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2024 Diploma Plan

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Course University of Montpellier
  • Session 1
    day 1Dec. 1st ~ 3rd, 2023
    Session 1, # 1st day, Friday
    8:30 Welcome and opening by ……
    8:45 Objectives of the courses and organisation
    9:00 General concepts of somatic pain and neuropathic pain
    9:30 Neuro-anatomy for the pain pathway, pathophysiology of nociception and neuropathic pain
    10:00 Techniques and methods of pain measurements
    10:30 Coffee Break 
    11:00 General concepts of postoperative pain
    11:30 General concepts of diabetic neuropathy
    12:00 Herpes zoster and neuropathy
    12:30 Complex regional pain syndrome
    13:00 Lunch Break
    14:00~18:00 WORKSHOPS 1 #  
    ST1 MSK anatomy of wrist, Finger
    ST2 MSK anatomy of Shoulder
    ST3 MSK anatomy and nerve anatomy of elbow
    ST4 Nerve anatomy of the shoulder
    ST5 Anatomy of carpal tunnel and Gyon's canal
    18:00 End of the day
    day 2Dec. 1st ~ 3rd, 2023
    Session 1 , # 2nd day, Saturday
    8:30 Peripheral nerve entrapement syndromes and neuropathy
    9:00 Central neuropathic pain
    9:30 Advanced interventional management of neuropathic pain (Botox, capsaicin)
    10:00 Regional anesthesia in neuropathic pain and postoperative pain
    10:30 Coffee Break
    11:00 Medical illness that pain interventionist must know about
    11:30 US guided interventional treatment of entrapment syndrome
    12:00 Fibromyalgia and myofascial syndrome
    13:00 Lunch Break
    14:00~18:00 WORKSHOPS 2 #
    ST1 US anatomy of thoracic medial scapular region
    ST2 US anatomy of lumbar medial braches
    ST3 US anatomy of SIJ and deep gluteal muscles
    ST4 US anatomy of quadratus lumborum and iliolumbar ligament
    ST5 US anatomy of ischial tuberosity and insertional tendons with ligaments
    18:00 End of the day
    day 3Dec. 1st ~ 3rd, 2023
    Session 1, # 3rd day, Sunday
    8:30 Lumbar radicular pain: pathophysiology, C arm guided and US guided treatment
    9:00 Low back pain; pain generators, C-arm guided and US-guided treatment
    9:30 Coccydynia and SIJ pain; Pathophysiology, C-arm guided and US guided treatment
    10:00 Systemic review of injection materials for the MSK pain; steroid, prolotherapy, regenerativeregimens
    10:30 Coffee Break
    11:00 Tendinitis, tendon entrapement syndrome, and bursitis: US diagnosis and treatment
    11:30 MSK pathologies of shoulder, relevant to approach of shoulder pain
    12:00 MSK pathologies of elbow, relevant to approach of elbow pain
    12:30 MSK pathologies of wrist and finger, relevant to approach of wrist and finger pain
    13:00 Lunch Break
    14:00~18:00 WORKSHOPS 3 #
    ST1 US anatomy of muscle layers in anterior cervical region
    ST2 US anatomy of cervical plexus
    ST3 US anatomy of cervical nerve roots
    ST4 US anatomy of brachial plexus and branches
    ST5 US anatomy of cervical sympathetic chain
    18:00 End of the day
  • Session 2
    day 1Mar 31st ~ Apr 2nd 2023
    Session 2 , # 1st day, Friday
    8:30 Headache classification and medication treatment
    9:00 Algorithm for the diagnosis and management of headache and facial pain
    9:30 Botox injection technique for chronic headache
    10:00 US guided Interventional treatment of cervicogenic headache
    10:30 Coffee Break
    11:00 Neurolytic treatment in intractable hip joint pain
    11:30 Neurolytic treatment in intractable knee joint pain
    12:30 Interventional procedures for headache and facial pain
    13:00 Lunch Break
    14:00~18:00 WORKSHOPS 3 #
    ST1 Sphenopalatine GG, Botox injection technique for headache
    ST2 US anatomy of thoracic intercostal muscle and nerve
    ST3 US anatomy of articular branches of hip joint
    ST4 US anatomy of articular branches of knee joint
    ST5 US anatomy of TON and GOM
    18:00 End of the day
