• Gassan Chaiban, Rany T Abdallah, Alaa Abd-Elsayed, Hemant Kalia, Mark Malinowski, Anuj Bhatia, Adam Burkey, Alexios Carayannopoulos, Sandy Christiansen, Jay Karri, Eric Lee, Tariq Malik, Kate Meacham, Vwaire J E Orhurhu, Jeffrey S Raskin, Eellan Sivanesan, Reda Tolba, and Ahmed M Raslan.
• Department of Pain Medicine, The Ochsner Health System, New Orleans, LA, USA.
• Neuromodulation. 2023 Aug 1; 26 (6): 120812171208-1217.

ObjectivesIntrathecal drug delivery systems (IDDSs) are used for the treatment of pain and spasticity. A wide range of educational criteria exist for these devices. The North American Neuromodulation Society (NANS) Education Committee developed a comprehensive IDDS curriculum to function as a standard for physician graduate education and assessment through training and into practice.Material And MethodsA multidisciplinary and diverse task force gathered by the NANS Education Committee met in person and virtually over several sessions and developed an IDDS curriculum modeling their previous work on spinal cord stimulation and following the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Milestones. There were iterative revisions and adaptations to the curriculum, and the final version was approved by the NANS Board of Directors.ResultsThe curriculum was developed with distinction between implanting physicians and managing physician and physicians who perform both tasks. There is a lateral temporal progression from early learner to practitioner, with advanced learner in the middle. In addition, there is a modular vertical organization that divides the curriculum into the six educational competencies outlined by the ACGME.ConclusionA comprehensive, modular, graduated, and segmented educational curriculum for IDDSs was developed by NANS. We propose the curriculum to be the standard for guidance and assessment of trainees and physicians pursuing training in implanting or managing IDDSs.Crown Copyright © 2021. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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