Pain Fellowship
Overview
Within the major tertiary teaching hospital of Prince of Wales Hospital, the multidisciplinary pain team offer comprehensive in-patient and out-patient pain service for a population with complex pain management issues. Along with core members of the team including pain specialists, pain nurses, clinical psychologists, physiotherapists, and occupational therapists, the pain service encompasses both acute and chronic pain management, as well as interventional pain procedures. The team also works closely with surgical teams, notably neurosurgery, orthopedics and oncology to look after patients with complex pain conditions.
Pain service offered here:
- Acute pain service (24 hours a day, 7 days a week)
- Out-patient chronic pain/ cancer pain clinic
- Pain specialist-led
- Pain nurse-led
- Multidisciplinary clinics involving allied health and other specialties
- Multidisciplinary pain program for chronic non-cancer pain
- Pain interventions
- Simple nerve and joint injections
- Radiofrequency modulation/ ablation of nerve
- Intra-thecal pump implantation
- Spinal cord stimulation therapy
We are an accredited training center for the 2-year Fellowship program of Pain Medicine of the Hong Kong College of Anesthesiologists. Moreover, although we are not an accredited Faculty of Pain Medicine (FPM) of Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists, we have pain specialists who are FPM fellows and can share their wealth of knowledge.
Fellowship opportunities
During the 12-month fellowship, fellows will take part in providing all of the above in-patient and out-patient perioperative services under the guidance of an enthusiastic team of pain specialists. Not only will our fellows gain experience in clinical management of acute and chronic pain, but also interventional pain procedures that will ultimately improve patient outcomes. Furthermore, they will have the opportunity to collaborate with the multidisciplinary pain team and engage with various stakeholders of the pain service throughout the hospital – with the aim of leaving the program with skills essential for developing or leading a pain service.
The fellow will be provided with the opportunity to take part in weekly continuous medical education activities, present at academic meetings, as well as embark on a quality improvement/audit or research project.
What to expect:
Fellows are expected to have already attained a fellowship in Anaesthesia training. Clinical time will be divided between pain rounds and clinics, and interventional pain procedures. Fellows are also expected to provide around 2-3 calls each month to help with service demands. Local medical and nursing staff are fluent in English and are able to help with translation and interpretation if needed. Our fellows will be provided with protected time to participate in quality improvement and research projects, and to provide teaching for anaesthesia trainees. All fellows are allocated mentors throughout the program.