Difficult Conversations: Training Medical Students to Assess, Educate, and Treat the Patient with Chronic Pain.

Alison M VargovichMatthew E SchumannJun XiangAlexander D GinsbergBrian A PalmerJeannie A Sperry

Published in: Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry (2019)

Chronic pain training during medical school is associated with students feeling more prepared to provide non-opioid biopsychosocial pain treatment. Additionally, training with standardized patients allows students to learn how to effectively educate their patients, reduce negative confrontations, and maintain a positive physician-patient relationship.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
end stage renal disease
pain management
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
emergency department
peritoneal dialysis
primary care
case report
medical students
spinal cord injury
spinal cord
virtual reality