Monday, November 29, 2010

Pain, sleep and drugs

Lecture given to the West of Scotland Pain Group on Wednesday 24th November 2010 in the Ebenezer Duncan Centre, Victoria Infirmary, Glasgow by Dr Paul Reading, Consultant Neurologist.
In this talk, Dr Reading describes the importance of good quality sleep and how pain and sleep interact.

Friday, September 10, 2010

Winter programme

24 November 2010
Pain, Sleep & Drugs
Dr Paul Reading, Consultant Neurologist

26 January 2011
Working with interpreters in clinical practice - the how, the what and the why?
Sharon Doherty

23 February 2011
Trainees' night
Dr Aileen Clyde & Dr Ahmad Al Khayer

30 March 2011
Chronic daily headache
Dr Tyagi, Consultant Neurologist

27 April 2011
Clinical aspects of pain in veterinary medicine
Andrew Bell, University Clinician in Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia

All meetings are held in the Ebenezer Duncan Centre, Victoria Infirmary, Glasgow.
Hot buffet available from 6.30pm.

Monday, March 29, 2010

Listen to the lecture: Injustice and the chronic pain sufferer



Lecture given by Dr Joanna McParland of Glasgow Caledonian University to the West of Scotland Pain Group on Wednesday 24th March 2010. Dr McParland discusses beliefs about justice and fairness and how they impact on the person with chronic pain.

Tuesday, March 09, 2010

East of Scotland Pain Group 2010 Meetings

As usual the meetings will be in the Education Centre at Queen Margaret Hospital in Dunfermline, with a buffet from 6.45pm & talk from 7.15 – 30 till 8.30 - 9.

Thurs 29th April
Ian Stevens, physiotherapist in Forth Valley
"Body and Mind - Where's the Pain?"
Ian has done an MA in Humanities & has been interested in placebo, neuroscience & body image.

Thurs 24th June
Lars Williams & Martin Dunbar, from the Glasgow Pain Management Service
"Establishing an Acceptance Based Pain Management Programme"
Lars & Martin have been instrumental in setting up the Glasgow Pain Management Programme & have some interesting audit data from their first year's experience.

Thurs 23rd September
Raj Bhat, Interventional Radiologist with Tayside & Fife
"Interventional Radiology in the Spine"
Raj has extensive experience with vertebroplasty & kyphoplasty.

Thurs 18th November
Renata Riha, Consultant in Sleep Medicine in Edinburgh
"Sleep & Pain"
Renata has published on how to improve sleep & sleep apnoea.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Notice of meeting: Education & Audit in Pain

The next meeting of the WOSPG will be on Wednesday 27th January, and has been organised by the Pain Fellows Ajit Panicker and Ryan Moffat.

The theme for the meeting is "Education & Audit in Pain: Looking Back & Moving Forward", and we have speakers from anaesthetics, physiotherapy and psychology.

The programme for the evening (not necessarily in this order!) is
"Medical Pain Training in the UK: What, How and Why?" - Dr Ryan Moffat
"Survey of Pain Training in the UK: Where does Glasgow stand?" - Dr Ajit Panicker
"Following the Yellow Brick Road" - Pain management physiotherapists
"Training routes in Clinical Psychology" - Karra Grant, Trainee Psychologist

As usual the venue for the meeting will be the Ebenezer Duncan Centre at the Victoria Infirmary. Supper is available from 6.00pm, with the presentations starting at 7.00pm.

Thursday, August 06, 2009

Lecture programme - 2009-10

28 October 2009
Establishing an acceptance based pain management programme –preliminary data
Dr Martin Dunbar and Dr Lars Williams

25 November 2009
SCS – the new look
Dr Andy Crockett

27 January 2010
Members' night
Dr Ajit Panickar and Dr Ryan Moffat

24 February 2010
Effective communication in the pain consultation – why bother?
Dr David Craig and Dr Pete Mackenzie

24 March 2010
Injustice and the chronic pain sufferer. A mixed methods investigation
Dr Joanna McParland

All meetings will be held in the Ebenezer Duncan Centre, Victoria Infirmary.
Buffet from 6pm, meetings start at 7pm.

All welcome including trainees, allied health professionals, GPs, basic scientists and students.

Thursday, July 16, 2009

East of Scotland Pain Group evening meeting

Thursday 17th September 09

'Pain Training in Western Australia'

Donald Johnson

Venue – Queen Margaret Hospital, Dunfermline Education Centre

Buffet from 1830 – talk from 1915 – 2100


Rsvp for catering to-

Dr Steve Gilbert, Pain Management Clinic , Queen Margaret Hospital, Dunfermline, Fife KY12 0SU,

stephen.gilbert@nhs.net

01383 623623 ext 4749

Friday, May 22, 2009

Notice of AGM

The West of Scotland Pain Group will hold its AGM in the informal surroundings of the Republic Bier Halle, Gordon St, Glasgow (along from Central Station) on:

Thursday 28th May at 7pm

This is a great opportunity for young and 'more experienced' health professionals to be involved in the planning of this coming winter's programme of lectures and talks, and thus to add a new experience (and title!) to your CV. Positions on the committee will be available to those wanting more involvement, but the meeting is open to all those of you who may simply have suggestions for the sort of speakers, format and location you would like to see.

We hope to see as many of you there as possible.

David Craig
Secretary