Pain Science (GE)

Postgraduate | 2026

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Area/Catalogue
REHB 5007
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Course ID
204838
Level of study
Level of study
Postgraduate
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Unit value
6
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Course level
5
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Inbound study abroad and exchange
Inbound study abroad and exchange
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Yes
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University-wide elective course
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Single course enrolment
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Note:
Course data is interim and subject to change

Course overview

The aim of this course is to develop an advanced understanding of the biological and psychosocial contributors to the pain experience and the ability to recognise important clinical pain states, and to explain pain using client-appropriate language. Contemporary models for the clinical engagement of pain; the biopsychosocial model of pain; working pain definitions; pain mechanisms and contributors; integration of the pain sciences into clinical reasoning models; pain deconstruction into pathobiological mechanisms; clinical pain states.

Course learning outcomes

  • Describe the biological and psychosocial factors that contribute to pain.
  • Synthesise theoretical models of pain to explain its complexity from a biopsychosocial perspective.
  • Describe the functions of nociceptive, immune, autonomic, neuroendocrine and motor systems in pain.
  • Identify clinical signs and symptoms that are associated with pain-related mechanisms
  • Apply pain sciences principles to the assessment and management of people with pain.
  • Recognise and differentiate important clinical pain states.
  • Explain pain to a layperson using jargon-free language.

Prerequisite(s)

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Corequisite(s)

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Antirequisite(s)

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