Master Chronic Pain

• Final exam covers all material from Lessons 1-11, including readings and videos.
• Exam consists of multiple-choice questions and is closed-book.
• 15% of the exam questions will be drawn from Lesson 11 on Chronic Pain and the Placebo Effect.
• Chronic pain is a common medical problem influenced by factors such as age, gender, SES, and culture.
• NSAIDs and opioid analgesics are drugs used to treat pain, but opioids have a high risk of abuse, addiction, tolerance, and overdose.
• Placebo effect has a physiological basis and can be influenced by patient-reported outcomes and continuous scales for reporting.
• Majority of the exam questions (about 85%) will be drawn from old material.
• Topics from old material include biomedical vs. biobehavioral model, prevalence & incidence, observational designs, CNS vs. PNS, immune system response to stress, pathophysiology of diseases, cancer treatment, and sleep stages.
• Theories of health behavior such as HBM, TPB, and TTM will also be covered.
• Understanding of key concepts such as genotype vs. phenotype, p-values, and odds ratio & relative risk is important for the exam.

"Test Your Knowledge: Chronic Pain, Placebo Effect, and Health Behavior Theories" - This quiz will challenge your understanding of chronic pain, the physiological basis of the placebo effect, and key health behavior theories. With multiple-choice questions drawn from Lessons 1-11, including readings and videos, you'll need to be well-versed in topics such as the biomedical vs. biobehavioral model, prevalence & incidence, observational designs, CNS vs. PNS, immune system response to