Library resource guides: Pain medicine training resources: Courses

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ANZCA & FPM resources

ANZCA: Advanced Clinical Skills Course Resources
Resources to support the Advanced clinical skills course.

Blue Knot Foundation: Resources
Blue Knot provides information and support for anyone who is affected by complex trauma. There are resources available for both survivors and professionals, as well as courses available for the latter.
Psychwire
Signature online courses for health and mental health professionals by the leaders in evidence-based therapy.

NEJM Interviews
Insightful conversations with leading experts in the field of health care, medical research, policy, and more from the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). Each episode examines the many complexities found at the junction of medicine and society.
NEJM Interview: Thomas Gallagher on historical and current ethical approaches to responding to harmful medical errors.
Thomas Gallagher is a professor in the Department of Medicine and the Department of Bioethics and Humanities at the University of Washington. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. T.H. Gallagher and A. Kachalia. Responding to Medical Errors — Implementing the Modern Ethical Paradigm. N Engl J Med 2024;390:193-197.

FPM: Clinical skills courses
Our clinical skills courses and trainee tutorial program are designed to support pain medicine trainees.
FPM: Centralised trainee tutorial program
The Centralised Trainee Tutorial Program is an exciting initiative to provide all pain medicine trainees with access to a formalised teaching program and regular opportunities to engage with other trainees. Recordings of each tutorial are available on Learn@ANZCA (see below).
FPM: Better Pain Management Program
The FPM Better Pain Management program has been designed for specialist and general medical practitioners, medical students, nurses and allied health practitioners engaged in the care of patients with persistent pain. It consists of twelve online education modules each designed to be completed in one hour.

Note: ANZCA and FPM fellows, trainees and SIMGs have complimentary access to all Better Pain Management modules via Learn@ANZCA (see below).

Learn@ANZCA (formerly Networks) is the college's learning management system.

Note: Some resources located in Learn@ANZCA require that you first register before accessing.

FPM trainee tutorials [Learn@ANZCA]
This module contains recordings of key presentations from FPM conferences and events. These recordings cover a broad range of topics relevant to pain medicine.
FPM: Better Pain Management [Learn@ANZCA]
The Better Pain Management program has been designed for those engaged in the care of patients with persistent pain. FPM trainees may find these modules to be a useful resource for consolidating their learning. ANZCA Fellows and trainees may also find this program to be helpful in extending an interest in pain topics.