Friday, June 09, 2006

Notice of Meeting: Modern Pain Management - Saturday 26th August 2006

Modern Pain Management

presented by the Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine
University of Edinburgh

Saturday 26th August 2006

The Chancellors Building,
Little France Crescent, Edinburgh
Lecture Theatre A

09.30 to 15.30
Registration fee £15.00 includes morning coffee and lunch

Topics: Professor Marie Fallon (Palliative Care), Dr Susan Nimmo (Acute rehabilitation), Dr John Wilson (Pain after limb amputation) and Dr David Gillanders (Identity and chronic pain), case study presentations, pain scenarios and plenty of opportunity for audience interaction and discussion.

Essay Prize Competition: A prize of a substantial bursary for the MSc in Pain Management of the University of Edinburgh (www.painmanagement.ed.ac.uk) will be offered for the best essay on the subject of 'The importance of good pain relief'. The essay should be up to 1,000 words, and submitted by Wednesday 16th August to the address given below.

Presentation Prize Competition: Prizes will be available for those who submit short presentations on the Study Day. Applications by the 1st of August, in the form of a short abstract. The presentation should be of the order of up to 10 minutes, and can be on any subject from the field of pain medicine in its wider sense.

Cheques in Pounds sterling for £15 should be made payable to 'Edinburgh Anaesthesia Festival'. The completed application form should be returned to Mrs C Middleton, University Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Royal Infirmary, Little France, Edinburgh EH16 4SA. Tel: 0131 242 3292; fax: 0131 242 3138.