The Societal Impact of Pain in collaboration with the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) held an online event on the 7th of September. The webinar focused on employment and pain. Discover more about the event by downloading the...
Today is #WorldPTDay. The main objective of this day is to acknowledge the work that physiotherapists do for public and patients. The theme for this year’s campaign is Long COVID and physiotherapy. For more information and to access the wonderful resources relating to...
The patient-friendly version of the European Clinical Practice Recommendations on Opioids for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain, developed by Pain Alliance Europe (PAE) with EFIC’s support, is now available! Read it here.
We are excited to announce the preliminary programme for the EFIC Virtual Pain Education Summit 2021 taking place on 4-6 November 2021. With dedicated tracks for physicians, physiotherapists, nurses and psychologists based on the four EFIC Pain Curricula as well as...
The third SIP National call of the year will take place virtually on the 14th of September 2021. During the meeting, National Platform colleagues will have the chance to: Share their recent updates on SIP at national level, Hear from a special guest speaker on ICD-11...
The EFIC Council Meeting took place on the 25th of June 2021. The meeting was important for the nomination of the two EFIC Executive Board positions. Silviu Brill has been named as Honorary Secretary. He will serve for three years. Luis Garcia Larrea has been named as...
The newest quarterly newsletter of the European Pain Federation EFIC has just been published. Check out our latest updates on the Virtual Pain Education Summit, the EFI Academy, our next Congress, our Research and Advocacy activities, our Pain Exams, the news from our...
World Brain Day was established by the World Federation of Neurology in 2014. The Day aims to increase public awareness and promote advocacy related to brain health. The theme for this year’s campaign is “Stop Multiple Sclerosis”. The campaign encourages early...
IMI-PainCare is an international public-private partnership project*, aiming at improving the care of patients suffering from acute or chronic pain. The project addresses three different topics: Patient reported outcome measures to improve management of acute and...
The European Pain Federation EFIC is pleased to share recent news and updates from our 38 national chapters below. Austria Austria Association for Pain Management has new leadership Governance President: OÄ Dr. Waltraud StromerVice President: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Wilhelm...
The European Pain Federation EFIC is pleased to announce that it will hold a sitting of two of its exams on Saturday 27th November 2021. The Examination for the European Diploma in Pain Medicine (EDPM) and the Examination for the European Diploma in Pain Physiotherapy...
EFIC is delighted to announce Esther Pogatzki-Zahn as the Chair of the Scientific Programme Committee for the EFIC Congress 2023 – Pain in Europe XIII in Budapest, Hungary. Esther Pogatzki-Zahn is an anesthesiologist, pain specialist and professor in the Department of...
On 28th October 2021, SIP will organise a multi-stakeholder online event hosted by MEP Alex AGIUS SALIBA (S&D, Malta) and MEP Radka MAXOVÁ (S&D, Czech Republic) to discuss the recommendations from SIP’s Position Paper on Workplace Integration and Adaptation in...
The National Platform SIP Portugal (PT) is organising a webinar to celebrate the National Day Against Pain on the 16th of October. The event will be online or online/in person, after the 2021 APED Congress (VII APED2021). SIP PT will emphasise the fact that WHO...
We are pleased to inform you that the Executive Committee of the European Pain Federation EFIC has approved the application for the Belarusian Society for the Study of Pain (BSSP) to become a Chapter of EFIC. EFIC is happy to welcome the new chapter and we look...
