This course on Pain Management is aimed towards Consultant Paediatricians, Trainee Paediatricians, Higher and Advanced Pain Medicine Trainees, Paediatric Anaesthetists, Allied Health Professionals and General Healthcare Workers who may be involved in the management of acute and chronic pain in children.

You may find it helpful to have completed the following course before enrolling on this module:

• eLearning for Health Modules of Paediatric Pain Management

There are 6 modules which should take you between 2½ and 3 hours to complete in total. You do not need to take these sessions all at once. In order to complete the course you must visit at least 80% of the slides in each module.

Learning objectives: 

• Acute pain in neonates, children and young people
• The biopsychosocial assessment of chronic pain
• Neuropathic pain conditions
• Psychological and physical therapies in pain management
• Pharmacology and prescribing in paediatric pain management
• Case studies

As of 1st September 2016 the Revalidation and CPD team of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health no longer allocates a number CPD credits to courses or events. The removal of credits associated with events allows delegates to record the educational benefit of the activity through written reflection, in contrast to quantifying the significance based on the time duration of the course. This is in accordance with changes made to the CPD Scheme guidelines published in April 2016.

Detailed information and scheme guidance can be found on the RCPCH website

When recording the activity, delegates should focus on the reflection and detail the following:

• What did you learn?
• What effect has/will the learning had/have on your current practice?
• What further learning or action, if any, is needed as a result of the original learning activity?

Should you have any questions regarding the removal of credits, please feel free to contact the CPD team

If you use the RCPCH CPD Diary, you can click here to visit the diary and record your learning: Log your learning on the RCPCH CPD Diary