    day 2Mar 31st ~ Apr 2nd 2023
    Session 2 , # 2nd day, Saturday
    8:30 Adhesive capsulitis, new advanced treatment strategy
    9:00 Natural course of rotator cuff tear and treatment strategy
    9:30 Myofascial release and nerve mobilization technique
    10:00 Role of MRI in chronic MSK and spinal pain, how can we apply for the judgement of procedureselection
    10:30 Coffee Break
    11:00 MSK pathologies of hip, relevant to approach of hip pain
    11:30 Deep gluteal syndrome, inferior cluneal nerve
    12:00 Pelvis, inguinal pain, and US guided blocks
    13:00 Lunch Break
    14:00~18:00 Workshops 4 #
    ST1 US of abdominal intercostal nerve, ilioinguinal nerve, genitofemoral nerve
    ST2 MSK of posterior hip & gluteal region
    ST3 MSK anterior hip joint, femoral nerve, lateral femoral cutaneous nerve,
    ST4 MRK of lateral hip, greater trochanteric pain syndrome
    ST5 Myofascial release and nerve mobilization technique
    18:00 End of the day
    day 3Mar 31st ~ Apr 2nd 2023
    Session 2 , # 3rd day, Sunday
    8:30 Live demonstration of abdominal and inguinal region
    9:00 Abdominal wall Pain and US guided pain management
    9:30 Advanced technique for lumbar radicular pain; extraforaminotomy
    10:00 Biomechanics and exercise therapy for the low back and gluteal pain
    10:30 Coffee Break
    11:00 MSK pathologies of knee, relevant to approach of knee pain
    11:30 MSK pathologies of ankle and foot, relevant to approach of ankle and foot
    12:00 Neurogenic versus vascular intermittent claudication
    12:30 Vague pain lower extremity: peripheral neuropathy, veneous insufficiency syndrome, restless legsyndrome
    13:00 Lunch Break
    14:00~18:00 Workshops 5 #
    ST1 MSK anatomy of Knee joint
    ST2 Extracorporeal shock wave therapy; clinical applications
    ST3 MSK anatomy of ankle and foot
    ST4 Doppler sonography of lower extremity
    ST5 Exercise therapy for the low back and gluteal pain
    18:00 End of the day
  • Session 3
    day 1Jun 23th~25th 2023
    Session 3 , # 1st day, Friday
    8:30 Low dose steroid injection therapy for the chronic MSK pain
    9:00 Settings of a pain Clinic Model
    9:30 Axial neck pain and interscapular pain: Rationale and US-guided intervention technique
    10:00 Axial neck pain and interscapular pain: Rationale and US-guided intervention technique
    10:30 Coffee Break
    11:00 What is behind in the chronic intractable knee pain?
    11:30 Advanced intervention for carpal tunnel syndrome, trigger finger
    12:00 Cervical radicular pain:pathophysiology and US guided extraforaminal periradicular steroidinjection,
    12:30 Pulsed radiofrequency treatment in spinal and MSK pain
    13:00 Lunch Break
    14:00~18:00 Workshops 6 #
    ST1 US guided cervical medial branch block
    ST2 US guided thoracic errector spinae plane and paravertebral block
    ST3 Cervical sympathetic block, ACJ, SCJ injection
    ST4 US guided cervical periradicular injection and interscalene block
    ST5 Video case workshop: C arm guided procedures; interlaminar, transforaminal, and intradiscalprocedures
    18:00 End of the day
    day 2Apr 7th ~ 9th 2023
    Session 3 , # 2nd day, Friday
    9:00~11:00 Written examination
    12:00 Epidural neuroplasty
    12:30 Hypnosis
    13:00 Lunch Break
    14:00 How to evaluate depression syndrome in pain patient
    14:30 Knee Osteoarthropathy and interventional treatment
    15:00 Extracorporeal shock wave therapy; clinical applications
    15:30:00PM Coffee Break
    16:30~18:00 Clinical case scenario with group discussion
    16:00 End of the day
    day 3Apr Jun 23th~25th 2023
    Session 3 , # 3rd day, Sunday
    Hands-on Cadaver dissection
    9:00~ Supine position: ant neck, upper extremity
    Prone position: post neck, medial scapular thoracic
    Prone position: back, gluteal, post low ext
    17:00 Supine position: inguinal, ant low ext
    17:00 End of the workshop