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Better Pain Management
Australian Pain Management Association
ACI Pain Management Network
Australian Pain Society
Best Practice Advocacy Centre NZ
Health Navigator NZ
International Association for the Study of Pain
Painaustralia
WHO Guidelines on the management of chronic pain in children

ACI Pain Management Network

ACI Pain Management Network
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.

ASRA: Pain Medicine Resource Centre

The American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
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.
ASRA Resource Centre The resource center contains a number of regional anesthesia and pain medicine-related resources.
Acute Pain Medicine
Chrome Pain Medicine
COVID-19 Resources
Patient Education
Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS)
Practice Management
Professional Issues
Regional Anesthesia

Australian Pain Society

Australian Pain Society (APS)
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.

Better Pain Management

FPM: Better Pain Management 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).
Better Pain Management [Learn@ANZCA]
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.

Best Practice Advocacy Centre New Zealand

Best Practice Advocacy Centre New Zealand (bpac^nz)
The Best Practice Advocacy Centre New Zealand (bpac^nz) is an independent, not-for-profit organisation. Its role is to deliver educational and continuing professional development programmes to medical practitioners and other health professional groups throughout New Zealand.

The Pain Management category of bpac^nz contains a wealth of up-to-date information on diagnosing, prescribing, and managing chronic pain.

Chronic Pain Australia

Chronic Pain Australia
Chronic Pain Australia is a non-profit, non-government, registered organisation founded in 2001. The organisation is driven by a group of committed volunteers advocating to reduce the social and economic barriers to those who live with chronic pain.

Health Navigator New Zealand

Healthify He Puna Waiora
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 Chronic Pain section provides chronic pain resources for health professionals.
Healthify He Puna Waiora - Chronic Pain

International Assosciation for the Study of Pain

International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP)
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.

Painaustralia

Painaustralia
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.

Painaustralia: National Strategic Action Plan for Pain Management
17 May 2021: Australia's peak pain organisations for health professionals welcome national pain management plan

WHO Guidelines on the management of chronic pain in children

Guidelines on the Management of Chronic Pain in Children by World Health Organisation
ISBN: 9789240017870
Publication Date: 2020
In these guidelines, the World Health Organization (WHO) provides evidence-informed recommendations for the management of chronic pain in children. The recommendations are based on the most current, high-quality scientific evidence, and were formulated following processes and using methods that meet the highest international standards for guideline development. The recommendations in this guideline are based on systematic reviews of the evidence on benefits, harms, acceptability and feasibility, as well as on equity and resource considerations.

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