Objective The objective of this project was to develop core competencies in pain assessment
and management for prelicensure health professional education. Such core pain …

OBJECTIVE: The present exploratory, descriptive study aimed to determine the designated
time for mandatory pain content in curricula of major Canadian universities for students in …

Background: Painful neuropathy is one of the most common long-term complications of diabetes
mellitus and often proves difficult to relieve. Methods: Patients with diabetic neuropathy …

Background: Persistent postoperative pain continues to be an underrecognized complication.
We examined the prevalence of and risk factors for this type of pain after cardiac surgery. …

… Judy Watt-Watson received support from the National Health Research and Development
Programme (NHRDP), fellowship (No. 6606-5140-47) and grant (No. 6606-5660-55), and the …

Pain education, especially for undergraduates, has been identified as important to changing
problematic pain practices, yet, no published data were found describing an integrated, …

… overlay panel Judy Watt-Watson a , Bonnie Stevens b c , Joel Katz d e f , Judy Costello g ,
… pain and related activity interference after surgery (Watt-Watson et al., 2000a). Most patients …

… Judy Watt-Watson is professor emerita and executive director, Centre for Advanced
Studies in Professional Practice, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing. Orla Smith is a …

Background: Heart disease is a major cause of illness, disability and death worldwide with
high personal, community and healthcare costs. Social support affects psychological and …

Aims and objectives To aggregate, interpret and synthesise findings from qualitative studies
to further our knowledge regarding patients’ pre‐ and postoperative experiences when …