We’re already enrolling healthcare professionals from across the country, with over 1,300 people on our database and registrations growing daily. The response confirms the strong demand for credible, accessible pain education.
OPEN exists to make high-quality pain education accessible to every healthcare professional, wherever they live or work. Our goal is to change how pain is understood and treated — improving wellbeing and reducing the vast personal and societal costs of chronic pain.
Co-designed by clinicians and people living with pain, OPEN’s approach is interdisciplinary, person-centred, and grounded in lived experience, helping shift the culture of pain care from treatment to empowerment.
WHY IT MATTERS!
Chronic pain affects one in five Australians, yet structured pain education is still rare in most clinical training. OPEN is filling that gap, giving healthcare professionals the knowledge and tools to support safe, effective, and compassionate care.
OPEN is now a not-for-profit social enterprise, every dollar from enrolments is reinvested into pain management research, scholarships and development of additional educational training, ensuring OPEN’s growth fuels long-term sector impact. Pain Foundation Ltd is proud to be a partner in this significant initiative.
We welcome your feedback. Tell us what you think – our email address is info@painfoundation.org.au.