Acute pain: Other resources

ROSI is a multidisciplinary toolkit to help navigate opioid stewardship. It aims to provide healthcare facilities with practical, user-friendly information and resources to help facilities begin to implement an opioid stewardship program.

The FPM Better Pain Management program has been designed for specialist and general medical practitioners, medical students, nurses and allied health practitioners engaged in the care of patients with persistent pain. It consists of twelve online education modules each designed to be completed in one hour.

Note: ANZCA and FPM fellows, trainees and SIMGs have complimentary access to all Better Pain Management modules via Learn@ANZCA (see below).

The Better Pain Management program has been designed for those engaged in the care of patients with persistent pain. FPM trainees may find these modules to be a useful resource for consolidating their learning. ANZCA Fellows and trainees may also find this program to be helpful in extending an interest in pain topics.

The ACI Pain Management Network is a NSW Government and Agency for Clinical Innovation initiative. As well as containing resources for patient education and specific patient groups, the Pain Management Network also provides toolkits, factsheets, and guidelines for healthcare professionals.

The American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA) is one of the largest subspecialty medical societies in anaesthesiology and pain medicine with more than 5,000 members in 66 countries on 6 continents.

The Australian Pain Society (APS) is a multidisciplinary association whose mission is to advance pain prevention, management, and clinical practice. The APS is a multidisciplinary organisation with representatives among its members from many medical specialties, as well as physiotherapy, psychology, nursing, general practitioners, other health professionals and the basic sciences.

The Healthify He Puna Waiora website is a trustworthy source of health information and self-care resources. Supported by the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners, the Acute Pain section provides a wide range of acute pain resources for health professionals.

The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) works to support research, education, clinical treatment, and better patient outcomes for all pain conditions with the goal of improving pain relief worldwide.

These resources aim to guide best clinical practice, enhance the knowledge of both staff and patients in relation to opioids and assist health services in accreditation under the The National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards (Medication Safety Standard).

Painaustralia represents the interests of a broad membership that includes health, medical, research and consumer organisations. The focus of Painaustralia is to work with governments, health professional and consumer bodies, funders, educational and research institutions, to facilitate implementation of the National Pain Strategy Australia-wide.

17 May 2021: Australia's peak pain organisations for health professionals welcome national pain management plan