Pain Medicine Visiting Student Elective

Elective rotation in interventional pain management with Geisinger's Pain Medicine Department at Geisinger Medical Center. Students join a multidisciplinary outpatient program for chronic pain patients, becoming active in daily care. Goals include learning pain management basics, diagnosing chronic pain conditions, formulating multidisciplinary treatment plans, indications for pain interventions, and an introduction to fluoroscopically guided spine interventions. Also offered alongside anesthesiology and palliative care rotations. Acceptance is by application only. Applications go through the AAMC's VSLO service, which charges its own application fee.