Pain Medicine Fellowship (12 months)


The fellow will be allocated to acute pain rounds and chronic pain clinics, in accordance with the Faculty of Pain Medicine training requirements. The remaining clinical time will be in clinical anaesthesia. Please note that this fellowship is only accredited for the 2nd Year of ANZCA Faculty of Pain Medicine (FPM) training. Prospective applicants should seek up-to-date information from FPM with regards to their training requirements. This role is only open to FPM trainees with a background in clinical anaesthesia.

Learning Outcomes
By the end of the fellowship, the fellow will be able to:

  • Assess and manage complex acute pain cases
  • Assess and manage chronic non-cancer pain
  • Appraise the multidisciplinary treatment of chronic pain
  • Organise a pain service for a department

Responsibilities
  • Maintenance of a learning portfolio to document management of 15 key cases, comprising 10 acute and 5 chronic pain cases

Lead Clinician for fellowship: Dr Jim Olson and Dr Karen Park