Certificate in Pain Management

School of Professional Studies

Location: Online

Deepen your pain management expertise with a conference-caliber curriculum delivered in a convenient online format. This robust certificate will take an interprofessional approach to pain management, bringing together perspectives from pharmacists, acupuncturists, physicians, nurses, psychiatrists, and other clinical and integrative health professionals. Designed to be highly interactive, courses will utilize case studies to go beyond foundational concepts and apply advanced strategies that providers can put into practice.

Why Choose Our Program?

  • Interactive Learning: Engage with complex patient case studies and apply advanced strategies beyond foundational concepts.
  • Free Introductory Course: Start with the first course (Foundations of Pain: An Interprofessional Lens) at no cost and experience the quality of our certificate program.
  • Expert-Led Instruction: Learn from MCPHS faculty and community healthcare leaders specializing in pain management.
  • Flexible Format: Enjoy the convenience of self-paced content combined with live virtual sessions with pain management experts.
  • Comprehensive Certificate: Earn a Certificate in Pain Management from MCPHS upon successful completion of all four courses.

Program Highlights:

  • Fully online format for your convenience.
  • Interprofessional approaches to enhance healthcare delivery in both clinical and integrative settings.
  • Real-world case studies to illustrate practical applications.

Improve patient care across various clinical settings with advanced, interprofessional education in pain management. 

Our program equips healthcare professionals with the skills to collaborate effectively, share knowledge across disciplines, and apply their expertise in acute pain, cancer pain, chronic non-cancer pain, hospice, and palliative care.

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Free Course

The first course is available at no cost as an introductory special to this new certificate.

Course Descriptions

Course 1 | Foundations of Pain: An Interprofessional Lens

This foundational course will cover analgesic pharmacotherapy and nonpharmacologic treatments, across acute, chronic noncancer pain, cancer pain, palliative care, and hospice settings.

Course 2 | The Role of Opioids in Acute and Chronic Pain

This comprehensive course will focus on harm reduction, patient education, and identifying and assessing opioid misuse. Students will review integrative case studies and emerging research.

Course 3 | Advancing Comprehensive Pain Care: Multifaceted Strategies for Advocacy, Integration, and Sociocultural Awareness

This informative course will bring together perspectives from pain management patients, caregivers, and patient advocates, and bring forth cultural, demographic, and ethical considerations through case studies that include special populations.

Course 4 | Organizational Aspects of Pain Management

This intensive course will take a deep dive into patient stories and case studies to develop a comprehensive understanding of “whole person” health through integrative health and the biopsychosocial model.

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Learn and apply interprofessional approaches to pain management to improve healthcare delivery in clinical and integrative settings.