#EFIC2025 Accreditation

The 14th Congress of the European Pain Federation EFIC, Lyon, France, France 24/04/2025 – 26/04/2025, has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) with 24.0 European CME credits (ECMEC®s). Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

Through an agreement between the Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert EACCME® credits to an equivalent number of AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Information on the process to convert EACCME® credit to AMA credit can be found at https://edhub.ama-assn.org/pages/applications.

Live educational activities, occurring outside of Canada, recognised by the UEMS-EACCME® for ECMEC®s are deemed to be Accredited Group Learning Activities (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

In order to receive CME credits for your Congress participation you have to make sure that your badge is scanned every day, morning and afternoon, at the Registration counters.

You will receive an email after the event containing a link to evaluate the Congress online and to download your certificate. Each participant can only receive the number of credits he/she is entitled to according to his/her actual participation at the event once he/she has completed the feedback form. Cf. criteria 22 of UEMS 2023.07.

The EACCME® awards ECMEC®s on the basis of 0,5 ECMEC® for 30 minutes of CME with a maximum of 8 ECMEC®s per day. cf. Chapter XIII of UEMS 2023.07

Information regarding the conversion of EACCME® credits

Credit will be converted based on one (1) hour of participation equalling one credit for all activities. Physicians wishing to convert EACCME® credits to AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ will be required to access the AMA website at https://edhub.amaassn.org/pages/applications to obtain the necessary paperwork and instructions. Physicians and other health care professionals will be required to pay a processing fee to the AMA.

For other countries, please contact the relevant national/regional accreditation authority.

After attending this event, delegates should be able to:

• Explain the latest developments in the field of personalised pain management
• Understand pain mechanisms & pain characteristics and determine the diagnosis of pain conditions
• Describe research investigations on nociception and pain pharmacology
• Expand knowledge about new classification and definition of pain (nociplastic pain, ICD-11)
• Understand the latest guidelines and recommendations in the field of pain
• Discuss strategies and challenges of patient pain management, and pain treatment options
• Improve the presentation of research, clinical pain management skills, and communication with patients
• Evaluate and debate new trends, techniques, therapies, and diagnostic procedures
• Expand knowledge of opioids, their misuse, and addiction
• Discuss controversial topics in pain science and pain management
• Gain a better understanding of evidence-based research techniques
• Discriminate between high and low quality research in pain
• Address individual needs in compliance with their Continuous Professional Development (CPD) plan
• Gain a better understanding of pain comorbidities and the links between chronic pain and mental health

International and multidisciplinary professional pain specialists; scientists, physicians, nurses, psychologists, physiotherapists and other healthcare professionals (general practitioners, anesthesiologists, surgeons, neurosurgeons, neurologists, geriatricians, oncologists, rheumatologists, occupational therapists, etc.) of all level of experience will be the target audience of the 14th Pain in Europe Congress.

This event is supported, in part, by funding from Industry. All support is managed in strict accordance with CME/CPD accreditation criteria and standards for commercial support. Recognition of supporting organisations will only be displayed outside the session rooms in the congress centre, separated from the scientific programme, in line with EACCME guidelines. A list of all industry supporters can be found in the Sponsors & Exhibitors section of the event website.