Dear MSSMP friends and colleagues,
We hope that you had a productive start to 2024 moving forward in medical science and clinical practice.
In 2023 our special elaborated program for rural area education “The Roadshow” was a success. Last year, there were seminars in 5 districts: Briceni, Drochia, Comrat, Criuleni, and Orhei. The educational core of society decided to continue delivering contemporary knowledge regarding pain management for medical practitioners from different districts of our country. At the moment of publication of this letter, 4 meetings are already planned in Glodeni, Ştefan Vodă, Edineț and Sângerei.
It is planned to have a practical workshop to discuss complicated clinical cases of chronic pain and the strategy for managing the pain.
We continue to work on promoting the importance of pain reporting among the general population via awareness campaigns. In March 2024 we are expected in Salzburg, Austria to have a satellite event during the Interdisciplinary Meeting on Major Perioperative Aspects of Organ Transplantation. Together with well-known artists from the ArtForum Salzburg, we will explore the importance of communication in pain management. This event will continue the series of performances organized by the Moldovan Society of the Study and Management of Pain: “Show Me Your Pain” (2016), “Show Me Your Pain Vol. II” (2017).
“Show me your pain Vol.III” will be a mixture of art and science, happening live and onsite. We are looking forward to this collaboration.
To initiate the comprehensive discussion with the medical community involved in pain management, stakeholders, and patient societies, on the 3rd of May 2024, we are planning to organize the first meeting of the National Platform on Pain Management. The decisions for improving the clinical and population approaches in pain management should be based on the compromise and consensus between patients and medical professionals. The meeting will also include recommendations from international-level experts.
We expect the invited leaders of professional organizations to take part in the meeting to expose the professional vision of the future steps that should be taken for the national-level improvement of the pain management field.
Let’s make 2024 the year of action to ensure future improvement in pain management.
Sincerely,
Iana Burmistr
on behalf of the Moldovan Society for the Study and Management of Pain
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