Pain Management
Table of units of study: Pain Management
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Core units |
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| PAIN5001 Introduction to Pain Management |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| PAIN5002 Pain Mechanisms and Contributors |
6 | Semester 1b Semester 2b |
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| PAIN5003 Pain Treatment and Management Principles |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| PAIN5004 Pain Conditions |
6 | Semester 1b Semester 2b |
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Elective units |
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| PAIN5005 Orofacial Pain |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| PAIN5006 Independent Studies in Pain |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| PAIN5010 Clinical Aspects of Neurobiology |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| PAIN5011 Psychology of Pain |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| PAIN5013 Musculoskeletal Pain |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| PAIN5014 Cancer Pain |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| PAIN5015 Pharmacology of Pain Medicine |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| PAIN5016 Psychological Approaches in Pain Mgmt |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| PAIN5017 Disability and Pain Rehabilitation |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| PAIN5018 Pain in Children |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| PAIN5019 Pain in Older People |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| PAIN5020 Complementary Therapies: Pain Management |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| PAIN5021 Acute Pain |
6 | Semester 1 |
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Dissertation units of study |
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| The following units of study are only available to master's students who commenced their candidature prior to 2011. | |||
| PAIN5007 Dissertation A |
6 | P A candidate must have obtained a minimum weighted average mark of 70% in at least 24 credit points of coursework and obtained approval from the course-coordinator to enrol in this unit of study. Enrolment must be done through the Faculty or School office. Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| PAIN5008 Dissertation B |
6 | P A candidate must have obtained a minimum weighted average mark of 70% in at least 24 credit points of coursework and obtained approval from the course-coordinator to enrol in this unit of study. Enrolment must be done through the Faculty or School office. Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| PAIN5009 Dissertation C |
12 | P A candidate must have obtained a minimum weighted average mark of 70% in at least 24 credit points of coursework and obtained approval from the course-coordinator to enrol in this unit of study. Enrolment must be done through the Faculty or School office. Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 1a Semester 1b Semester 2 Semester 2a Semester 2b |
| Dissertation units of study are only undertaken by students in the honours stream. See the course coordinator for further information. Students must enrol in 12 credit points of dissertation in addition to the 48 credit points required for the Master's degree. The dissertation units of study should be done either in one semester (Dissertation C) or over two semesters (Dissertation A and Dissertation B). A student must be enrolled in order to submit the dissertation. If a student is not able to submit their dissertation after enrolling in 12 credit points of dissertation units of study, they must re-enrol in a minimum of 6 credit points of dissertation units of study, with the concomitant financial liability, every semester until they submit. | |||