SECTION 1: General 1. Anatomy and Physiology: Mechanisms of Nociceptive Transmission 2. Pharmacology of Pain Transmission and Modulation 3. Development of Pain Systems 4. Designing, Reporting, and Interpreting Clinical Research Studies about Treatments for Pain: Evidence-Based Medicine 5. Public Health Aspects of Pain Medicine and Legal/Regulatory Environment 6. Ethical Standards in Pain Management and Research SECTION 2: Assessment and Psychology of Pain 7. Clinical Evaluation of Pain 8.
Placebo and Pain 9. Clinical Nerve Function Studies and Imaging 10. Psychosocial and Cultural Aspects of Pain 11. Sex and Gender Issues in Pain SECTION 3: Treatment of Pain: Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, Adverse Effects, Drug Interactions, and Indications/Contraindications 12. Opioids Pharmacology 13. Antipyretic Analgesics: Nonsteroidals, Acetaminophen, and Phenazone Derivatives 14. Antidepressants and Anticonvulsants 15. Miscellaneous Agents: Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, Adverse Effects, Drug Interactions, Indications/Contraindications SECTION 4: Treatment of Pain: Other Methods 16.
Psychological Treatments (Cognitive-Behavioral and Behavioral Interventions) 17. Mental Health Issues in Chronic Pain 18. Stimulation-Produced Analgesia 19. Interventional Pain Management Including Nerve Blocks and Lesioning 20. Surgical Pain Management 21. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Modalities and Treatment 22. Work Rehabilitation and Management of Return to Work 23. Complementary and Alternative Medicine SECTION 5: Clinical States - Taxonomy 24.
Taxonomy and Classification of Chronic Pain Syndromes SECTION 6: Tissue Pain 25. Acute Pain 26. Cervical Radicular Pain 27. Neck Pain 28. Lumbar Radicular Pain 29. Low Back Pain 30. Musculoskeletal Pain 31. Myofascial Pain SECTION 7: Visceral Pain 32.
Visceral Pain: Anatomy and Pain Modulation 33. Visceral Pain: Classification and Management 34. Pain in Pregnancy and Peripartum SECTION 8: Headache and Facial Pain 35. Headache 36. Orofacial Pain: Anatomy, Diagnosis, and Management SECTION 9: Nerve Damage 37. Neuropathic Pain 38. Complex Regional Pain Syndromes SECTION 10: Special Cases 39. Pain in Infants, Children, and Adolescents 40.
Pain in Older Adults 41. Pain With Neurocognitive Dysfunction / Pain in Individuals With Limited Ability to Communicate 42. Chronic Pain and Addiction 43. Pain Relief in Areas of Deprivation and Conflict.