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European Pain Federation EFIC
Bring better care to patients through healthcare practitioners education
One of the most important reasons why pain has such a severe impact on society is that healthcare practitioners are not equipped with sufficient knowledge to understand and manage pain. Lack of multidisciplinary pain education for the health workforce, including doctors, nurses and physiotherapists, continues to impede improvement in the care of chronic and acute pain patients.
The European Pain Federation EFIC is working to tackle the unmet need by advancing education in pain management. The European Pain Federation EFIC has developed an undergraduate core curriculum for medical students “The Pain Management Core Curriculum for European Medical Schools” and two core curricula on pain for postgraduate learning: “The European Pain Federation EFIC Pain Curriculum for the European Diploma in Pain Medicine” and the “The European Pain Federation EFIC Pain Curriculum for the European Diploma in Pain Physiotherapy“. Knowledge of these core curricula is evaluated through two examinations, respectively the Examination for the European Diploma in Pain Medicine (EDPM) and the Examination for the European Diploma in Pain Physiotherapy (EDPP).
The upcoming dates of the EDPM and EDPP exams are 20-21 April 2018, Leuven, Belgium.
Registration for both is open till 5 April 2018.
The European Pain Federation Diploma in Pain Medicine (EDPM)
- The next sitting for the Examination for the European Pain Federation Diploma in Pain Medicine (EDPM) will take place at the Gasthuisberg campus of the University of Leuven on the 20th and 21st of April 2018. Candidates are expected to be present from 10:00 on the 20th until 14:00 on the 21st.
- Information for registration is available at: http://www.europeanpainfederation.eu/core-curriculum/diploma-in-pain-medicine/
The European Pain Federation Diploma in Pain Physiotherapy (EDPP)
- The first sitting for the Examination for the European Pain Federation Diploma in Pain Physiotherapy (EDPP) will take place at the Gasthuisberg campus of the University of Leuven on the 20th of April 2018. Candidates are expected to be present from 10:00 until 18:00.
- All information on registration are available at: http://www.europeanpainfederation.eu/diploma-in-pain-physiotherapy/
For any questions on the exams, please contact the European Pain Federation at secretary@efic.org
