"I Had a Lot More Faith in Doctors Back Then:" An Analysis of Chronic Pain Content in Ontario Medical Curricula

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dc.contributor.advisorArmstrong, Pat
dc.creatorComer, Leigha April
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-27T12:34:36Z
dc.date.available2017-07-27T12:34:36Z
dc.date.copyright2016-10-17
dc.date.issued2017-07-27
dc.date.updated2017-07-27T12:34:36Z
dc.degree.disciplineSociology
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractThis study is an assessment of pain content in three undergraduate medical curricula in Ontario. While chronic pain is a notoriously common condition affecting one in five Canadians, persistent pain remains undertreated and poorly understood. Physicians failure to adequately manage patients pain has been attributed, in part, to the lack of pain content in medical curricula. It is well-documented, for instance, that medical students receive very few hours of pain education, particularly in comparison to other health professions. While some work has been done to quantify the total amount of pain instruction medical students receive, the content itself has received little attention. There is also a paucity of information regarding what medical students learn about the pain theories, assumptions, beliefs, and medical models framing this content. This study examines the medical curricula at three undergraduate medical schools in Ontario in order to assess what, and how, students learn about pain.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/33423
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectCurriculum development
dc.subject.keywordsChronic pain
dc.subject.keywordsMedical education
dc.subject.keywordsMedical curriculum
dc.subject.keywordsPain content
dc.subject.keywordsPain beliefs
dc.subject.keywordsBiopsychosocial
dc.subject.keywordsOntario
dc.title"I Had a Lot More Faith in Doctors Back Then:" An Analysis of Chronic Pain Content in Ontario Medical Curricula
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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