Cancer Pain lectures - 1st May 2007

We all have an excellent opportunity to attend lectures on Cancer Pain Management by Dr. Alison Mitchell, Consultant Palliative Care Medicine and Interventional Pain Management by Dr. Judith Wilson, Senior SpR, Anaesthetics and Pain Management.

Please come along and enjoy an educational evening.

Venue - Walton Conference centre, Southern General Hospital
Date/Time - May 1st, 2007, Tuesday, at 17:30.

Thank you,
Mahesh Chaudhari
SpR Pain Management

AGM

The joint meeting at Lang's hotel was a great success, despite the train strike and the football....thanks to all who made the effort to come.

The last remaining meeting for this academic year is the AGM, which will be on wednesday 9th may, at 7.30pm.
Just like last year, we'll hold the AGM in a nice Glasgow pub, moving on to a pleasant restaurant for something to eat once the business has concluded. A most agreeable way to spend an evening, I'm sure you'll agree. Although last year the only people who turned up were the committee themselves.

Hopefully this year turnout will be better, because the current committee, having served their 3 years, are planning to step down after the AGM. This means we need to find a new treasurer, secretary and chairman (although I might stay on as chairman for the sake of continuity between committees....). It could be you! The committee posts are open to anyone who regularly attends the meetings. This is your chance to influence the direction the group takes, organise talks you think will be interesting, etc etc.

Please e-mail me if you're interested in attending the AGM, and I'll arrange a venue based on how many will be attending.

Lars Williams

Pain management tutorial

You are invited to attend a lecture on "Neuropathic Pain" on February 6th, Tuesday.

The lecture will be given at the Walton Conference Centre, Southern General Hospital.

Time 17:30

Speaker - Dr. Mick Serpell, Consultant in Anaesthesia & Pain Management.

Pain management tutorials - 23 January 2007

Here is a gentle reminder of the forthcoming pain management lectures on Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007. Remember everyone is welcome but may be especially useful to those sitting exams. The lecture starts at 17.15 for 17.30hrs, and takes place in the Walton Centre, Southern General Hospital. This month is:

Tuesday 23rd Janaury 2007- 17:30
Physiotherapy & Chronic pain by Aline Williams
Back & Musculoskeletal pain by Dr. Gavin Gordon

Mahesh Chaudhari
SpR pain Management

Change of date

Sorry about this, but Prof Bond has unexpectedly had to postpone his talk to
the East and West groups, so we have had to reschedule the joint meeting.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE MEETING WILL NOW TAKE PLACE ON THURSDAY 8TH MARCH, SAME
TIME AND SAME VENUE


All details are otherwise unchanged.

Once again, sorry for any inconvenience this causes. If you have sent your
deposit already and are unable to attend on the new date, please let me know
and I'll arrange a refund.

Otherwise, please continue to send in your deposits to Lew-Chin, whose
details can be found on the attached booking form.

Regards

Lars

Joint East/West of Scotland Pain Groups Meeting

We are now taking bookings for the joint East/West of Scotland Pain Groups meeting, thursday 22nd February 2007, 7pm, Lang's Hotel, Glasgow. Professor Sir Michael Bond will be speaking, with dinner to follow. We will have to ask for a nominal £10 payment, which will cover the meal and wine.

Further information about the hotel can be found here:

www.langshotels.co.uk/

Contrary to my last e-mail, we should now be able to cater for up to 60 attendees. But I have received a strong initial response, so places are going fast.

If you would like to go you must send £10 with your details to Dr Lew-Chin Chee BEFORE MONDAY JANUARY 29th.

Best wishes

Lars

Pain management tutorial

Here is a reminder of the forthcoming pain management tutorial in December.
Remember everyone is welcome but may be especially useful to those sitting exams. The lecture starts at 17.15 for 17.30hrs, and takes place in the Walton Centre, Southern General Hospital.

This month is:
Tuesday 5th December 2006:
Ketamine for pain relief in Acute pancreatitis - a case presentation by Dr. Mahesh Chaudhari, Advanced Trainee, Pain Management, Glasgow.
Assessment in Chronic Pain Patients- Dr Mike Basler, Consultant Anaesthesia & Pain Management, Glasgow Royal Infirmary.

December meeting

Due to unforeseen circumstances, there will be no West of Scotland Pain
Group meeting this December. The next meeting will therefore be the proposed
joint West / East meeting in February 2007. We will put on an 'extra'
meeting in March 2007 to make up for dropping the December meeting - more
details to follow.

Pain tutorials

Thanks to Judith Wilson for this:
Just another reminder of the West of Scotland Pain Management Lecture. It is held at the Southern General Walton Conference Centre and the lectures commence at 17.30hrs. As always everyone is welcome.

The speakers are as follows:
Tuesday 7th November 2006-
Psychology in Chronic Pain: Dr David Craig
Pharmacological Management of Pain: Dr Lisa Manchanda

Mindfulness - Resources

Books
Kabat-Zinn, Jon (2001) Full Catastrophe Living.
Gives a comprehensive account of the approach in a self-help format. Particularly focussed on chronic medical conditions but also has a useful section on stress.

Brantley, Jeffrey (2003) Calming Your Anxious Mind.
A digestible self-help introduction to mindfulness, focussing particularly on anxiety.

Kabat-Zinn, Jon (2004) Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life (also called Wherever You Go, There You Are).
A series of short chapters describing the use of mindfulness in everyday situations.

Segal Z.W., Williams J.M.G., & Teasdale J.D. (2002) Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression.
Describes how the mindfulness approach was developed out of CBT and gives detailed guidance on running a mindfulness course for depression.

Research
Grossman P., Niemann L., Schmidt S. & Walach H. (2004)
Mindfulness-based stress reduction and health benefits: A meta-analysis.
Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 57, 35-43.

Kabat-Zinn J., Lipworth L. & Burney R. (1984)
The clinical use of mindfulness meditation for the self-regulation of chronic pain.
Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 8, 163-190.

Kabat-Zinn J., Lipworth L., Burney R. & Sellers W. (1987)
Four-year follow-up of a meditation-based program for the self-regulation of chronic pain: treatment outcomes and compliance.
Clinical Journal of Pain, 2, 159-173.

Internet
http://www.bangor.ac.uk/mindfulness/
The University of Bangor's mindfulness website. Provides courses (including distance learning), and e-group and other resources.

CD
Jon Kabat-Zinn Mindfulness for Beginners
A 2 CD set with talk on mindfulness on CD1 and guided meditations on CD2.