EPM: February 2022
No.1, Feb 2022 Welcome to the first EPM newsletter of 2022. We hope you and your families are remaining safe during this challenging time. In this newsletter we look at some of the EPM online feedback and an evaluation from the Association of South East Asian Pain Societies (ASEAPS). EPM online module Hopefully most readers […]
EPM: September 2021 Newsletter
We are delighted to announce the launch of EPM Online that occurred at the 17th World Congress of Anesthesiologists recently. Recognising the challenges of delivering face-to-face education since the emergence of COVID-19, we have taken the traditional EPM training course and created a fully online, interactive, do-at-your-own-pace online course. EPM Online is not intended to […]
EPM: April 2021 Newsletter
Welcome to the first EPM newsletter of 2021 and year two of the global pandemic. We hope you and your families are remaining safe. In this newsletter we look at what has been going on around the world of virtual EPM; including the exciting developments for an online EPM module. EPM online module EPM […]
EPM: August 2020 Newsletter
Welcome to the second EPM newsletter of 2020. We hope you and your families are remaining safe and healthy during this challenging time. In this newsletter we explore some next steps for virtual EPM in this new world and update you on some of the other EPM happenings around the world. Virtual EPM With […]
Addressing the Challenge of Pain Education in Low- Resource Countries: Essential Pain Management in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (PNG) is a low-resource country in the South-West Pacific with considerable health care challenges, including a high burden of the painful disease. The Essential Pain Management (EPM) educational program was developed to address the challenge of inadequate pain education in PNG and the first workshop was held in 2010. The aims of […]
One Step Closer to Effective Pain Management Around the World?
Barriers to effective pain management include knowledge gaps, lack of medications, fears and biases, and the sad truth that pain is invisible. Pain management, if practised at all, takes a low priority in systems that are overwhelmed with urgent laparotomies, obstetrical emergencies, and trauma. Read More
EPM: February 2020 Newsletter
Welcome to the first Essential Pain Management newsletter of 2020. It is the Chinese Year of the RAT, so EPM with its Recognise Assess and Treat system is off to an auspicious start! EPM’s relationship with the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA) is developing strongly, with WFSA’s funding contacts helping to […]
EPM: August 2019 Newsletter
Welcome to the August 2019 Essential Pain Management Newsletter. We have been running EPM for close to 10 years. Over this time, we have collected quite a lot of data on pre/post testing and participant feedback. As many of you know we have modified the slides and case discussions in response to this feedback. […]
EPM: March 2019 Newsletter
Welcome to the first 2019 Essential Pain Management Newsletter. In this edition we have a number of indepth reports and updates from EPM around the word. We think this demonstrates the true versatility of EPM, where we are able to deliver the program and content to medical students in the UK, to Spanish speaking anaesthetists […]
EPM: August 2018 Newsletter
Welcome to the 2018 mid-year Essential Pain Management Newsletter. We have information on resources, recent workshops and upcoming events. EPM Governance ANZCA and the WFSA held their first EPM steering group video conference recently. We hope to use this relationship to promote EPM more widely (especially in Africa). A joint approach to publicity, funding, evaluation […]