Author: Alex, George

Source: The Pain Clinic, Volume 19, Number 5, 2007 , pp. 206-206(1)

Publisher: Maney Publishing

Abstract:

'Oh what a pain is pain!' sighed my friend as we prepared for our vivas. 'I wish there was just a little less to remember' he cried. Yes, you guessed it right, we were indeed trying to remember all that we need to ask a patient who comes to a clinician with some kind of pain. Though I did not see a way to reduce the number of things to remember, I seemed to have some solace for him. I had resorted to the use of mnemonics long before I stepped into medical school and, oh my, did it help! The magic word was actually my friend's name 'OSCAR'.

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Keywords: MNEMONIC; PAIN

Document Type: Miscellaneous

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/016911107X268774

Publication date: 2007-10-01

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