Why Does That hurt? How Pain Emerges and Persists

About the course

This lecture will address current concepts of what pain is, how it emerges, and what can alter it, and will discuss how pain shapes our behaviour to protect us from harm. The audience will be introduced to a perceptual inference framework for pain, which considers the challenge of integrating diverse, and sometimes conflicting, information to work out: are we under threat, and is pain the best way to protect us?

Course Content

Sometimes, pain is useful - next time, you will avoid the sharp corner on that table. But sometimes, pain continues, stopping you from moving on with your life even long after an injury has healed. By considering how the human system receives and integrates information, and by thinking about pain as the result of this process of integration, we are better able to identify what we may be able to alter, to reduce pain itself.

This course is open to: Health professionals, allied health professionals and interested members of the public

CPD points = 1 (Clinical)

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Email: ce.administration@uct.ac.za
Phone: +27 (0)21 650 5246 / 1469

 

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