From lab to patient - The facial pain journey
Friday 12 March 2010
Venue: Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, LONDON, W1G 0AE, England
Registration Details:
RSM Associate: £45
RSM Fellow: £65
Consultant/GP: £100
RSM Student: £25
Student: £35
Trainee: £55
RSM Trainee: £45
AHP/Nurse: £65
Meeting ref: PNA01
9.00 am |
Registration |
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Annual general meeting of the Pain Medicine Subsection |
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9.45 am |
Introduction and chair |
| Professor Joanna Zakrzewska, Pain Medicine Subsection | |
9.50 am |
The art of questioning and listening |
| Dr Manjit Matharu, Consultant Neurologist | |
11.00 am |
Tea and coffee break |
11.30 am |
Trigeminal nerve injuries - From laboratory to the bedside |
| Professor Tilly Loescher, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon will show how basic science research has had an impact on management of patients with trigeminal neuropathic pain | |
12.30 pm |
The art of using visuals to describe facial pain and its impact |
| Deborah Padfield, Artist in residence at UCLH and PhD student will discuss how images can be used to improve our communication about facial pain . There will be an opportunity to work with some of these images | |
1.15 pm |
Lunch |
2.00 pm |
A patient's journey through a facial pain unit and a support group |
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A patient with trigeminal neuralgia will describe her diagnosis and management in a specialised facial pain unit and the effects of belonging to a support group. Jillie Abbott from the Trigeminal Neuralgia Association will describe the journeys some of their sufferers have been through. |
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2.45 pm |
Pain in patients with head and neck cancer: diagnosis and treatment |
| Paul Farquhar-Smith, Consultant in Pain, Anaesthetics and Intensive Care | |
3.30 pm |
Tea and coffee break |
4.00 pm |
The social significance of facial pain |
| Prof Graham Scambler and Dr Sash Scambler | |
4.45 pm |
Completion of evaluation forms |
4.50 pm |
Close of meeting |