USC Schedule of Classes

Introduction into the complex area of treatment with opioids and other pharmacological options.

Introduction of pain classification and diagnosis to familiarize the student with a standardized approach to painful conditions.

Explore the psychological and social perspectives that influence chronic pain, reinforcing the need to look beyond the initial physical diagnosis.

Advanced neurophysiology of pain including immunology and epigenetics, neuropathic pain, inflammation, with a series of lectures and sessions to analyze clinical cases.

Conduct a systematic review, research question, searching the literature, summarizing the evidence and interpreting the findings.

Multiple elements including weekly online discussions of cases; learning need assignments; defense of an 18 cases or scenarios e-Portfolio.