Primary FRCA Teaching Day
Category: Training - Primary FRCA Teaching Days
Date: January 8th 2016 9:30am until 4:30pm
Location: Severn Room, Level 5 - Brunel Building, Southmead Hospital, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol BS10 5NB
Timetable
A trainee will be available at main reception to meet trainees at 9.20 to show you up to the Severn Meeting Room
9.30 – 10.30 : Anatomy and Physiology of Pain Medicine, Dr Toby Jacobs, ST7
- Anatomical organisation of pain and sensory pathways from periphery to CNS including: afferent nociceptive pathways, dorsal horn, peripheral & central mechanisms, neuromodulatory systems, supraspinal systmes, visceral pain, neuropathic pain, the influence of therapy on nociceptive mechanisms
10.30-11.00: Coffee
11.00-12.15: Drugs and Pharmacology in Pain Medicine. Dr Junayed Ahmed, Clinical Fellow
- Including Opioids, NSAIDS, Coxibs, Local Anaesthetic and drugs used for neuropathic pain
12.15 – 13.15: Lunch
13.15 – 14.15: Acute Pain, Dr Katie Howells, Advanced Pain Trainee
- Including organisation and objectives of an Acute Pain Service, Methods of assessing pain, relationship between acute and chronic pain, principles of neural blockade for acute pain management
14.15 – 14.45: Case studys/MCQ
14.45 – 15.15: Tea
15.15 – 16.15: Chronic Pain, Dr Sarah Love-Jones, Consultant in Anaesthesia & Pain Medicine
- Chronic Pain in adults – an overview, importance of biopsychosocial aspects in pain medicine, limitations of pain medicine
16.15: Questions and close