• J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother · Jun 2013

    The importance of putting pain on the curricula in medical schools in Europe.

    • Hans G Kress.
    • Department of Special Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy, Medical University/AKH Vienna, Vienna, Austria. hans.kress@efic.org
    • J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother. 2013 Jun 1; 27 (2): 182-4.

    AbstractPain continues to be underdiagnosed and undertreated in Europe. A lack of training in pain medicine among clinicians has been identified as a barrier to optimal pain management. Except for clinicians entering specialized training in pain medicine or a related field, inadequate or nonexistent pain management training is the norm in Europe. A multidisciplinary group of experts, including representatives from the European Federation of IASP (International Association for the Study of Pain) Chapters (EFIC), is launching a pan-European initiative aimed at raising the profile and importance of undergraduate pain education.

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