Professional Education:

Curriculum and Continuing Education

• International Association for the Study of Pain
• Michigan State University Pain Curriculum
• Wayne State University Pain Curriculum

Pain Assessment and Management Resources

• Partners Against Pain - Professional Pain Assessment Tools: Pain Management Kit; Opioid Documentation Kit; 18 Multilanguage Pain Assessment Scales; Wong-Baker Pain FACES Rating scale; Descriptive, Numeric, Analog Pain Rating Scales; WHO Pain Ladder; Pain-Related Quality of Life Instrumentation; JCAHO Standards to Assess and Manage Pain; Implementation Guide; Patient Comfort Assessment Guide
• National Pain Foundation - An on-line educational and support community for persons in pain, their families and physicians. Your source for treatment options and pain information that is peer reviewed by leading pain specialists.
• American Pain Society - The American Pain Society is a multidisciplinary community that brings together a diverse group of scientists, clinicians and other professionals to increase the knowledge of pain and transform public policy and clinical practice to reduce pain-related suffering.

Pain Standards

• Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

Pain Policy and Research

• Pain Topics - This site is a noncommercial resource for healthcare professionals, providing open access to clinical news, information, research, and education for a better understanding of evidenced-based pain management practices.
• American Chronic Pain Association - To raise awareness among the health care community, policy makers, and the public at large about issues of living with chronic pain.
• Wisconsin Pain & Policy Studies Group
• American Pain Foundation - Our mission is to improve the quality of life of people with pain by raising public awareness, providing practical information, promoting research, and advocating to remove barriers and increase access to effective pain management.
• American Academy of Pain Medicine - The American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) is the medical specialty society representing physicians practicing in the field of Pain Medicine. As a medical specialty society, the Academy is involved in education, training, advocacy, and research in the specialty of Pain Medicine.

Current Developments

• The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine - (NCCAM) is the Federal Government's lead agency for scientific research on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM).
• Emerging Solutions in Pain - ESP is a nonbranded, educational initiative dedicated to developing tools, information and resources that support improved therapeutic outcomes for chronic pain patients by minimizing the risk of opioid misuse, abuse and addiction.