During this block you will have broad exposure to acute pain management through the inpatient pain service (which will also expose you to patients with chronic pain conditions) and chronic pain management on an outpatient basis, through the Blaustein Pain Treatment Center in JHOC, 3rd floor. Each month three or more residents will spend focused time expanding their knowledge of pain medicine. At some point in your residency, each resident will spend time both on the Acute Pain Service and in the Chronic Pain Clinic. Resident responsibilities on both services will require participation Monday through Friday. During this block you will have overnight on-call duties in the General OR’s and in OB, however, no late call.

Obtain an orientation packet during the preceding week from the Pain Treatment Center, 5-1818.

Meet for 7:00 am lectures during the week.

Clinic typically begins at 8:00 am, except for Thursdays clinic begins at 9:00 am. You should arrive no later than one hour before the clinic starts.

Prior to leaving at the end of the day, you should check with the attending or fellow.

If you are not going to be in the clinic (e.g. post-call day), please inform the chief of service, fellow, and attending. Other absences need to be approved by the Residency Office.

You should attend all conferences: Multidisciplinary Cancer Pain Conference Thursdays, 12pm -1pm; Blaustein Pain Conference Fridays, 12pm – 1pm.

All dictations are to be performed by the end of the day of the evaluation.

All procedures should be logged into the procedure database by the end of the day.