This exciting Specialist Medical Module has been pioneered by LCCH Malaysia following extensive research into the use of clinical hypnosis in chronic pain management and surgery. It is presented by Dr Alan Soh @ Abdul Hanan who is a subject expert in this field.

A meta-analysis (a study of studies) in 2000 of 18 published studies by psychologists Guy Montgomery, PhD, Katherine DuHamel, PhD, and William Redd, PhD, showed that 75% of clinical and experimental participants with different types of pain obtained substantial pain relief from hypnotic techniques. 

Clinical hypnosis is likely to be effective for most people suffering from diverse forms of pain. Global research indicate that hypnotic strategies are equivalent or more effective than other treatments for both acute and chronic pain, and they are likely to save both money and time for patients and clinicians. Evidence suggests that hypnosis might be considered a standard of treatment unless the person fails to respond to it or shows a strong opposition against it.

Hypno-analgesia is likely to decrease acute and chronic pain in most individuals, and to save them money in surgical procedures. Hypnotic analgesia has been used successfully in a number of interventions in many clinics, hospitals, burn care centers, and dental offices.

For acute pain, it has proven effective in interventional radiology, various surgical procedures (e.g. appendectomies, tumor excisions), the treatment of burns (dressing changes and the painful removal of dead or contaminated skin tissue), child-birth labor pain, bone marrow aspiration pain, and pain related to dental work, especially so with children.

Chronic pain conditions for which hypnosis has been used successfully include, among others, headache, backache, fibromyalgia, carcinoma-related pain, temporal mandibular disorder pain, and mixed chronic pain. Hypnosis can alleviate the sensory and/or affective components of a pain experience, which may be all that is required for acute pain.

Chronic conditions, however, may require a comprehensive plan that targets various aspects besides the pain experience. The patient may need help increasing behaviors that foster well-being and functional activity, challenge faulty thinking, restoring range of motion and appropriate body mechanics, and so on.

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This course equips you with the skills to prepare patients for surgical and other procedures. You will acquire the skills to manage acute and chronic pain and to use hypno-anaesthetic and hypno-sedative inductions in the management of acute and chronic pain cases including cases going for medical and surgical procedures in a hospital-based setting.

Duration
The course consists of three lecture weekends (Saturdays & Sundays) over a four-month period.

Personal Tutors
Every student is assigned a personal tutor who is also in active clinical practice. Tutorials provide the student with a mentor who can assist the integration of these specialized techniques into the day-to-day practice of each student. Sessions are carried out via Skype or at face-to-face meetings.

Who will benefit
All medical and healthcare professionals involved in the management or treatment of chronic and acute pain.

All medical and healthcare professionals involved in the management or treatment of chronic and acute pain.
For example :

•   Cancer care specialists
•   General practitioners
•   Nursing staff
•   Radiologists
•   Anaesthetists
•   Surgeons
•   Pain specialists
•   Physiotherapists

The minimum entry requirement is a

•  Medical Certificate in Clinical Hypnosis or Equivalent
•  Medical degree or
•  Background in medical science + course leader approval