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.