Officials with Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia (MTSA) recently announced they are stepping up efforts to better educate nurse anesthetists on surgical pain treatment options that could shorten recovery time and offer more effective ways of managing perioperative care.

The School unveiled details about a new partnership with the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) to offer a postgraduate Acute Surgical Pain Management Fellowship beginning summer 2017. In addition to focusing on new technologies and advanced intervention techniques, the Fellowship addresses the growing call to offer anesthesia-based surgical pain treatment options as an alternative to prescription opioids, which continue to be a critical concern among healthcare providers nationwide.

More information about the ASPMF is available at www.mtsa.edu/fellowship.