Pain Management Programmes (PMPs). PMPs are the gold standard biopsychosocial treatment for persistent pain as advocated by international specialist MDT pain research and the British Pain Society (BPS). There is a growing appetite for the provision of mindfulness...
The Impact of a Jersey Health Campaign on Fentanyl Prescribing after a Cluster of Six Deaths Caused by Fentanyl Patch Abuse and the Subsequent Cessation of Further Fatalities
This Research Poster was presented at the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) conference, Monteral, Canada, 2010. Deaths attributed to the illicit extraction and overdose from fentanyl patches have been reported mostly in the USA and Canada and much...
Evaluating the Immediate Effectiveness of an Outpatient Pain Management Programme on Pain Related Interference: Outcomes from a Discrete Island-Based Chronic Pain Population.
This Research Poster was presented at the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) conference, Milan, 2012. Jersey is part of the British Isles and has an independent Healthcare System. The Island offers co-ordinated, complexity-stratified,...
Full mindfulness-teacher training pathway and courses on pain management programmes: why it mayall be worth it
provide full 8-week mindfulness courses within a multidisciplinary secondary outpatient pain management and rehabilitation service. We will also reflect on how we have grown to align to these high standards of training for There is a growing appetite for the provision of mindfulness training in order for staff to deliver mindfulness teaching on Pain Management Programmes (PMPs). With this, there is also a debate around what should be the minimum required standards for training pain management staff to teach mindfulness. In addition, the recent guidance on chronic primary pain made recommendations for more research into both the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of mindfulness. In this article, we will share our experience from our ongoing audit of clinical outcomes of having various members of our multidisciplinary team (MDT) trained in the necessary competences to provide full 8-week mindfulness courses within a multidisciplinary secondary outpatient pain management and rehabilitation service. We will also reflect on how we have grown to align to these high standards of training for PMP staff wishing to teach mindfulness, bearing in mind that they are believed to be the good practice standards required by most registered mindfulness teachers and supervisors.