*Our Vision: To become the leader and model in pain care management and mastery for the country by promoting education of healthcare professionals and communities in the latest pain science understanding.
*Our Mission: To transform society's understanding of pain and to provide hope and choices for individuals to improve their pain care options and outcomes by engaging in pro-active management and mastery of their pain experience.
*Organizational Objectives. The organizational objectives of this Society are:
- To provide an organization through which members of the Society may participate in and carry forward the programs and purposes of the organization.
- To promote the interests of the society and its programs and to make reasonable efforts to involve citizens of the community.
- To develop and publish standards for uniform terminology and curricula in the field of pain science, together with its practice and mastery.
- To provide educational opportunities for each of its members in order to standardize the use of a uniform terminology relating to the field of pain science,
practice and mastery.
- To train each of its members to effectively and efficiently educate others in their respective communities on matters of pain science, practice and mastery.
- To be an eleemosynary corporate society providing services to the general public under the laws of the State of Oregon and having a tax-exempt status under the Internal Revenue Code 501(c)(3).
- To provide for opportunities allowing for and encouraging the establishment of chapters within the Society that are trained and committed and agree with the objectives of the Society and to comply with its Governing Documents.
*Community Objectives. The community objectives of this Society are, at a minimum:
- To transform society’s understanding of pain and improve pain care options and outcomes; and
- To offer individuals, families and communities hope and choices by promoting education relating to: pain science, the emergent construction of pain experiences, and the potential for deconstruction of pain experiences with a primary focus on the merits of self-management and empowerment strategies in the transformation process.
*Excerpts from the April 1, 2021 Bylaws
(Summary of Member expectations from the April 1, 2021 Bylaws)
All members are adult volunteers of a local Chapter of the OPSA. There is no discrimination on the basis of age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, marital
status, disability or sexual orientation (gender). Membership is a privilege, not a right. The initiation fee is $10 and the dues are $40, pro-rated for the calendar year. Members are delinquent if dues are not renewed by March 31. Candidates for membership must be professional healthcare workers or demonstrate a commitment to the activities of the local Chapter, be sponsored by an OPSA member, have relevant professional experience in Pain Science or within 6 months have completed an approved introductory course in Pain Science, and satisfactorily complete a quiz on Pain Science knowledge.