FPM 2008 Spring Meeting
The 2008 Spring Meeting of the Faculty of Pain Medicine, held in conjunction with the Acute Pain SIG of ANZCA, ASA and NZSA and the Acute Pain SIG of IASP, at Voyages Ayers Rock Resort was an overwhelming success with well over 200 delegates in attendance. The meeting featured a number of outstanding medical speakers, including Professor Kay Brune, University of Erlangen, Germany; Professor Josef Zacher, HELIOS Klinikum Berlin Buch, Germany; Professor Dan Carr, Tufts University, Boston, USA; Professor Maree Smith, University of Queensland and Dr Malcolm Dobbin, Victorian Department of Human Services.
The meeting focused on advances and new developments in pain management and explored topics such as the ‘Drug interactions in Pain Management’; ‘Progression of Acute to Chronic Pain’; and ‘Acute Neuropathic Pain’. A great deal of goodwill and enthusiasm was generated between acute and chronic pain practitioners and recognition that improved outcomes can be generated with improved communication. Plans are underway for a 2009 Spring Meeting Program with a similar focus, aiming to strengthen the ties.
Thanks go the sponsors, exhibitors and all the presenters, including those who prepared PBLDs and Topical Sessions, for their contribution and expertise and to the Organising Committee; A/Prof Pam Macintyre (Convenor), Professor Stephan Schug (Scientific Convenor) and Dr Steve Jones for their enormous effort in bringing together this exceptional program.
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