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Table 4 Frequencies of departments delivering pain medicine content in the curriculum

From: Pain medicine content, teaching and assessment in medical school curricula in Australia and New Zealand

Departments delivering pain medicine content

N

%

Department(s) delivering pain medicine content

 Anaesthesiology

14

73.7

 Physiology

11

57.9

 Pharmacology

9

47.4

 Palliative Care

7

36.8

 Orthopaedics

6

31.6

 Psychology

5

26.3

 Clinical Skills

5

26.3

 General Practice

4

21.1

 Anatomy

4

21.1

 Rheumatology

3

15.8

 General Surgery

3

15.8

 Internal Medicine

3

15.8

 Obstetrics/Gynaecology

3

15.8

 Geriatrics

2

10.5

 Neurology

2

10.5

 Psychiatry

2

10.5

 Paediatrics

2

10.5

 Intensive Care

2

10.5

 Microbiology/Biochemistry

1

5.3

 Pathology

1

5.3

 Rehabilitation

1

5.3

 Advanced Learning

1

5.3

 Emergency

1

5.3

 Ethics

1

5.3

 Pain Medicine

1

5.3

 Health Economics

1

5.3

  1. Note. Percentages are based on number of responses and do not total 100%
  2. N, number of medical schools for which elements of the curriculum were available