EFIC Newsletter now released!
The European Pain Federation EFIC released its first quarterly 2019 newsletter. Check out our last updates on Pain Research, Pain Education and Advocacy as well the latest news from the Federation Chapters here!
10 Years Societal Impact of Pain – Happy Birthday!
In 2009, SIP was founded as a mutual initiative of European Pain Federation EFICand Grünenthal. In 2011, Pain Alliance Europe (PAE) joined the SIP platform to represent the patients in this initiative. This has been a huge step to address the real needs of patients....
An overview of recent and upcoming events in pain medicine from Arun Bhaskar
Dear Friends Spring is in the air in most parts of Europe and I am looking forward to an exciting year ahead. Brexit is looming large on the horizon with a lot of uncertainties as the UK Parliament is going through endless debates, but I see no such divisions in our...
14th Belgrade International Symposium on Pain, May 17 & 18
The 14th Belgrade International Symposium on Pain (14th BISOP) will be held in Belgrade, Serbia from May, 17 to 18, 2019. Over time, BISOP became the most important multidisciplinary symposium in the field of pain medicine, not just in Serbia, but also in the region....
The Portuguese Social Impact of Pain SIP’s call for action
The Portuguese Social Impact of Pain (SIP) platform, which brings together patient groups, industry and healthcare professionals, held a meeting on March 18th in Lisbon, Portugal. The meeting aimed at promoting dialogue around tangible measures to alleviate the impact...
SIP Portugal meets companies to address impact of pain on employment
On March 20, the Portuguese Social Pain Platform (SIP Portugal) organized a meeting with eight companies from different sectors of activity to present measures that aim to promote the maintenance of work or professional reintegration of the person with chronic pain,...
1,100 abstracts so far for our #EFIC2019 Congress!
Abstracts are the lifeblood of any scientific meeting. Presenting your work via a poster or oral presentation can often be a first step for a researcher in their academic career. The more abstracts submitted to a congress, the stronger the grassroots of the scientific...
EFIC is looking for a new Trainee
The European Pain Federation is offering a 6-month traineeship focusing on communications. The trainee would also be expected to support on other aspects of association management, such as events organisation and administrative support. The traineeship will be based...
New trainee joining EFIC!
Lucile joined the EFIC team in January as a trainee in Communications and will be among us until early July. She helps us with communication & marketing as well as the organization management & administration. Lucile is French, and is currently completing a...
New EFIC Pain Schools are coming soon
New pain schools are coming in Klagenfurt, Austria (program already available here) and Venice, Italy! We will publish the deadline for application soon. The Pain Schools are courses aimed at young (preferably under 45 years) European medical doctors and allied health...
Fighting discrimination at work for people with chronic pain conditions
On 6 March, the Interest Group on Brain, Mind and Pain held a meeting in the European Parliament bringing together patient organisations, institutions and industry to discuss the stigma and discrimination attached to long-term neurological disorders (i.e. migraine,...
Belgian Pain Society and Doctors Without Borders organize meeting on pain in victims of conflicts, tortures and refugees
The Belgian Pain Society and the international humanitarian medical NGO, Doctors Without Borders (MSF), organized a thematic symposium on “Pain in victims of conflicts, tortures and refugees” on February 21th in Brussels at the MSF premises. A multidisciplinary panel...
The Russian Pain Society brings Pain Education Program in 30 Russian cities in 2019
The Russian Association for the Study of Pain (RASP) is running an Education Program in Pain for doctors from different regions of the country. RASP leaders M. Kukushkin, O. Davidov and M. Churukanov will be covering the latest research on pain prevalence, successful...
