The European Pain Federation EFIC was delighted to host the annual European Pain Forum meetings on 13 December 2024 and 18 November 2025 virtually. The forum brings together all key European scientific societies and patients to collaborate on scientific and educational projects in the field of pain.
Attendees were present from the following organisations:
- Pain Alliance Europe (PAE)
- European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy (ESRA)
- European Federation of Psychologists’ Associations (EFPA)
- OT-Europe (OT-EUROPE)
- United European Gastroenterology (UEG)
- European Academy of Neurology (EAN)
- European Psychiatric Association (EPA)
- European Cancer Organisation (ECO)
- European Society for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (ESPRM)
- Europe Region World Confederation of Physiotherapy (ER-WCPT)
- European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC)
- European Specialist Nurses Organisations (ESNO)
- European Federation of Addiction Societies (EUFAS)
- Council of European Dentists (CED)
- European Association of Urology (EAU)
- European Association of Clinical Psychology and Psychological Treatment (EACLIPТ)
- European Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS)
- European Psychiatric Association (EPA)
Key Discussion Topics
2024 Meeting Highlights
- Revision of curriculum for the European Diploma in Pain Medicine
- Multimodal Treatment definition development
- Discussion on the Research Strategy
- Discussion on improving the undergraduate curriculum guidance
- Evidence-based clinical guidance development
2025 Meeting Highlights
- EFIC activities to “build bridges” through webinars, pain schools and the upcoming conference
- Updating the interdisciplinary undergraduate pain curriculum for European medical schools
- Clinical Practice Guidance initiative
- Research Strategy and EU Policy Engagement
The European Pain Forum was created to enable a platform to ensure cooperation on issues where common scientific understanding is shared. The objective of this initiative is to jointly respond to requests for expert opinion, develop common clinical guidelines and build common educational tools. Pain is a relevant and an ever-evolving topic; as a consequence, the work of different European medical, scientific and patients organisations focuses precisely on the matter. Therefore, the European Pain Forum General Provisions guide its activities and enables the forum to carry out its wish of finding a common way of working together on subjects relevant to pain. The Forum counts fifteen fully endorsing organizations so far, and more are in the process of joining.
