>> Although chronic pain has received considerable attention in the media and in politics over the past five years, the care situation for those affected has hardly changed, the “Ways Out of Pain” initiative is certain. Despite the inclusion of the clinical picture of pain in the Morbi-RSA in 2013, the number of pain therapists in Germany remains consistently low; the isolated integrated care projects are positive - but they do not have an impact on a large scale and the changed medical training does not achieve what it is. what was expected. Although the topic of pain has been integrated into medical studies, the vision is that at least from 2020 (when the first students of the changed curriculum are available) there will be doctors in Germany who are really able to Treating pain patients is not fulfilling - quite the opposite. There are initial studies by the Charité into what effects the change in studies would have on students' knowledge of chronic pain, explained PD Dr. Michael A. Überall, President of the German Pain League. His conclusion: “We are hit hard by reality.” This already on the
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