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Flipping the hidden curriculum to transform pain education and culture

Authors :
Aram S. Mardian
Lisa Villarroel
Heidi E. Quist
Lynn E. Chang
Jeffrey S. Mintert
Tiffany N. Su
Amrita Dhanjal-Reddy
Eric R. Hanson
Source :
Frontiers in Pain Research, Vol 4 (2023)
Publication Year :
2023
Publisher :
Frontiers Media S.A., 2023.

Abstract

Though long-sought, transformation of pain management practice and culture has yet to be realized. We propose both a likely cause—entrenchment in a biomedical model of care that is observed and then replicated by trainees—and a solution: deliberately leveraging the hidden curriculum to instead implement a sociopsychobiological (SPB) model of care. We make use of Implicit Bias Recognition and Management, a tool that helps teams to first recognize and “surface” whatever is implicit and to subsequently intervene to change whatever is found to be lacking. We describe how a practice might use iterations of recognition and intervention to move from a biomedical to a SPB model by providing examples from the Chronic Pain Wellness Center in the Phoenix Veterans Affairs Health Care System. As pain management practitioners and educators collectively leverage the hidden curriculum to provide care in the SPB model, we will not only positively transform our individual practices but also pain management as a whole.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
2673561X
Volume :
4
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Frontiers in Pain Research
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.bfffeb4c9ba343aaa908a7cd83cbb079
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpain.2023.1197374