"Quality in Pain Management: Pitfalls, Challenges and Improvement for Caregivers and Patients"

Organisatie: BPS, Belgian Pain Society

Scientific program

08:00 – 08:30 Registration and coffee

08:30 – 09:00 General Assembly (Members only)

Plenary sessions (simultaneously translated to Dutch and French)

09:00 – 09:10 Introduction, relevance of quality in pain - Guy Hans (Antwerp)

09:10 – 10:10 Quality from different perspectives:
                 1. The psychologist point of view - Vera Callebaut (Antwerp), Régine Hermans (Brussels)
                 2. What does the nurse think? Nadine Chard'homme (Brussels), Susan Broekmans (Leuven)
                 3. Quality for the physiotherapist - Koen Bernar (Leuven)
                 4. The patient's perspective - Eddy Claes/Ellen Gepts (Pijnpunt)

10:10 – 10:45 Bridging Quality & Pain Clinic Care: Mind the Gap? - Nelleke de Meij (Maastricht)

10:45 – 11:25 Coffee break

11:25 – 12:00 What can we learn from our neighbours
Quality in Pain Medicine in France. Céline Michel-Dhaine (Paris)

12:00 – 12:35 Putting quality into practice
Towards a Value-Driven and Future-Proof Healthcare System. Dominique Vandijck (Ghent)​

12:35 - 12:45: BPS Award 

12:45 – 14:00: Lunch

Parallel Sessions 14:00 - 15h30:

Session 1: MDs (English) - Chairman: Bert Vanneste (Kortrijk)
14:00 - 14:25  Possibilities for Credentialing in Belgium - Patrick Waterbley (Brussels)
14:25  - 15:05 Credential in Pain Medicine: the UK experience - Hoo Kee Tsang (Liverpool)
15:05 - 15:30  Discussion and Questions

Session 2: Paramedics (Dutch) / Moderators: Susan Broekmans & Vera Callebaut + SIG/PIG
Ronde tafel over kwaliteit in een pijncentrum: bijdrage van paramedici

Session 3: Paramedics (French) / Moderator: Quentin Verwacht + SIG/PIG
Table ronde: démédicaliser la prise en charge de la douleur?​

Accreditation has been requested for medical doctors and physiotherapists (ProQKine)