Pain is prevalent in treatment of patients. The students will receive primarily acute pain management training while doing their anesthesia elective in the hospital. The pain management program is in an outpatient program done through the Kalamazoo Anesthesiology Pain Consultants. The student will be part of a team that includes physicians, physician's assistants, psychologists, nurses, occupational therapists, and physical therapists. There may be the occasional inpatient pain consult that the student will attend with the physician, but the vast majority of the training is done in an outpatient pain center and primarily deal with chronic, nonmalignant pain. By the end, the student should understand some common chronic pain issues and develop a considerate and thoughtful approach to management of these pain problems.