Finland
At a moment when so much terrible is happening not far from us it’s hard to say anything. Our thoughts and prayers are with the people and our colleagues in Ukraine at this time as we see pictures of war and destruction, of pain and suffering of too many people.
What`s new in the Finnish EFIC Chapter?
There are many personal changes in our council. We have a new president, Maiju Marttinen (pj@skty.org). We assume that the change in personnel will lead to an intensification of activities in our chapter.
We are working on measures to improve the research collaboration of the members of the association and their pain management skills.
We are also planning to modernize our Chapters website and give our members more options to optimize their work with pain patients. There will be a direct link to the EFIC homepage. In addition, we plan to provide information and a direct link to the Finnish SIP.
Last year our pain congress could only take place virtually. This year we will hopefully hold our congress in a hybrid form on March, 31 and April, 01 in Kuopio. The goal of the 2022 Global Year is to raise awareness of pain knowledge and its benefits for people living in pain. This is also our motto: Translating Pain Knowledge to Practice.
Let’s hope we can all meet up in Dublin at EFIC.
France
The 2021 SFETD Congress was held in Montpellier from November 17 to 19, 2021. It was a success and almost entirely on site, with more than 1300 participants out of 1600 present in Montpellier and full -but masked!- sessions during 3 full days. The next congress will take place in Lille, from November 16 to 18, 2022. The vast majority of the presentations being in French, all francophone colleagues in Europe are cordially invited to participate! Visit https://www.congres-sfetd.fr/
A number of other scientific and educational manifestations will be organised by the SFETD in 2022, to which we should like to attract your attention:
27-29 March 2022 – « Universités Infirmières » / University of Pain Nursing, Lyon
8-11 June 2022 – SFETD – « Ecole de la douleur neuropathique » – Euridol Strasbourg
21 June 2022 – Douleur et scolarité / Pain & scolarity – Hôpital Européen G Pompidou, Paris
9 September 2022 – Douleur et Cancer / Pain and Cancer – FIAP Jean Monnet, Paris
22 September 2022 – Douleur et dyscommunication – Hôpital Européen G Pompidou, Paris
For several years, the French Pain Society SFETD has joined the European initiative “Societal Impact of Pain” initiated by the EFIC, which resulted in 22 proposals signed by 13 French organizations in 2020.
There has no been in France any political initiative or pain-related national program since 2012. The consequences are increased waiting times for pain patients, a weakening of chronic pain structures (retirement of 25% of doctors within 5 years) and a lack of attractiveness of Pain Medicine for young doctors. Mobilisation of the Pain society toward deans of faculties and public authorities has led to a proposal to the Ministry of Health of a National Pain Plan based on 3 priorities: (i) the improvement of health care pathway and city-hospital cooperation for chronic pain patients ; (ii) the training in pain medicine for all health professionals, with the recognition of pain as a medical specialty, and (iii) the Improvement of pain management for vulnerable people. These axes, presented to the Ministry of Health in January 2022, led to the publication by a Member of Parliament of a monographic report entirely dedicated to chronic pain.
EFIC School on Neuropathic Pain
in Lyon (France) from 24 to 27 October 2022.
Find out more here
Contact: Luis Garcia-Larrea (larrea@univ-lyon1.fr)
Best wishes to all European Pain Societies, from your French colleagues
The SFETD Board
Hungary
The 2022 year will be very important in the life of our Society.
I. There is no pain specialist training in Hungary yet, but we consider it important to teach and transfer modern knowledge. Our Society is launching a 3-semesters multidisciplinary, methodological course entitled „Chronic Pain Therapy”, which is being accredited at Semmelweis University of Budapest. The first semester of 40-hour training begins in September. Our speakers are excellent representatives of their respective fields and have to take on this pioneering task.
21. September (on line): Chronic pain general, basics
05. October (on line): Principles of chronic pain therapy. Clinics I.
20. October (on line): Psychotherapy, Clinics II: Chronic haedache
03. November (precongress day): Clinics III-IV: Chronic neuropathic pain I-II.
Detailed program for accreditation following the end of March is available at https://fajdalom-tarsasag.hu
II. Our Society plans to create five working groups, sections from its members, which will deal with the critical points of Hungarian pain therapy. Their main tasks are to identify gaps and build consensus between different disciplines and health policy representatives.
