About Fellowship Program
Pain Management Fellowship at Daradia
Daradia has started world's largest dedicated pain management hospital.
We received "Excellence in Pain Practice" award by World Institute of Pain for pain practice & training of physicians.
We are running pain management courses since 2007. Most of the practicing pain physicians around the world came at Daradia for pain management fellowship and courses. Approx 1500 physicians participated at different courses & workshops.
Wide Clinical Exposure
Get oriented with thousands of different types of patients suffering from chronic pain, neuropathic pain, fibromyalgia, slipped disc, cancer pain, trigeminal neuralgia, headache, knee pain, shoulder pain, arthritis, spondylosis etc. Our pain management courses are rated high for exposure to wide variety of chronic pain.
Scope of Research
Integral part pain medicine fellowship program is research. Not just learning, you have to contribute to this specialty with new researches. Use our infrastructure & do research during your pain management fellowship.
How to at join Pain Fellowship
Eligibility
Entrance exam
Entrance exam
Candidate must be MD/DNB/Diploma in any of the allied specialty like anesthesia, orthopedics, physical medicine etc.
Entrance exam
Entrance exam
Entrance exam
Apply with filling the form below. For Aesculap Academy affiliated one year pain medicine fellowship appear for online exam. If eligible, we shall send exam link.
Interview
Entrance exam
Application
If you pass online exam, appear for interview to join Aesculap Academy one year pain medicine fellowship. Interview date will be intimated.
Application
Be a Proud Daradia Fellow
Application
Apply online through website. Submit qualification, experience, recommendation letter from head of organization.
Direct Admission
Be a Proud Daradia Fellow
Be a Proud Daradia Fellow
One can opt for 3 contact programs, or one year full residential program.
Be a Proud Daradia Fellow
Be a Proud Daradia Fellow
Be a Proud Daradia Fellow
Fellowship Program Overview
Place of work
Clinical exposure will be at Daradia: The Pain Clinic. Phoenix Hospital & Medica Superspeciality Hospital. Exposure to clinical evaluation & diagnosis will be there to plan management. The will also be most types of basic and advanced interventions. interventions
Inpatients service
Some patients will need admission and fellows will be exposed managing inpatients also. Acute pain and postoperative pain will also be covered.
Didactic lectures
There will be didactic lectures to covers basic and advanced pain procedures, Anatomy, pathophysiology & management of different painful conditions.
Research
Fellows will be exposed to research & publications. They will design study, familiar with statistical analysis and will be writing manuscripts.
Scope of teaching
After few months, pain management fellowship participants will be teaching juniors, taking lectures, and become an instructor at workshop.
Evaluation
Fellows will be maintaining log book, completing a research project and will publish few case reports during their tenure. All will be evaluated along with final written & practical examination.
Pain Fellowship Curriculum
Scope of Fellowship
This pain medicine fellowship is a period of specialised postgraduate training for clinicians which will enable them to properly asses & manage patients with different types chronic pain and to understand the sciences of practice of pain management.
Duration, Time & Type of Programs
I. Residential program:
Here candidate stays for one year with a leave of 20 days in a year.
One year pain medicine fellowship: One doctor will be taken through Indian Academy of Pain Medicine. There will be entrance exam and selection will be by IAPM by merit cum choice basis.
Another doctor will be taken through Aesculap Academy. There will be online exam and candidates must appear for interview.
II. 3 contact program:
Here candidate stays for 6 weeks in 2/3 occasions and complete study at home, sees patients at his own clinic/hospital. They practice what is learnt at contact time, maintain logbook and appear for final exam.
Indian candidates for 3 contact program need to attend 3 times. International candidates can spend 6 weeks in 2 or 3 visits. Reading materials will be provided and need to be completed at home.
Accommodation
Accommodation is available at hostel with applicable charges.
Fellowship Curriculum (both residential & 3 contact program)
In pain management fellowship curriculum, clinical diagnosis has been stressed.
Topics to be completed in first 6 months:
I. Clinical Methods in Pain Medicine
History and clinical examination
Assessment of pain
Examination of patients of low back pain
Examination of patients of knee pain
Examination of patients of shoulder pain
Examination of patients of headache & neck pain
Examination of patients of generalised pain
Examination of patients of cancer pain
II.Non pharmacological management of pain
Physical therapies and rehabilitation
Vocational assessment and management
III.Psychological evaluation and therapy
Use of diagnostic tests
Collection & evaluation of data from interview and standard forms
Comprehensive psychological assessment
Treatment options
Individual, group and family psychotherapy
Cognitive-behavioural therapies
Biofeedback and relaxation techniques
Hypnotherapy
IV Pharmacotherapy
Local anaesthetics
Opioids
Analgesics
Non-narcotic
Adjuvants
Antidepressants
Sedative-hypnotics
Benzodiazepines
Other drugs and various routes of administration
V. Interventional procedures
Interventions of lumbosacral region
Peripheral joint and soft tissue injections
VI. Regional pain syndrome
Low back pain
Extremity pain syndromes
Topics to be covered in 2nd 6 months
I. Specific types of painful conditions
Post-operative pain
Post trauma pain
Cancer Pain, including issues of death and dying, palliative care and hospice
Pain associated with nervous system injuries – CRPS
Pain associated with chronic disease
Pain of unknown aetiology
Pain in children
Pain in elderly
Regional pain syndromes
Headache
Facial pain syndrome
Neck and upper back pain
Thoracic and abdominal pain
Pelvic and perineal pain
Interventional Pain Management
Interventions & nerve blocks in head and neck
Interventions & nerve blocks in cervical and thoracic region
Advanced pain therapies – Intradiscal procedures, epiduroscopy, spinal cord stimulators, intrathecal implants etc.
General instructions for both programs:
Log book is mandatory, to be submitted before final exam.
One research article manuscript must be submitted before exam.
There should be a record of OP/IP consultation participation
In this pain medicine fellowship, there should be details of participation in academic programme like seminars, symposia, clinical meetings.
There should be record of bed side demonstrations
Teaching others and taking classes should be documented
Any special duty or event managed should be documented
In this pain management course, there should be details of procedure observed, assisted and performed. The candidate must have performed at least 50 interventions during his academic year.
The log book is to be filled regularly by the candidate
The entries need to be endorsed by the concerned consultant
On the completion of the course by the candidate, this log book shall be deposited in the department for future reference
Other details of 3 contact program
3 contact program starts with a regular 2 weeks course where basics are covered.
At the middle of the year (dates will be notified) participant should join 5 days' advanced course and stay another 1-2 week/s. They should finalize research topic and deliver basic lectures at other courses too.
At the end participant should come for 2 weeks, furnish logbook, submit dissertation, deliver lectures on advanced topic as instructor/faculty and appear for final examination.
Admission/Registration Fee & Certification
150,000 INR plus GST for Indian participants.
7800 USD plus GST for International participants.
Course fee do not include accommodation & food.
Final exam will be conducted at the end of one year. Aesculap Academy certificate will be provided on successful completion.
This one year fellowship is affiliated with Aesculap Academy.