Short course

Pain and Research

Start date
Friday 28th June 2024
Duration
1 day
Mode
Face-to-face
Cost
£100 Consultant Grade, £50 Trainees, Students, Nurses and Allied Health Professionals
Subject
Pain and Research
Level
Postgraduate Short-Course (CPD)
Credit
Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom for 24 category 1 (external) CPD credit(s).

This is a one-day course allowing the opportunity for pain experts to share learning, experience and latest research and evidence. Open to students, Allied health professionals and acute and chronic pain professionals in continuous professional development.

An exciting one-day event with interesting topics, a rare opportunity of professionals under one roof, exploring key learning topics.

A great networking opportunity, supporting a trainee-led event to both inspire future generation pain specialists and collaboration of experienced health professionals currently working in the challenging NHS.

Course programme

Course programme and content
Time Topic Speakers
08:30 - 09:00 Registration and refreshments   
09:00 - 09:10 Welcome and Introduction Professor Fang Gao and Dr Ismaa Aslam
09:10 - 09:40 Chronic postsurgical pain and the need for continued research. (With supported update from acute pain nurses). Dr Maryam Umar and Acute Pain Nurses
Nottingham University Hospitals
University hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire
09:40 - 10:10 Transitional pain services Dr Sandeep Kaur
University Hospitals Birmingham
10:10 - 10:40 What's the latest evidence on dietary influence on pain? Dr Meera Tewani
University Hospitals Birmingham
10:40 - 11:00 Refreshments  
11:00 - 11:30 Impact of chronic condition including COVID - QE research on long COVID Dr Nandan Gautam (TBC)
University Hospitals Birmingham
11:30 - 12:00 Long COVID management Dr Vasu Thanthullu
University Hospitals Leicester NHS Trust
12:00 - 12:30 IWOTCH research study; Improving the wellbeing of people with opioid treated chronic pain *Professor Harbinder Sandhu
 Health Psychologist
 Warwick Clinical Trials Unit
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch  
13:30 - 14:00 Challenges in Cancer Pain Management  Dr Mahesh Chaudry 
 Worcester Acute Hospitals   NHS Trust
14:00 - 14:30 Radical Study; Radiofrequency denervation for chronic and moderate to severe lower back pain  *Dr. Dalvina Hanu-Cernat
 University Hospitals   Birmingham
14:30 - 14:45 Coffee  
14:45 - 16:00 Cannabis debate: with audience participation Dr Ilan Lieberman 
Manchester - MDU
16:00 - 16:30 The need for quality improvement projects and research, trainee involvement Professor Tripathi and Dr Ismaa Aslam
Pain-Train UK
16:30  Closing remarks and summary of the day Professor Fang Gao and Dr Ismaa Aslam
16:30 - 18:00  Drinks and networking  

 *Provisional timetable - timings/titles subject to change

Fees and Funding

  • £100 - Consultant Grade
  • £50 - Trainees, Students, Nurses, and Allied Health Professionals

Entry Requirements

The course is designed for those working in trusts, academia or industry; with an interest in pain and latest research. The day is for those who have little experience in pain and to those who wish to expand their knowledge of key topics identified in pain and research. A great networking opportunity and allowing for continued professional development in healthcare.

Learning Outcomes

  • Update of acute pain that remains greatest burden on pain on hospital services and latest evidence of methods to reduce
  • Experience of transitional pain services
  • Update on dietary influence on pain and what patients may wish to know
  • Impact of Chronic conditions including covid, based on respiratory physicians and pain specialists
  • Research update on improving the wellbeing of people with opioid treated chronic pain
  • Update of challenges of managing cancer pain from world leading expert
  • Update on the radical study
  • The use of cannabis from pro-prescribers and opportunity for audience participation of debate
  • Importance of trainees and allied professionals being involved in pain and research, opportunities to support and benefits for involvement.

How to Apply

Registration is open, you can register for the course using a debit/credit on the University's online shop. The courses have minimum required attendance levels and the University reserves the right to cancel or postpone the course if the minimum required number of delegates has not been achieved for the course.

For enquiries, please contact mdscpdenquiries@contacts.bham.ac.uk. 

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The course is designed for those working in trusts, academia or industry; with an interest in pain and latest research. The day is for those who have little experience in pain and to those who wish to expand their knowledge of key topics identified in pain and research. A great networking opportunity and allowing for continued professional development in healthcare.