Australian Pain Society (APS)

This is NOT a patient focused society. It is for professionals working in the field of pain management. The APS is a multidisciplinary organisation aiming to relieve pain and related suffering through advocacy and leadership in clinical practice; education; research. It aims to promote the provision of healthcare services for pain management; To promote equity of access to pain management services; To foster and support pain-related evidence-based research: To foster and support the prevention of persistent pain; To promote and facilitate evidence-based pain related education for health professionals and the community and to promote the development and use of standards and outcome measures in everyday clinical practice.