical consultations
    • Self-reflection: Placebo and nocebo
  • 9

    Chapter 8 - Imaging and Regression to the Mean

    • Chapter 8 - Imaging and Regression to the Mean
    • Regression to the mean in treated vs untreated chronic pain
    • Self-reflection: Regression to the mean
  • 10

    Chapter 9 - Treatment Principles for Pain

    • Chapter 9 - Treatment Principles for Pain
  • 11

    Chapter 10 - Summary

    • Chapter 10 - Summary
    • References
    • Self-Reflection: Take-Home Points
  • 12

    Post-Course Test

    • Post-Course Test
  • 13

    Participant Feedback Survey

    • Participant Feedback Survey

Affordable, High Quality Continuing Education Approved for CEU's

This activity has been approved for 3.0 CEU's for Physical Therapists and Physical Therapy Assistants by the FSBPT through December 13, 2020. This activity has also been approved for 5.0 Category A CEU's for Athletic Trainers by the BOC (Approved Provider #P10117)

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Terms and Conditions

  • Refund Policy

    All sales are final and we do not offer refunds of course payments

  • Passing Grade

    A passing grade of 80% or higher is required on the post-course test to obtain your completion certificate

System Requirements

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  • PDF plugin

  • Graphic and audio output capability

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