FPM National Pain Education Summit session recordings now available

Catch up on the 2026 National Pain Education Summit

Held in Melbourne on Thursday 1 October, the summit brought together more than 150 educators, health practitioners and key stakeholders to explore the implementation of the Australian Standards for Health Practitioner Pain Management Education.

Hear from our session speakers and explore expert insights, practical approaches and lived experience perspectives. You can also claim CPD for viewing each session:

• Session 1: "The case for change"
  1.5 hours - Category 2: Knowledge and skills, Learning sessions (Addressing health inequities, Professionalism).
• Session 2: "From standards to implementation"
  1.45 hours - Category 2: Knowledge and skills, Learning sessions.
• Session 3: "Cultural safety and equity in pain education"
  2.5 hours - Category 1: Practice evaluation, Reviewing performance (Cultural safety).

Watch all three summit session recordings via our YouTube video library.

By watching the summit recordings, you will gain:

• A clearer understanding of the case for improving pain education and the role of the standards.

• Practical guidance for reviewing and strengthening curricula, training programs, clinical education and assessment.

• Examples of how organisations and educators are applying, or intend to apply, the standards.

• Strategies for embedding cultural safety, equity and lived experience into pain education.

• Insights from national colleagues working across pain education, workforce development and implementation.

• Information about emerging tools and resources to support implementation.

Continue the conversation and join the Pain Education Standards Network to connect with colleagues, ask questions and contribute to the next steps in implementing the standards across Australia.