Annual Scientific Meeting Belgian Pain Society:
Chronic Pain: Primary, secondary and tertiary prevention

8h00 Registration & coffee
8h30 General Assembly (Members only)

Simultaneous translation Dutch / French

09:00 – 09:35 PECS block new hype or new standard?, B. Versyck

09:35 – 10:10 Efficacy of screening tools for neuropathic pain in daily clinical practice, H. Timmermans 

10:10 – 10:45 Secondary prevention: the key role of the first-line professionals, A. Berquin 

10:45 – 11:15 Coffee break

11:15 – 11:50 Prevention in back pain: importance of risk stratification and assessment of rehabilitation potential, P. Van Wambeke

11:50 – 12:25 Clinical, psychological and genetic risk factors for the development of chronic (neuropathic) pain, D. Bouhassira 

12:25 - 12:35 BPS Award Prize Giving, A. Mouraux 

12:35 – 14:00 Lunch
 

14:00-16:00 Workshops
(When registering online, you have the choice to select max. 2 workshops) 

Workshop 1 : from 14h to 15h
A) Patient education: complementary perspectives from physiotherapy and psychology, S. Maes, E. Aerts (Dutch)
B) Patient education: complementary perspectives from physiotherapy and psychology, J. d'Haeyere, A. Wunsch (French)

Workshop 2: from 14h to 15h or from 15h to 16h
The problem of increasing absenteeism and work disability, G.Hans, E. Mermans, K. Mortelmans (Dutch)

Workshop 3: from 15h to 16h
The role of algology teams in primary, secondary and tertiary prevention of pain, S. Broekmans, L. Deltour (Dutch)