Global Year

2018 Global Year For Excellence in Pain Education 

Download the PDF file for the Global Year for Excellence in Pain Education - 2018 poster.

The International Association for the Study of Pain, the Australian Pain Society, the New Zealand Pain Society, the Faculty of the Pain Medicine, the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists and Painaustralia announce the 2018 Global Year for Excellence in Pain Education which continues through to 31 December 2018.

You are invited to participate and promote the Global Year for Excellence in Pain Education within your workplace to help improve pain education throughout the world.

For more information, please visit the International Association for the Study of Pain Global Year for Excellence in Pain Education website, particularly the 'Resources', 'Fact Sheets', 'Translated Fact Sheets' and 'Aims of the Global Year' information boxes.

Fact Sheets

Below are a number of Fact Sheets about pain education that have been developed by the International Association for the Study of Pain.

Fact Sheet 1 - The Gap Between Knowledge and Practice 
Fact Sheet 2 - Current Status of Pain Education and Implementation Challenges
Fact Sheet 3 - Pain Curriculum Design Models and Implementation Approaches
Fact Sheet 4 - Incorporating Pain Competencies and IASP Curriculum Outlines into Professional Education
Fact Sheet 5 - Pain Education Assessment and Evaluation Strategies
Fact Sheet 6 - Integrating the Patient Voice in Pain Education and Research
Fact Sheet 7 - Promoting Chronic Pain Self-Management Education
Fact Sheet 8 - Pain Education in Low-Resource Countries
Fact Sheet 9 - Education Online and Through Social Media

Other resources:
IASP Resources  Website        Global Year PowerPoint slide for presentations  Slide

IASP Webinars   Website

Messages as follows:
IASP President:   Link 

Media links:

Date	Media Outlet	Article Name and Link
04JAN18	Pain Concern -  Airing Pain, Episode 98 - Audio	IASP Global Year for Excellence in Pain Education & the Benefit of Pain Management Programmes

Future IASP Global Years

2019: Global Year Against Pain in the Most Vulnerable
2020: Global Year for the Prevention of Pain