Project ECHO: St. Joseph’s Care Group Chronic Pain & Opioid Stewardship Bootcamp

Thunder Bay, ON

Event Venue

Italian Cultural Centre

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Day 1

1. Expanding Tools for Pain Management: Updates from the Power Over Pain Portal
2. Applying the Central Sensitization Inventory
3. A Stepwise Approach to Exercise for Low Back Pain
4. Supporting Mental Health Through Community

Day 2

5. Leisure Without Limits: Practical Strategies for Adaptation
6. Overlooked Diagnoses: A Leg Up With Internal Medicine
7. Making Waves in Pain Care: Aquatic Therapy in Practice
8. Collaborating on Medical Interventions in Chronic Pain
9. The Intersection of Pain and Gender: Clinical Implications and Challenges

The goal of ECHO is to help bridge the gap between specialty and primary care and improve access and health outcomes for underserved patients. ECHO Bootcamp sessions offer an opportunity for participants to gain hands on skills needed to evaluate, and manage a specific complex condition such as chronic pain.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this Bootcamp, Participants will be able to:

  1. Perform comprehensive assessments and develop evidence-informed chronic pain treatment plans.

2. Guide patients to both medical and non-medical treatment options for chronic pain, and refer to specialty services at the most appropriate time.

Sessions are Accredited for Education Credits.

Attendance is tracked and certificates are issued after the last session.

You can receive CME credits for each hour you attend, at no cost.

This activity meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been certified by the Continuing Education and Professional Development Office at NOSM University for up to 8.5 Mainpro+® Certified Activity credits. 

This event is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by the Continuing Education and Professional Development Office at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine. You may claim a maximum of 8.5 hour(s) (credits are automatically calculated).