Course content
This two-day course aims to teach people enough about pain biology to teach their patients about it, and give people practice in using modern pain language and concepts in their everyday clinical practice. The first day is primarily lecture format and covers paradigms of pain, conceptual models for understanding the complex psychoneurobiology of pain, current thought about the effects of persistent pain, including effects on the brain and the immune system, the rationale for teaching patients with persistent pain about the biology of pain; recent advances in the evidence for the efficacy of doing this and the mechanisms by which its effects may be mediated. The second day focuses on the clinical application of the information. Participants will be introduced to the conceptual change pathway, from metaphors and stories to biological concepts and management implications, including practical exercises and discussion. This course will be of great use to anyone wanting to understand modern pain concepts and a must for people who treat patients with chronic pain.

Educational goal
After this course the participant is familiair with the most recent concepts of (chronic) pain and new pain education techniques for the treatment.

Target group
Physiotherapists

Teaching method
Lectures, demonstrations, practical exercises

Lecturer
Lorimer Moseley, PhD, clinical and research physiotherapist

Lorimer Moseley is a clinical and research physiotherapist. He started a clinical research career after 8 years clinical practice. He was Nuffield Fellow at Oxford University, UK and is now Professor of Clinical Neurosciences & Chair in Physiotherapy, The Sansom Insitute for Health Research, University of South Australia in Adelaide, and Senior Research Fellow at Neuroscience Research Australia in Sydney. He has authored over 70 peer reviewed publications including PNAS, Current Biology, British Medical Journal, Brain and Pain. He has been keynote speaker at over 40 national and international conferences, including the European Congress on Pain. He is Associate Editor for Pain, Reviews in Pain and The British Journal of Sports Medicine.

Course location
Conference centre Kaap Doorn, Doorn, The Netherlands

Costs
Euro 395,- including coffee, tea, lunches and course materials  (= price level 2011)

Number of participants
Minimum: 40, maximum: 100

Certificate
At the end of the course a certificate is handed out to the participants who attended the full course.

Relevant links
• Registration form NPi courses
• Route description to Conference centre Kaap Doorn