Organization to Move Pain Education in Bangladesh

Abstract

“Pain medicine” is a discipline within the field of medicine that is concerned with the prevention of pain and the evaluation, treatment, and rehabilitation of persons in pain. Suboptimal management of pain is still an overgrown concern worldwide. Chronic pain is widespread in society, and 13.5 to 47% of the population is affected by it. Almost all adults have experienced at least one episode of musculoskeletal pain associated with injury or overuse. Limited knowledge, inadequate understanding, biases and myths, and insufficient emotional preparation prevent competent pain management. The lack of education and training in the discipline of pain medicine among health professionals has been highlighted as one of the barriers to optimum pain management. Schools and universities with health sciences programs, prelicensure educational programs, education accrediting bodies, and faculty across the globe are encouraged to incorporate essential pain content into curricula with the aim of producing graduates with the knowledge and skills necessary to be competent in contemporary pain management.