BC Pain Research Network strongly encourages continuing education to better understand and manage pain, and will strive to provide resources for researchers and health care professionals.

Researchers and research trainees:

A set of online modules from Sickkids titled Pediatric Pain Curriculum to introduce the field of pediatric pain for clinicians, researchers, and trainees

A video on the neuroanatomy of pain from UBC Educational Media

Health care professionals and trainees:

A set of online modules from Sickkids titled Pediatric Pain Curriculum to introduce the field of pediatric pain for clinicians, researchers, and trainees

An online module from General Practice Services Committee certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) for family physicians and allied health professions titled Practice Support Program Pain Management Module

A UBC continuing professional development recorded webinar for family physicians, specialists, allied health professionals, and trainees on low back pain by Dr. Hamilton Hall: A Syndrome Approach to Low Back Pain

Pain BC offers various educational opportunities for health care providers

A UBC continuing professional development recorded webinar for family physicians, specialists, allied health professionals, and trainees on evidence-based evaluation and management of low back pain by Dr. Roger Chou: Highlights from 2012 Physician Education Conference: Evidence-based Evaluation and Management of Low Back Pain

An online module from UBC continuing professional development for family physicians titled Can My Patient Drive Safely on Long-Term Opioid Medication?

An online module from College of Family Physicians of Canada for family physicians titled Focus on: Opioids

Resourses from College of Physicians and Surgeons BC Drug Programs Department and Library for family physicians

A document on safe prescribing from College of Physicians and Surgeons BC for family physicians: Safe Prescribing Recommended Resources

A website for continuing professional development from BC College of Family Physicians (BCCFP)

Online modules from BC Centre for Substance Use (BCCSU) targeted at health care professionals interested in learning more about providing care to patients with alcohol, tobacco, and opioid substance use disorders: Provincial Opioid Addiction Treatment Support Program

Online modules for an Addiction Medicine Diploma from BC Centre for Substance Use (BCCSU) targeted at health care professionals interested in learning more about providing care to patients with alcohol, tobacco, and opioid substance use disorders

Two-part intramuscular stimulation course for medical physicians and physiotherapists from UBC Gunn IMS (operates under the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia and the BC College of Physical Therapists): UBC Gunn IMS Needling Courses

Post-professional training program from McGill University offers a Graduate Certificate in Chronic Pain Management

A chronic pain course offered by Canadian Academy of Pain Management (CAPM)

An on line module for drug prescribing by the College of Registered Nurses of British Columbia (CRNBC) for registered nurses

An on line module for Prescribing Narcotics and Controlled Substances from University of Ottawa Continuing Educational Development of NPs for nurse practitioners

An on line module for Prescription and Management of Controlled Drugs and Substances from Athabasca University for nurse practitioners 

A recorded webinar from BC Pharmacy Association titled Joint Action on Joints for pharmacists

A recorded webinar from BC Physiotherapy Association titled Exercise guidelines for patients sensitive to increased movement for physiotherapists

A course on Rost Therapy from BC Physiotherapy Association titled Rost Therapy: Evidence Based Management of Pregnancy Related Pelvic Girdle, Sacro-Iliac and Pubic Pain for physiotherapists

Online modules and courses from Physiopedia Plus for physiotherapists 

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