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John D. Loeser Center of Excellence in Pain Education at University of Washington
Fellowship in Pain Medicine
The mission of the ACGME accredited Pain Medicine Fellowship Program is to provide world-class education in multidisciplinary pain medicine to physicians, who will then meet the needs of the community and beyond, advancing the art and science of pain medicine and assuming leadership in the field. Learn more.
Multi-Institutional Virtual Didactic Program
The Multi-Institutional Virtual Didactic Program is a series of teaching sessions on Zoom (12 pm EST, 9 am PST). In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, our fellows will necessarily have reduced pain clinic experience. This program was developed by faculty at the University of Washington and Brigham and Women's Hospital to help fill this gap by connecting and offering expertise from several pain programs in a series of virtual lectures. This program provides a unique opportunity to tap into expertise and interact with fellows and faculty across institutions. We currently have participants from the University of Washington, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Johns Hopkins University. If you are a Pain Medicine PD or Fellow and are interested in participating, please email rdale@uw.edu.
Pain Medicine Clerkship
All medical specialties need a basic core competency in understanding how to take care of pain. The UW Division of Pain Medicine has developed the an integrated curriculum and elective clerkship opportunities for medical students to improve their care of patients experiencing acute and chronic pain. Learn more.
Residency Pain Rotation
The ACGME accredited Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine Residency Training Program at the University of Washington serves the educational needs for the five "WWAMI" states: Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho and offers four different residency training opportunities. Learn more.
NIH Pain Consortium CoEPE Modules
The Centers of Excellence in Pain Education (CoEPEs) were designated by the National Institutes of Health Pain Consortium, and tasked with the development, evaluation, and distribution of competency-based, interactive, interprofessional pain management curriculum resources for prelicensure health science students. For more information and for free access to all modules, visit the CoEPE website.
Interprofessional Activity Learning Series
The Center for Health Sciences Interprofessional Education, Research and Practice (CHSIE) is the coordinating center for interprofessional education (IPE) at the University of Washington. The center's mission is to support innovative and sustainable interprofessional education, research and collaborative practice for students, educators, researchers, clinicians and patients. Upcoming workshops focus on team-based pain management; find out more.
Innovations in Pain Research Summer Program
Scan Design Innovations in Pain Research Summer Program is for UW undergraduates offered through the Undergraduate Research Program. This research program exposes undergraduate students to interdisciplinary research in pain to stimulate interest in future careers in pain research. Learn more.
Honors Pain Course
Honors 222A ("PAIN") is a 5-credit Natural World/Science course, open to all disciplines, taught by world-renowned neurosurgeon, pain physician, and pain educator, Dr. John Loeser. Students in this course explore pain from multiple perspectives. Some of these include the physiology, pathophysiology, psychology and sociology of pain, the role of opioids in the treatment of pain, the epidemiology of and risk factors for pain and disability, and the subjective experience of pain. Includes guest lectures by content experts.