DON'T MISS YOUR CHANCE to attend the EFIC Winter Pain School on Cancer Pain due to take place in Liverpool on 11-14 October 2016. A leading faculty of experts from Europe will be teaching at the meeting.
The interactive course aims to develop skills for assessing and treating pain related to cancer with an evidence-based approach to assessment, formulating a diagnosis and designing a comprehensive management plan.
Learning objectives of this course are in line with EFIC Core Curriculum for managing pain related to cancer.
FACULTY INCLUDES
Prof. Bart Morlion, President Elect, EFIC, Director of the Leuven Center for Algology & Pain Management, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium
Prof Kris Vissers, Professor in Pain and Palliative Medicine, Chairman of the Radboud Expertise Center of Pain and Palliative Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Dr Andreas Kopf, Pain and Palliative Medicine Specialist,
Department of Anaesthesiology & Pain Medicine, Charité Medical University, Berlin, Germany
Dr Nevenka Krcevski-Skvarc, Honorary Secretary, EFIC, University Clinical Centre Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia
Dr Arun Bhaskar, Council Member, British Pain Society, Consultant in Pain Medicine, Anaesthesia & Critical Care, West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds, West Suffolk, UK
Dr Chris Wells, President, European Pain Federation (EFIC), Founding Member, NeuPSIG, Consultant in Pain Medicine, Pain Matters, Liverpool, UK
Dr Manohar Lal Sharma, Consultant in Pain Medicine & Neuromodulation, Clinical Lead, The Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK
EDUCATIONAL CONTENT
LECTURES/CASE PRESENTATIONS
1. Understanding Cancer Pain
Hospice and Pain Medicine: the importance of
working together
WHO Ladder for cancer pain: benefits and pitfalls
Pathophysiology of pain related to cancer
2. Understanding pain and management options
Difficulties with service development in developing nations- how can they be overcome?
Epidemiology of pain related to cancer
The need for a New Ladder?
3. Pharmacological Management of Pain related to Cancer
Non-opioid pharmacological management of cancer pain including Ketamine
Opioids - opportunities and pitfalls
Opioids availability throughout Europe
4. Current Concepts in Pain related to Cancer
Oncological treatments for cancer related pain
Pain management in cancer survivors
EFIC Pain Curriculum and Training in Cancer Pain Management
5. Pain Management in Hospice Setting
Symptom control in hospice/community setting
6. Pain Management in Hospice Setting
7. Pain Management in cancer survivors: live case studies,
8. Interventions for Pain related to Cancer
Initial assessment and optimisation for invasive interventions
Role of sympathetic blocks
Role of nerve blocks and infusions
9. Interventions for Pain related to Cancer
Epidural infusion for pain related to cancer
Spinal neurolysis
Percutaneous cordotomy
10. Surgery for Cancer Pain
Neurosurgical treatments for pain related to cancer
11. Implants for Pain related to Cancer
Indications, patient selection, implantation and aftercare for Intrathecal Pumps in Pain related to Cancer
12. Therapeutic Challenges- Interactive Case Presentations
Incident pain (Pathological fracture related pain)
Visceral pain (Pancreatic cancer)
Pelvic pain
Head and neck cancer pain
13. Therapeutic Challenges
14. Cancer Pain Service developments.
Optimising cancer pain control and the way forward
MEETING VENUE
RADISSON BLU HOTEL, LIVERPOOL
107 Old Hall Street, Liverpool L3 9BD, United Kingdom
Web: https://www.radissonblu.com/en/hotel-liverpool
REGISTRATION FEES
Until 10.08.16
Early bird Registration Fee: £450.00 (GBP)
After 10.08.16
Late Registration Fee: £525.00 (GBP)
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