Essential Pain Management

The focus of this online course is the Pharmacological Management of Pain. Pain assessment, management, and evaluation are foundational skills for nurses working in any practice setting. The EPM course aims to equip nurses with a foundational knowledge base and skills around pain management, from a palliative care approach, that may be applied to practice. The four foundational modules to be covered include:

Module 1: Laying the Foundation

Module 2: Understanding Pain

Module 3: Assessment

Module 4: Approaches to Pain Management

• Peer-reviewed, evidence-informed and up-to-date course content
• Facilitation and mentorship by experienced local palliative care nurse consultants
• Successful completion of EPM prepares learners to meet the palliative care competencies for Nurses as outlined in the Ontario Palliative Care Competency Framework and Canadian Interdisciplinary Palliative Care Competency Framework.

EPM has been designed to benefit and appeal to all classes of nurses who care for adults living with life-threatening or life-limiting illnesses.

EPM allows learners to set their own learning pace as they enhance foundational knowledge, interact with evidence-informed tools and resources to complete case-based activities, and engage in one or more coaching sessions designed to be responsive to individual pain-related learning needs.

Essential Pain Management (EPM) - Online Course

This course is provided using D2L’s Brightspace Learning Environment.  Learners will be required to use a computer, tablet, or smart phone with a microphone & camera to allow for two-way communication between coaches and peers. For more details, please review:

• EPM Content & Objectives
• Technology Requirements

Local palliative nurse consultants work with EPM learners to provide foundational knowledge and skills in pain assessment, management and evaluation from a palliative care approach. The focus of the course is on the pharmacological management of pain which can then be applied to practice. The EPM course is broken down into the following components:

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Essential Pain Management (EPM) Curriculum - Level 1 (Total Hours: 18)

• Getting Started module and quiz*
• Four foundational modules & quizzes*:
  • Laying the Foundation
  • Understanding Pain
  • Assessment
  • Approaches to Pain Management
• Coaching Sessions
  • One EPM coaching session (90 minutes)
• Multiple case-based, interactive activities to practice tools and approaches
• Multiple self-checks to help learners test their understanding

*Note: A score of 100% is required on all module quizzes to release the next available module for learners to complete

To receive an EPM certificate, learners must complete:

• EPM modules and quizzes
• EPM coaching session (90 min) with case-based activities to practice their skills



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Advanced Approaches to Manage Pain (AMP) Curriculum - Level 2 (Total Hours: 5)

Following EPM – Level 1, learners will have automatic access to the online AMP Preparation Module to explore advanced pain management. The AMP module provides a more in-depth look at equianalgesia and explores additional information on the application of pain management principles to specific skills and pain scenarios including:

• Titration of Breakthrough Doses (BTD)
• Opioid Rotation
• Pain from Bony Metastases
• Incident Pain Management
• Intractable Pain
• Interventional Approaches

Following successful completion of the AMP Preparation module, and the AMP module quiz, learners will earn their AMP Preparation badge.  At that time, learners will be invited to register for the AMP coaching session.

To receive an AMP certificate, learners must complete:

• AMP preparation module and quiz
• AMP coaching session (3 hrs) with case-based activities to practice their skills

Cost: $40.00

The course fee:

• includes EPM and the additional AMP Module Preparation
• is non-refundable and non-transferrable

• Full Participation is mandatory to receive a certificate.
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