BPS Study Days

The Learning in Pain Series (LIPS) is the educational programme of the British Pain Society. It will provide comprehensive learning in pain medicine as per the International Association for the Study of Pain curriculum and is organised as a series of study days to run for three years.

There will be four LIPS study days in each academic year. The LIPS Study Days are appropriate for single day attendance but it is intended that the days complement each other. There have been 9 study days so far:

1st Study Day, 06/01/06 - Interventions in the management of pain
2nd Study Day, 21/06/06 - Anatomy & physiology of pain applied to practice
3rd Study Day, 22/06/06 - Difficult pain problems
4th Study Day, 31/10/06 - From acute to chronic pain
5th Study Day, 09/01/07 - Psychology of chronic pain and suffering
6th Study Day, 09/05/07 - Opioids and problem drug use
7th Study Day, 24/09/07 - Headache and facial pain
8th Study Day, 05/12/07 - Cancer Pain
9th Study Day, 31/01/08 - Visceral Pain
10th Study Day, 07/05/08 - Neuropathic Pain - POSTPONED

A Study Day Bursary is available to members of the Society who require financial assistance to attend these Study Days. For details of eligibility, application and deadlines please go to to the grants and awards page in the 'For members' section, or click here.

Please see below for details of the forthcoming Study Days:

Research Methodology (11th Study Day)
Monday 29th September 2008
Churchill House, 35 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4SG

• The Clinical Research Setting in the NHS
• Ethical and Research Regulatory Aspects, Ms Siobhan Lim
• Pain Clinical Trial Methodology, Professor Alastair Chambers
• Qualitative Research Methods
• Laboratory Based Pain Research
• Experiences, Challenges and Rewards for the Pain Researcher, Dr Michael Serpell

This study day is intended to cater for both current and future researchers.

Registration Fee: £100 (BPS Members) / £200 (Non Members)

For further information, please contact Ken Obbard on 020 7269 7843 or by email at kenobbard@britishpainsociety.org.

Back Pain (12th Study Day)
Thursday 4th December 2008
Churchill House, 35 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4SG

Back Pain is the twelfth Study Day of the 'Learning in Pain Series' (LIPS)

Full details and registration forms will be available here shortly.

Registration Fee: £100 (BPS Members) / £200 (Non Members)

For further information, please contact Ken Obbard on 020 7269 7843 or by email at kenobbard@britishpainsociety.org.