These sections are:
- Section of Chronic Pain Specialist Training (coordination of interdisciplinary consensus on curriculum and exam)
- Pediatric Pain Therapy Section (for the availability of modern chronic pain treatment in childhood)
- Psychological Section (emphasizing the role of the psychologist in chronic pain)
- Section on Equal Opportunities for Patient Medication Support (Pharmacological Section)
- Section for fair value funding for pain therapy (Financing Section)
III. The program for our 2022 Congress (4-5. November, Szeged, Hotel Novotel) has been completed and is being accreditated at Semmelweis University of Budapest.
The main topics are:
1. Stress and pain
- Theory of pain perception and consciousness (Császár-Nagy N, PhD)
- Correlation and clinical significance of chronic pain, chronic stress and depression (Prof. Czéh B, MD, DSc)
- Brain structures and common pathways of stress and pain (Puskár Z, MD, PhD)
- Common mediators and molecular mechanisms of stress and pain (Sántha P, MD, PhD)
- The role of neurons and glial cells in the underlaying mechanisms of stress and pain (Holló K, MD, PhD)
- Animal testing options for the relationships and comorbidities of chronic pain, stress and depression (Borbély É, MD, PhD
2. Translating pain knowledge to practice (The IASP „Globar Year 2022)
- Translational medicine (Prof. Hegyi P, MD, DSc)
- The role of translating pain knowledge to practice
…in the treatment of rheumatological pain (Prof Kovács L, MD, DSc)
…in the treatment of oncological pain (Prof. Hideghéthy K MD, DSc)
…in the tretament of chronic migrain (Prof. Tajti J. MD, DSc)
…in the neurosurgical treatment of chronic pain (Kis D. MD, PhD) - Neuroplasticity, epigenetics and pain at the intersection of hypnotherapy (Császár-Nagy N. PhD)
- Practical application of the latest research results in the treatment of childhood pain (Major J. MD, PhD)
- The place of rehabilitation medicine in pain relief (Fazekas G. MD, Med Habil, PhD)
3. Cannabinoids and strong opioids
- The role of cannabinoids in the treatment of chronic pain (Prof. Pethő G. MD, DSc)
- Practice of opioid rotation in chronic pain therapy (Almási Gy R. Med Habil, PhD, EDPM)
- Real and suspected side effects of µ-opioid receptor agonist opioids used in chronic pain (Budai E. MD, FIPP)
- International effects of strong opioid endemics in North America on strong opioid use (Laskói B. MD)
4. Free choice lectures
Detailed program for accreditation following the end of March is available at Főoldal – Fájdalom Társaság (fajdalom-tarsasag.hu)
IV. The IASP „Globar Year 2022 Translating pain knowledge to practice” fact sheets have been translated into Hungarian and are being uploaded to our website and IASP website.
Best regards
Erika Budai MD, FIPP
President of Hungarian Pain Society
Spain
1. Registration is now open for the next GISED online conference on Cannabinoids (Tuesday, 8th March). Preclinical results of cannabinoids in pain, practical aspects of prescribing medical cannabis, the latest update of scientific evidence and the indication of cannabis in different models of chronic pain will be discussed.
Tuesday, 8th March: Online Conference on Cannabinoids.
2. Pain Annual Scientific Review organised at the Rey Juan Carlos University of Madrid with the support of the SED. It will be held on 4th and 5th. There is a discount on the registration fee for SED members.
4th and 5th March Pain Review.
3. 25th and 26th March. SIP (Societal Impact of Pain) will hold its online forum on the impact of pain in Spain. SIP is an international initiative created in 2009 by EFIC to promote meetings between health professionals, authorities and patient groups. The programme has not yet been finalised.
Online Forum on the Impact of Pain is Spain.
4. Friday, 13th May 2022. 11th Scientific Conference of the Neuromodulation Working Group and Infusion Interest Group.
Topics to be discussed include: Polyneuropathic pain and stimulation, the increasing complexity of programming in neuromodulation, Neuromodulation for back pain, Intrathecal therapy, Trial phase: yes or no? Evidence.
Information and registration: https://www.sedolor.es/evento/jornada-cientifica-neuromodulacion/.
