This course covers palliative pain management from the patient and family perspective. Pain management best practices and considerations for special populations and circumstances are reviewed. Learners are provided with ample opportunity to put new knowledge to use via a case study approach to learning.

• Correctly apply general pain management principles to real life patient scenarios.
• Summarize in order, the three steps in the WHO Analgesic ladder and apply them in real life patient scenarios.
• Identify three common side effects of opioid pain medications and best practice interventions to manage them.