Employer Perspective on Pain Fellowship Education: A Survey to Understand the Current State of Pain Medicine Training.

IF 2.5 3区 医学 Q2 CLINICAL NEUROLOGY
Journal of Pain Research Pub Date : 2024-12-31 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI:10.2147/JPR.S487990
Sayed E Wahezi, Ugur Yener, Tahereh Naeimi, Heejung Choi, Yashar Eshraghi, Scott G Pritzlaff, Trent Emerick, Corey W Hunter, Moorice Caparo, Michael E Schatman, Farshad Ahadian, Charles Argoff, Timothy Deer, Dawood Sayed, Miles Day, Alaa Abd-Elsayed, Giuliano Lo Bianco
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Abstract

Background: Pain medicine care has expanded to encompass a wider range of conditions, necessitating updated education and training for pain specialists to utilize emerging technologies effectively. A national survey was conducted through several verified Pain organizations regarding pain physician employers' perspectives on pain medicine fellowship training and education. The survey aimed to gather insights from a diverse range of geographic locations, practice types (academic and private practice), and practice settings. The findings emphasize the need for educational programs to adapt to the evolving landscape of pain medicine.

Methods: A survey was disseminated through several national professional pain societies, including the AAPM, ASIPP, NANS, and ASPN, and Pain DocMatters forum, an online verified pain physician forum to ensure a wide reach among potential respondents. The survey received responses from 196 participants, 39 from the Pain DocMatters forum and 157 through pain societies' channels.

Results: Most survey respondents reported a need for additional training and experience beyond what is offered during the one-year ACGME-approved fellowship. Professionalism and basic interventional skills were identified as the highest valued attributes of pain physician candidates by potential employers. Employers rated spinal cord stimulator (SCS) trials as the most important advanced procedure for trainees to learn. Other advanced procedures such as SCS implants, PNS implants, interspinous spacers, and percutaneous procedures involving the vertebral body were also rated as either very important or somewhat important by most respondents. A significant gap in training has been identified, with only 7% of respondents feeling that fellows were adequately prepared to independently practice in the current educational model. A vast majority of respondents stated that fellows need additional training following graduation from fellowship to practice independently.

Conclusion: Training programs should provide more robust education to prepare their graduates for independent practice.

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Journal of Pain Research
Journal of Pain Research CLINICAL NEUROLOGY-
CiteScore
4.50
自引率
3.70%
发文量
411
审稿时长
16 weeks
期刊介绍: Journal of Pain Research is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal that welcomes laboratory and clinical findings in the fields of pain research and the prevention and management of pain. Original research, reviews, symposium reports, hypothesis formation and commentaries are all considered for publication. Additionally, the journal now welcomes the submission of pain-policy-related editorials and commentaries, particularly in regard to ethical, regulatory, forensic, and other legal issues in pain medicine, and to the education of pain practitioners and researchers.
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