Coinciding with the 2020 European Cancer Summit, the European Cancer Organisation’s Survivorship and Quality of Life Network presented their “Free from Cancer: Achieving Quality of Life for All Cancer Patients and Survivors” paper. The paper aims to help cancer...
After the tremendous success of our first EFIC Virtual Pain Education Summit earlier this year, we are delighted to announce the date for the online pain education event in 2021. If you are a healthcare professional looking to expand your knowledge in the field of...
The EFIC Academy is guided by the highest level of European pain education expertise. These educators serve on the EFIC Academy Board and contribute to the projects and tools that Academy members benefit from. See the full list here Are you interested in joining the...
The European Pain Federation EFIC released its last quarterly newsletter of 2020. Check out our latest updates on the Virtual Pain Education Summit, the EFIC Academy, our next Congress, our Research and Advocacy activities, news from our Chapters and much more...
The EFIC Annual Report presents financial information for the year preceding the report publication and give insight into recent organisational updates and various projects of the Federation concerning Advocacy, Education, Research, Scientific Congress and relation to...
The kick-off meeting for SIP Switzerland was held on the 20th of October 2020, with the main goal to establish a platform for discussions on the societal impact of pain. The first meeting of the Swiss SIP Platform was focused on ‘IMST’ (Interdisciplinary Multimodal...
International Day of People with Disabilities: 3 December In 1992, the United Nations introduced this International Day of celebration for people living with disabilities to be held on 3 December each year. The theme for this year is “Not all Disabilities are...
The European Pain Federation EFIC commemorates Professor Stefano Ischia, who passed away on November 17, 2020. EFIC remembers him as a pillar of the modern Pain Medicine as his professional life had largely been dedicated to the study and management of pain. Our...
Pain Alliance Europe is aware that the COVID-19 disease/coronavirus pandemic has an impact on everyone’s lives. In this Europe-wide survey, they are very interested in finding out how it is affecting you, a person with chronic pain, and what is at present worrying...
The Virtual Pain Education Summit presented by the European Pain Federation EFIC took place on 6-8 November 2020. Featuring over 40 hours of pain education sessions offered over 3 days, a diverse and international faculty made up of over 100 dedicated experts in their...
About World Diabetes Day In 1991, World Diabetes Day was established by the International Diabetes Federation and the World Health Organisation in response to growing concerns about the escalating health threat posed by diabetes. The day aims to promote the importance...
CRPS Assist is a free online tool designed by British physiotherapists in collaboration with a respected medical expert for all European physiotherapists who may know a little about Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) but need practical guidance and perhaps don’t...
On 22 October 2020, the first virtual Executive Board Meeting under the new presidency of Brona Fullen took place. The European Pain Federation welcomed new and existing board members to review past projects and activities and discuss exciting future ideas for the...
The European Pain Federation’s Virtual Pain Education Summit will place a strong emphasis on the importance of different disciplines (e.g. physicians, physiotherapists, psychologists, and nurses) working together. This will be achieved through a number of...
Due to travel and meeting restrictions created by the COVID-19 crisis, the European Pain Federation EFIC will unfortunately not be organising any examinations in 2020. We had hoped to organise a partial examination but have come to the decision to postpone these plans...
