This is a summary of the activities of the Pain Relief Committee during 2012.

PATM is an important collaboration between the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society International Education Foundation (CASIEF) and the WFSA. The mission is making excellent progress training young Palestinian anaesthesiologists.

We are seeking volunteers for the above mission for the months of March, April and May 2013. Anesthesiologists with a special interest in residency training and education are desirable. Operating room teaching takes place in three hospitals-Makkased Hospital in East Jerusalem, Rafidia Hospital in Nablus and Al-Ahli Hospital in Hebron and formal classroom teaching at the Ramallah Medical Complex in Ramallah each Saturday morning. Volunteers will be reimbursed for air travel and accommodation upon completion of the assignment. Information package and application forms available at: [email protected] (Ms. Ruth Hooper)

The WFSA recently supported a series of Essential Pain Management courses in Honduras. EPM is a basic pain management course which provides a system for managing pain of all types.
This was the first time that EPM has been taught in Spanish and the first time the course has been taught in the Latin American region. 29 instructors from seven countries were trained and there are plans to run more courses in the region.