PHTY41180 Pain Science and Practice

Academic Year 2023/2024

This module was developed specifically to achieve the learning goals of the Professional Master in Physiotherapy. It is a clinical teaching module (5 credits) based on the International Association for the Study of Pain's undergraduate pain curriculum for physiotherapists. This module builds on the clinical modules completed in Year 1 and advances the students’ evidence-based physiotherapy assessment and management of patients within the context of the WHOs International Classification of Functioning.

It focuses on two broad topics: 1) pain science and management and 2) the application of physical agents (APA) in physiotherapy. Specifically, this module advances the students’ knowledge of pain science and mechanisms, models of pain, and evidence-based assessment and management of common and more complex pain presentations. It also enables students to understand the use and place of physical modalities (including therapeutic heat, cryotherapy, and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation) in contemporary clinical practice.

Students will be encouraged to develop and apply their pain science and practice knowledge to a range of clinical conditions, and patient presentations and cohorts. Students will further develop the ability to select, implement and appraise pain management interventions based on principles of clinical reasoning and evidence-based practice. And to do so in a compassionate, professional, safe, and ethical manner that recognises patient-centeredness and respects societal and cultural diversity.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this module students should be able to:

1. Demonstrate an advanced knowledge of contemporary pain science and practice and demonstrate the ability to apply that knowledge to the evidence-based assessment and management of patients with varied clinical presentations of pain.

2. Describe and understand the theoretical and physiological mechanisms underpinning the safe and appropriate application of selected physical agents for pain modulation, tissue healing, and justify their place within contemporary physiotherapy practice.

Indicative Module Content:

This module advances the students’ knowledge of pain science and practice, models of pain, and the evidence-based assessment and management of common and more complex pain presentations. It also enables students to understand the use and place of selected physical modalities (including, therapeutic heat, cryotherapy, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation) in contemporary clinical practice.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

20
Practical

4
Autonomous Student Learning

78
Total

102
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Interactive lectures; task-based practical teaching and learning; case-based learning; reflective learning based on the International Association for the Study of Pain's undergraduate pain curriculum for physiotherapists. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Class Test: Combined MCQ and short-answer quiz covering pain science and practice and application of physical agents. Completed in-person and in-class. Week 12 n/a Standard conversion grade scale 40% No

50
Oral Examination: Students' knowledge of pain science and practice will be summatively assessed by participation in an individual, face-to-face 10 minute oral examination with two examiners. Week 11 n/a Graded No

50

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Peer review activities
• Self-assessment activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

- Summative feedback i) individual student and ii) group/class feedback, post-assessment - Formative feedback i) individual student and ii) group/class feedback, within class, prior to summative assessment

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
 
Autumn
      
Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 3, 6, 7 Thurs 10:00 - 10:50
External & School Exams Offering 1 Week(s) - 11 Thurs 10:00 - 11:50
Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 4 Thurs 10:00 - 11:50
Practical Offering 1 Week(s) - 3, 4 Thurs 11:00 - 12:50
Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 11 Wed 10:00 - 10:50
Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 3 Wed 10:00 - 11:50
Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 4, 5 Wed 10:00 - 11:50
Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 6, 7, 9 Wed 10:00 - 11:50
Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 11 Wed 11:00 - 12:50
Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 12 Wed 11:00 - 12:50
Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 8 Wed 11:00 - 12:50
Autumn