integrative mental health and integrative health sciences. Located in Oregon near the heart of the beautiful Pacific Northwest city of Portland, the City of Roses, NUNM students, faculty, and staff enjoy the many benefits of living in a green and culturally thriving city.
NUNM’s College of Naturopathic Medicine is seeking an adjunct academic faculty member to teach Pain Management .
Adjunct faculty members perform instructional duties and responsibilities in accordance with the philosophy, mission, policies, and procedures of the University and appropriate to the individual assignment. The relationship of the faculty member to the student is one of teacher, mentor, and facilitator of learning.
Course Name: CS725 – Pain Management
Term: Winter 2027 (Begins January 4 th , 2027 – Ends March 27 th , 2027)
Course Schedule: Mondays, 8 – 10 A.M.
Course Credits: 2 (compensation: $4,590*)
* Includes course development and facilitation.
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Pain Management provides a clinically oriented, integrative approach to the assessment and management of acute, chronic, and cancer-related pain. Third-year students learn to characterize pain by mechanism (nociceptive, neuropathic, and central sensitization), conduct a structured pain assessment, communicate with patients about pain, and build multimodal management plans grounded in the socio-psycho-biological model and the Therapeutic Order. Consistent with naturopathic principles, the course emphasizes physical medicine, behavioral and mind-body, and lifestyle interventions, alongside the evidence-informed selection of and referral for pharmacologic and interventional options. REQUIREMENTS:
Applicants must have education, experience, skill, and knowledge in the area they will be teaching. Doctoral degree required. This course will be taught in person.
