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Pain Control...A Human Right
by Nancy Mitchell, MS-PREP/NESA student The non-profit organization, Human Rights Watch, is bringing attention to the lack of adequate pain care in many areas of the world. Human Rights Watch has recently published a 102-page report highlighting the current...
10 Year Milestone for PREP Program at Tufts
By Pamela Katz Ressler, RN, BSN, HN-BC, MS-PREP student and PREP-AIRED blog moderator The Pain Research, Education and Policy Program at Tufts University has reached an important milestone by celebrating its first ten years of existence. In the Fall...
Acupuncture Appears to Benefit Pregnant Women with Low Back Pain
by Jessica Gerber, M.Ac., Lic. Ac., MS-PREP Another article about acupuncture and low back pain...Though this one focuses on pregnant women. HealthDay News recently reported: "A week of continuous auricular acupuncture can reduce pain and disability in pregnant women with...
Does Pain Make You Age Faster?
by Pamela Katz Ressler, RN, BSN, HN-BC, MS-PREP student and PREP-AIRED blog moderator A recent study based on analysis of data from the 2004 Health and Retirement Study suggests pain hastens the aging process with respect to functional limitations...
PREP Milestone: TUSM-NESA Joint Program Graduates
by Richard Glickman-Simon, MD, Director, PREP Programs May 17, 2009 marked a major milestone in the history of PREP. The first graduates from the joint Pain Management Program between Tufts University School of Medicine (TUSM) and the New England...
PREP-AIRED named Link of the Month
We are honored to be named "link of the month" by the Mayday Pain Project. The Mayday Pain Project was begun in 1994 with a grant from the Mayday Fund in New York as an international educational resource with a...
American Society of Pain Educators
by Meridith Lawrence, MS-PREP '04 Great to see this blog! I wanted to let the PREP community know about an exciting development in the pain education world. The American Society of Pain Educators(www.paineducators.org) has recently given the first ever exam...
Tufts PREP Faculty Speak at Mass PI Symposium
Congratulations to the Massachusetts Pain Initiative for an excellent educational symposium on Friday, April 3. Familiar faces from the Tufts Pain Research, Education and Policy faculty served as expert speakers at the event: Dr. Dan Carr delivered the keynote,...
We Have a Winner: PREP-AIRED
by Pamela Ressler, RN, BSN, HN-BC, MS-PREP student and PREP blog moderator Thanks to all who participated in the Name Our Blog contest. The entries we received were exceptionally creative and clever, and made choosing a winner extremely difficult for...
Massachusetts Pain Initiative 2009 Spring Symposium
by Gretchen Kindstedt, MS-PREP student The MassPI Spring 2009 General Meeting, “Current Trends in Pain Management,” will be held on April 3, 2009 at the Best Western Royal Plaza, Marlborough, MA. There will be 6 CEU available for nurses, 0.65...
Welcome to the Pain Research, Education & Policy Blog
by Richard Glickman-Simon, MD, Program Director, Pain Research, Education & Policy Programs, Tufts University School of Medicine Welcome to the Programs in Pain Research, Education and Policy at Tufts University School of Medicine! Our multidisciplinary masters program is the only...
Is Pain a Disease or a Symptom?
by Ylisabyth (Libby) Bradshaw, D.O., M.S.,FACEP, Academic Director of the Pain Research, Education and Policy program at Tufts University School of Medicine Does it matter whether pain is a disease or a symptom? For people living and suffering with pain,...
PREP Gathering of Students, Alumni and Faculty
The PREP program's small classes and collaborative learning experiences lead to wonderful , long lasting connections between students, faculty and alumni. PREP students, faculty, staff and alumni joined together at a local Boston restaurant on February 13, 2009 to celebrate...
What is PREP?
PREP stands for Pain Research, Education and Policy. We are a unique Master's degree program drawing students from diverse fields with a common interest in creating new models for addressing and treating pain in our society. Our curriculum is based...
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