Postgraduate Certificate in Integrative Medicine (Pain Management) is an online programme. It aims to enable students from different regions to study the pain management related theories, diagnosis, and treatment by both Chinese and western medicine through e-learning, and to understand the role of integrative pain management from Chinese and western medicine perspectives.
Programme Intended Learning Outcomes
On completion of the programme, students should be able to
1. Evaluate western medicine’s perspective on pain physiology and pathology, pain management, application of medicine and nonpharmacological management;
2. Evaluate Chinese medicine’s perspective and theories on pain causes, and how it treats acute and chronic pain;
3. Analyse the diagnosis and management of common clinical pain disorders in both Chinese and western medicine;
4. Assess the prospects of collaboration in pain management between Chinese and western medicine.