Perioperative Pain Management in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery.

Perioperative pain management in surgery of the hand and upper extremity relies on a multimodal approach involving systemic, local, and presurgical considerations. A pain management plan should be tailored to each patient. Management of pain of patients undergoing upper extremity surgery begins before surgical intervention and continues postoperatively.

Fibromyalgia.

Fibromyalgia is characterized by generalized pain, specific sites of musculoskeletal tenderness, fatigue, sleep disturbance, headaches, and many other visceral and cognitive maladies. The epidemiology is not well-elucidated and the diagnoses and management can be difficult. Surgery may not be the most appropriate management of some of these pain conditions like fibromyalgia.

The journeys of three ASPIRE winning medical schools toward excellence in student assessment.

ASPIRE Excellence Awards in Student Assessment are offered to medical schools with innovative and comprehensive assessment programmes adjudged by international experts, using evidence-based criteria. The journeys of three ASPIRE-winning medical schools toward "assessment excellence" are presented. These schools include Aga Khan University Medical College (AKU-MC), Pakistan, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine (SIUSOM), USA, and University of Leeds School of Medicine, UK.

ASPIRE-ing to Excellence at SIUSOM.

This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. This Personal View article describes the experience of Southern Illinois University School of Medicine (SIUSOM) with the AMEE School Programme for International Recognition of Excellence in Education (ASPIRE) awards program.