Pain Management - Unit of study table - The University of Sydney
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Pain Management

Unit of study table

This page was first published on 14 November 2024 and was last amended on 14 January 2025.
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Master of Medicine (Pain Management)

Students must complete 48 credit points, including:
(a) 18 credit points of core units of study; and
(b) 24 credit points of elective units of study: and
(c) 6 credit points of capstone units of study

Master of Science in Medicine (Pain Management)

Students must complete 48 credit points, including:
(a) 18 credit points of core units of study; and
(b) 24 credit points of elective units of study: and
(c) 6 credit points of capstone units of study.

Specialisation

(a) A specialisation requires the completion of 24 credit points from the units of study listed below.
(b) The available specialisations are:
(i) orofacial pain
(ii) physical therapies

Graduate Diploma in Pain Management

Students must complete 36 credit points, including:
(a) 18 credit points of core units of study; and
(b) 18 credit points of elective units of study.

Graduate Certificate in Pain Management

Students must complete 24 credit points, including:
(a) 18 credit points of core units of study; and
(b) 6 credit points of elective units of study.
Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition

Core Units

PAIN5001
Introduction to Pain Management
6  
PAIN5002
Pain Mechanisms and Contributors
6  
PAIN5003
Pain Treatment and Management Principles
6  

Capstone Units

PAIN5029
Biopsychosocial Pain Management in Practice
6

Departmental Permission required.

P PAIN5001 and PAIN5002
C PAIN5003 and (PAIN5004 or PAIN5005 or PAIN5027)
N PAIN5025 or PAIN5006

Elective units

PAIN5004
Pain Conditions
6  
BETH5209
Medicines Policy, Economics and Ethics
6 A A degree in science, medicine, pharmacy, nursing, allied health, philosophy/ethics, sociology/anthropology, history, law, communications, public policy, business, economics, commerce, organisation studies, or other relevant field, or by special permission
PAIN5005
Orofacial Pain
6  
PAIN5010
Clinical Aspects of Neurobiology
6  
PAIN5027
Psychologically Informed Pain Management
6 N PAIN5011 or PAIN5016
PAIN5014
Cancer Pain
6 A This unit is cased based and is best suited for experienced clinicians
PAIN5015
Pharmacology of Pain Medicine
6 A This unit is case-based and is best suited for experienced clinicians
PAIN5028
Musculoskeletal Pain and Rehabilitation
6 N PAIN5013
PAIN5018
Pain in Children
6  
PAIN5019
Pain in Older People

6 A This unit is case based and is best suited for experienced clinicians
PAIN5021
Acute Pain
6 A This unit is case based and is only suitable for experienced clinicians
PAIN5022
Independent Studies in Pain
6 P Credit Average
PAIN5023
Advanced Studies in Orofacial Pain
6  
PAIN5024
Headache
6  
PAIN5026
Pain and Sleep
6  

Specialisation - orofacial pain

Only available to students in the Master of Medicine and Master of Science in Medicine
PAIN5005
Orofacial Pain
6  
PAIN5023
Advanced Studies in Orofacial Pain
6  
PAIN5024
Headache
6  
PAIN5026
Pain and Sleep
6  

Specialisation - physical therapies

Only available to students in the Master of Medicine and Master of Science in Medicine

PAIN5027
Psychologically Informed Pain Management

6 N PAIN5011 or PAIN5016
PAIN5010
Clinical Aspects of Neurobiology
6  
PAIN5028
Musculoskeletal Pain and Rehabilitation
6 N PAIN5013
PAIN5026
Pain and Sleep
6  
PAIN5022
Independent Studies in Pain
6 P Credit Average
PAIN5024
Headache
6  

Post-publication amendments

Date
Original publication
Post-publication amendment
14/01/2025 Co-requisites (C) for PAIN5029 published as:
"PAIN5003"
Co-requisites (C) for PAIN5029 amended to:
"PAIN5003 and (PAIN5004 or PAIN5005 or PAIN5027)"