First steps towards developing a multidisciplinary pediatric pain management program in Trentino

This article addresses the needs of building a shared educational project for healthcare professionals on pain management, given that pain relief is related to the application of the knowledge produced in an interdisciplinary clinical practice. In order to meet this purpose, a specific open-ended questionnaire was administered to doctors, nurses, midwives, nursery attendants and physiotherapists from two different care services in the same unit: the neonatal section and the pediatrics section of the hospital of Rovereto. Thematic content analysis method was used to derive the major themes and subthemes emerged from the perceptions of skills needs by 32 healthcare professionals