Postgraduate Course: Chronic pain and advanced analgesic principles (VESC11123)

Course Outline
School	Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies	College	College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)
Course type	Online Distance Learning	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	This course will provide students with knowledge of how chronic pain develops and the differences between acute and chronic pain. Different strategies for managing acute or chronic pain in various situations will be discussed.
Course description	- To be able to describe the development of chronic pain - To compare acute and chronic pain - To evaluate different drugs and techniques for management in animals - To select a suggested analgesic plan in a variety of chronic pain situations - To be able to use pain scales and other methods of evaluating pain and quality of life

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2022/23, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Full Year
Course Start Date	19/09/2022
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 98 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Formal summative written assessment will constitute 60% of the student's grade. Online assessment will incorporate a variety of activities will constitute 40% of their overall course grade and is taken to represent a formative assessment of learning throughout the programme
Feedback	Not entered
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: To be able to describe the development of chronic pain To compare acute and chronic pain To evaluate different drugs and techniques for management in animals To select a suggested analgesic plan in a variety of chronic pain situations To be able to use pain scales and other methods of evaluating pain and quality of life