Pain Management – Learn Online & Get Certification by the Faculty of Pain Medicine, of the RCoA, the British Pain Society & HEE

e-Pain is designed to help healthcare professionals diagnose and safely manage pain. It is aimed at practitioners who are not pain specialists but who care for patients suffering from acute, chronic and cancer pain. The content is relevant globally.

High-quality pain management training 

This programme specifically enables you to:

• improve your recognition of unrelieved acute and chronic pain amongst patients
• provide appropriate assessment
• manage pain effectively
• ensure patient safety

Relevant to healthcare professionals globally

Using the programme, you can explore the physical, psychological and social dimensions of pain. The content is packed with interactive elements, including case studies, animations and self-assessment exercises, to embed learning and understanding.

e-Pain has been developed in the UK by the Faculty of Pain Medicine, of the Royal College of Anaesthetists, the British Pain Society and Health Education England e-Learning for Healthcare.

This programme is a versatile resource and our learners include hospital doctors, medical students, nurses, paramedics, clinical psychologists and primary care practitioners.

e-Pain features more than 60 e-learning sessions. Each session takes around 30 minutes to complete.

The sessions are clustered into learning modules, supported by external resources and an e-library of relevant articles.

Please note: e-Pain covers substantial aspects of pain management. The course is still evolving and further modules will be added periodically.

Easy online access

You can access e-Pain via the Internet so you can study in the workplace, at home or on the move.