Global Pain Awareness Week
Effective care for all - 25th Sep.
This pain awareness week, discover our webinars focusing on innovations and health equity in pain management.
Addressing population subset disparities in effective pain management By Professor Bart Morlion
This webinar will address the health disparities in pain care which result from multiple factors, including biological, psychological, environmental, health system, and cultural factors and the progress made in developing interventions that target these multiple determinants to reduce pain management disparities. Additionally, it will discuss the methodological challenges in conducting pain management disparities research with minority, underserved, and other vulnerable populations.
Lecturer: Professor Bart Morlion (MD, PhD) on addressing population subset disparities in effective pain management.
Time: 4 PM South African Time
Emerging targeted therapies and future interventions for pain management By Dr Attam Singh
The treatment modalities needed to manage a patient’s pain is unique to each patient, and with the growing trend toward personalized medicine, this will only become more important to clinical practice in future. This webinar will discuss the recent progress in pain medicine technologies and innovative and tangible approaches that are evolving to help ease the burden of chronic pain on patients and their families.
Lecturer: Dr Attam Singh on emerging targeted therapies and future interventions for pain management.
Time: 4 PM South African Time
*There will be Q&A time after the lecture.
Meet the speakers
Professor Bart Morlion (MD, PhD.)
Professor Bart Morlion is the Director of the Leuven Centre for Algology and Pain Management, Belgium.
Professor Bart Morlion will address the population subset health disparities in effective pain management: Understanding the underserved.
Dr Attam Singh (MBBS, FRCA, FFPMRCA)
Dr Attam Singh is a consultant in Pain Medicine at the West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust, and Clinical Associate of the London Pain Clinic, UK.
Dr Singh will discuss the targeted therapies in pain management which may be tailored to ensure optimal patient outcomes.
Related Webinars
Day 1: Going the extra mile
Webinars to understand the medicated and non-medicated spaces in pain relief.
Day 2: Pain care for tomorrow
Webinars on early intervention, role of supplements and sustainable approaches in pain management.
Day 4: Diverse and inclusive treatment options
Webinars to explore holistic, culturally sensitive treatments, ensure equitable & effective care for all.
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There will be time for Q&A after the lecture.
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