Status and Opportunities for Improvement in Pain Education in Europe: A European Pain Federation EFIC Multiple‐Methods Study
This multiple method study provides an updated and comprehensive overview of the current state of pain education for healthcare professionals in Europe at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Substantial gaps remain in the depth, consistency, and delivery of pain education for both undergraduate and postgraduate healthcare professionals across Europe. This underscores the need to enhance pain education at the undergraduate level, with EFIC's existing medicine and physiotherapy resources offering potential models, alongside wider efforts to implement comprehensive postgraduate training. Standardising the delivery of targeted pain education has the potential to greatly improve patient outcomes by equipping healthcare professionals with more effective pain management skills.
Authors
- Frank Huygen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2852-4880)
- Edmund Keogh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1615-3699)
- Bart Morlion (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6156-880X)
- Andreas Kopf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7234-0290)
- Mary O’Keeffe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7104-9248)
- Felicia Cox (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3624-6593)
- Harriët Wittink (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5592-2879)
- Bróna M. Fullen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4408-2063)
- Zsófia Nagy
- Nathan Skidmore
Institutions
- University College Dublin (IE)
- University of Applied Sciences Utrecht (NL)
- Durham University (GB)
- Erasmus MC (NL)
- Harefield Hospital (GB)
- University of Bath (GB)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
- KU Leuven (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of Pain
- Published
- 2025-05-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ejp.70025
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.76
Funders
- Teesside University
- King's College London