Pain Management Training Session

We are training

40 Young Doctors in
Evidence-Based Care

Again!

Ukrainian-Austrian School of Pain Management provides essential training in pain management techniques for physicians treating trauma-related chronic pain. Your contribution enables life-changing education.

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Success Story: Our First Workshop

We are thrilled to announce that our inaugural Ukrainian-Austrian School of Pain Management workshop was successfully completed in June 2025! Thanks to your generous support, 40 dedicated young physicians from across Ukraine received intensive, evidence-based training in modern pain management techniques.

Over three transformative days at Lviv National Medical University and the Superhumans Center, participants mastered crucial skills in treating trauma-related chronic pain. The collaboration between Austrian and Ukrainian experts created an exceptional learning environment, combining theoretical knowledge with hands-on practical experience.

Workshop participants during training

Participants practicing pain assessment techniques

Hands-on training session

Hands-on workshop with expert instructors

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All 40 physicians with the international faculty

Impact Already Being Felt

These newly trained physicians are now applying their skills in hospitals and clinics throughout Ukraine, bringing relief to hundreds of patients suffering from war-related injuries. Your support has created a ripple effect of healing that will benefit thousands in the years to come.

Help us continue this vital work - support our next workshop!

The Urgent Need

Explosions cause traumatic brain injuries, amputations trigger phantom pain—leaving survivors in unrelenting agony. Without specialized training, local physicians lack tools to help their patients return to a new normal life.

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Traumatic Brain Injuries

Leading to severe chronic headaches and cognitive challenges

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Amputations

Causing phantom limb pain and complications with prosthetic use

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Chronic Pain

Preventing return to normal life and requiring specialized care

Our Solution

What?

3-day post-graduate pain-management course with hands-on workshops

Who?

40 early-career Ukrainian physicians from across the country

When & Where?

June 2026 • Lviv National Medical University & Superhumans Center

Free tuition & lodging; participants only pay travel expenses

Your Impact

40

Doctors Trained

1,000+

Patients Helped Annually

3

Days of Intensive Training

Our Partners

Working together with respected medical institutions to provide accredited, high-quality training

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Expertise from Austrian Professionals

Professor Dr. Burkhard Gustorff

Professor Dr. Burkhard Gustorff during a medical training session

Leadership

The Ukrainian-Austrian School of Pain Management was initiated by Professor Dr. Orest Chemerys, Rector of the Medical University of Lviv, and Univ.-Prof. Dr. Burkhard Gustorff from Vienna and Sigmund Freud Private University, in collaboration with OEAD and Superhumans Lviv.

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Burkhard Gustorff (Klinik Ottakring, Vienna, Sigmund Freud Private University Vienna) has extensive experience in pain management and has developed this program specifically to address the unique challenges faced in treating trauma-related pain.

Our international faculty brings together leading experts in pain management from Austria and Ukraine, ensuring participants receive comprehensive, cutting-edge training that bridges both healthcare systems.

Building on Success

Drawing from the invaluable experience of our first successful workshop, the faculty continuously refines the curriculum based on participant feedback and emerging best practices in evidence-based medicine.

Our teaching approach integrates the latest research findings with practical clinical applications, ensuring that each cohort of physicians receives the most current and effective pain management strategies. This commitment to continuous improvement and evidence-based education forms the foundation of our program's impact and sustainability.

Program Details

About the Program

Trauma-related injuries often lead to persistent pain conditions. Explosions can result in traumatic brain injuries causing headaches, while amputations trigger phantom pain and nerve pain in the stump, making prosthesis use difficult.

Pain management expertise is therefore crucial for alleviating and supporting those with chronic pain. The broader and deeper the pain management competence available in Ukraine's healthcare system, the more chronically injured people can return to a new daily life.

Education and multiplication of this expertise is essential for both current treatment and long-term care.

Physicians in training workshop

Physicians practicing evidence-based pain management techniques

Key Information

  • Goal: Fundamental knowledge and competence in treating pain, focusing on all types of post-injury pain. Evidence-based and competence-oriented postgraduate course.
  • Target Group: 40 young doctors at the beginning of their medical training from all over Ukraine.
  • Duration: 3 days (Wednesday - Friday)
  • Date: June 2026 (exact dates TBA)
  • Location: Lviv National Medical University and Superhumans Rehabilitation Center (practical courses)
  • Language: Ukrainian and English with translation
  • Cost for Participants: Free participation and accommodation, travel costs are borne by participants
  • Accreditation: Through the Medical University and the Ministry of Health

Instructional Strategy

All lectures and practicals are based on current evidence-based knowledge. The teaching content of the clinical aspects refers to the source list of international clinical guidelines of the Ministry of Health.

Each lecture begins with a typical example of the respective topic to enable an early transfer of knowledge into the clinical context. Each lecture summarizes practical aspects for clinical reasoning (theoretical and clinical lectures) to enable immediate implementation in the clinical context.

The practical courses deepen knowledge and teach skills through case-based learning in small groups.

Room use is provided free of charge by Lviv National Medical University and Superhumans (workshops).

Open funding requirement: €5,000. Used for transportation between university and workshop center on the outskirts of Lviv, recognition fees for speakers, break refreshments and get-together.

Instructional Strategy Training

Enable Pain-Free Lives in Ukraine

Your donation today helps train 40 physicians who will help thousands recover from war injuries