About The Australian Pain Society
The Australian Pain Society was formed in 1979 as the Australian Chapter of the International Association for the Study of Pain . It is a non-profit organisation and is directed by an elected honorary council. Annual subscriptions are set at the minimal level necessary to cover administrative costs of the society. The APS is truly a multi disciplinary organisation with representatives among its members from many medical specialties, as well as dentistry, psychology, nursing, general practitioners other health professionals and the basic sciences. The membership now numbers in excess of 800, and includes investigators and clinicians who are active in the field of pain and its management.
Aims of Membership
- To foster and encourage research into pain mechanisms and pain syndromes.
- To help improve the management of patients with acute and chronic pain by bringing together basic scientists, physicians and other health professionals of various disciplines and backgrounds who are interested in pain research and management.
- To promote and to facilitate the dissemination of new information in the field of pain.
- To promote and sponsor the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society.
- To encourage the adoption of uniform classifications, nomenclatures and definitions and the development of national and international data banks relating to pain and pain syndromes.
- To inform the general public of the results and implications of current research in the field of pain.
- To advise national and regional agencies on standards relating to the use of drugs, appliances and procedures in the treatment of pain.
- To engage in such other activities as may be incidental to or in furtherance of the aforementioned aims.
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The Australian Pain Society is anxious to enlist as members, other professionals interested in supporting the society in its goal of alleviating the suffering of our fellow citizens.
Active membership in the APS is open to all health care professionals engaged in pain research or in the diagnosis and management of pain syndromes.