World Institute Of Pain

Wip offered physician specialists in pain medicine the opportunity to demonstrate competency in advanced interventional pain practice by participating in a multi-part exam administered by peers in the profession. Successful candidates were awarded certification as fellows of interventional pain practice (fipp) and certified interventional pain sonologists (cips). Since the inception of the examination program in 2001, wip and its board of examination has certified 1,564 physicians, representing 66 member countries. Wip's fipp and cips certification examinations for physicians alleviate disparities in standards for physician education in the specialty of pain management and, thereby, improves patient care outcomes.

WIP PROVIDED "PAIN PRACTICE," A SCHOLARLY JOURNAL, TO ITS MEMBERS. SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE A MEMBER BENEFIT. APPROXIMATELY 12% OF SUBSCRIPTIONS WERE DISTRIBUTED CHARITABLY TO PHYSICIANS WHO PRACTICE IN UNDERDEVELOPED, DEVELOPING, AND EMERGING COUNTRIES. THESE COUNTRIES INCLUDE Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bosnia, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Georgia, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Latvia, Lithuania, Malawi, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Namibia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Philippines, Republic of Georgia, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, Venezuela, Yugoslavia and Zambia.