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.

Details of previous Study Days can be found at the bottom of this page.

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:

Acute Pain - Preventing Chronicity (23rd Study Day)
24th January 2012
Churchill House, 35 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4SG

This meeting is aimed at all specialties and levels of experience. There will be an emphasis on group discussions to facilitate learning around:

Good acute pain management may prevent chronic pain. Chronic post surgical pain
(CPSP) and sickle cell disease are ideally suited for such a paradigm. The study day
will discuss the potential advantages and adverse consequences of aggressive acute
pain analgesia. Systemic analgesia, regional analgesia and complimentary treatments
will be covered. The barriers of implementing known effective treatments will also be
explored.

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Previous Study Days

There have been 22 study days so far: