It's our vision to reduce the burden of pain on society through education, advocacy, training, and research.
This includes professional documents and safety alerts.
Explore our pain medicine training programs and pathways.
Find out how we advocate for specialist pain medicine physicians and the people in their care.
We support pain research to improve patient outcomes.
The Faculty of Pain Medicine is the professional organisation for specialist pain medicine physicians (fellows) and specialist pain medicine physicians in training (trainees). We're governed by the FPM Board and and supported by a number of committees. We're responsible for the training, examination and specialist accreditation of specialist pain medicine physicians and for the standards of clinical practice for pain medicine in Australia and New Zealand. Formed in 1998, we were the first multidisciplinary medical academy in the world to be devoted to education and training in pain medicine.
The FPM Board oversees the activities of the faculty in accordance with the FPM by-laws and the college-wide strategic plan.
The by-laws govern the conduct and management of the Faculty of Pain Medicine.
We've collated a range of resources for pain patients and their families.
Healthy doctors ensure a sustainable workforce that provides best patient care.
FPM Board meeting update
This is a report following the FPM Board meeting held via Zoom on Sunday 23 February 2025.
