Training and Continuing Education Opportunities
Continuing Education Calendar
The SSIPM offers a structured and practical range of training and continuing education in interventional pain medicine. Modular training, hands-on workshops, and specialist congresses provide up-to-date knowledge and promote interdisciplinary professional exchange.
107. Bern Anaesthesia Symposium
In the highly dynamic development of our specialty and that of our surgical and interventional partners, evidence-based medicine is becoming increasingly important. With the Bern Anaesthesia Symposia, the University Clinic for Anaesthesiology and Pain Therapy aims to provide colleagues from surrounding clinics, as well as across Switzerland, with an overview of the latest global developments.
9. September 2026
Inselspital Bern
3
4th Cantonal Pain Day
Multimodal treatment approaches are absolutely central to modern pain medicine. This is also clearly evident in patients with “joint pain” that actually has nothing to do with the joint itself …
10. September 2026
Graubünden Cantonal Hospital, Kreuzspital location, Pain Center
3.5
Pain Dialogue Thurgau 2026 - Current Pain Medicine
Our specialists from the Center for Pain Medicine Thurgau and selected external experts will present current research findings and practical insights that will enrich your professional practice.
24. September 2026
Spital Thurgau AG - Psychiatrische Dienste Thurgau, Saal GZ
3
IFA Symposium at Zurich City Hospital
Prevention and treatment of Chronic Post Surgical Pain – from perioperative
treatment to specialized outpatient care.
24. September 2026
Conference Center Zurich City Hospital Triemli / Grand Hall
3
Pain and Dementia
The Pain Center cordially invites you to continuing education on the topic: Pain and Dementia.
1. October 2026
HOCH Health Ostschweiz, St. Gallen Cantonal Hospital, Building 06
0.5
Clinically Relevant Insights from the Neurophysiology of Chronic Pain
15. October 2026
Inselspital, OPO D-238
1/2 per hour
SSIPM Cadaver Course | Oct. 2026
31. October 2026
Bern
Cadaver Course | Oct. 2026
Practice-oriented hands-on cadaver workshop on interventional techniques for the lumbar spine with experienced SSIPM specialists.
31. October 2026
Anatomisches Institut Bern, Bühlstrasse 26, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
8 CME SSIPM · 7 CME SGR · 8 CME swiss orthopaedics · 8 CME SSAPM · 2 CME SNG · 1 CME Strahlenschutz/Radioprotection
Theory Course | Nov. 2026
Fundamentals of pain management
7. November 2026
3008 Bern
8 CME SSIPM · 8 CME swiss orthopaedics · 2 CME SNG · 1 CME Strahlenschutz · SGR Credits · Neurochirurgen · SAPPM · SGS · SPS
SFETD Congress 2026
18.–20. November 2026
Lille Grand Palais
18
SAMM Congress
The SAMM Congress offers up-to-date insights and practical impetus on modern pain medicine and interdisciplinary professional exchange.
26.–28. November 2026
Congress Kursaal Interlaken
6
SSIPM Cadaver Course | Nov. 2026
28. November 2026
Bern
Cadaver Course | Nov. 2026
Hands-on cadaver workshop on lumbar interventional techniques with experienced SSIPM specialists.
28. November 2026
Anatomisches Institut Bern, Bühlstrasse 26, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
8 CME SSIPM – 8 CME Swiss Orthopaedics - 1 CME - Strahlenschutz/Radioprotection
Swiss Pain Congress 2026
The SSIPM annual congress. The congress programme will follow at a later date. Information for sponsors and industry partners can be found in our sponsorship documentation.
4.–5. December 2026
Music and Convention Center Montreux, Av. Claude-Nobs 5, 1820 Montreux, Switzerland
34th Journée sédunoise d'anesthésiologie – How to Master the Uncontrollable?
2. September 2026
Verkehrshaus der Schweiz
1
SGS Annual Meeting 2026
The SGS Annual Meeting 2026 brings together leading experts from Switzerland and Asia, offering current insights into innovative developments in spinal surgery.
27.–28. August 2026
Lucerne, Switzerland
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