The “future” pain clinician: competencies needed to provide psychologically informed care

Review written by Dr Sandy Hilton info

Key Points

  1. The efficacy of treatments for pain remains limited with a persistent global burden on individuals and clinicians.
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BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE

Decades of research and clinical application of the available research have not resolved the global burden of chronic pain in cost, time lost, and patient suffering/lost quality of life. The 1977 biopsychosocial care model of Engel has been adopted by most pain clinicians through a variety of training programs and institutional recommendations (1). The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) has outlined core competencies for pain education (2). Despite this progress, questions remain about which clinicians are best to provide psychologically informed treatment and are the competencies being taught?

The authors of this paper explored the patient perspective of what best care should be and the availability of training for clinicians to be competent in the needed skills (3).

The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) has outlined core competencies for pain education.
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This paper summarizes the competencies for pain clinicians allowing us to address the challenges of our organizations and the time needed to manage pain appropriately.

METHODS

The authors provide a narrative of a clinical perspective of care that centers best practice for the patient perspective in pain. There were no participants recruited and no data analyzed.

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