Reliving or Relieving Children's Pain?

For most clinicians thinking about policy conjures up images of legislative or regulatory work that goes on "over there", but the truth is that our daily work is the very foundation of the policies. How we conduct the business of our daily work drives the quality, safety, evidence and ultimately the policy and guidelines for appropriate pediatric pain care.

Dr. Fiona Campbell, MD, FRCA, the co-chair of the Canadian Pain Task Force, shared her experience and advice around policy work to improve pediatric pain care.

Takeaways in This Episode

How Dr Fiona Campbell, MD, FRCA got engaged in pediatric pain management and then on to chairing the Canadian Pain Task Force. What Policy work entails and how you may already be doing it. How you can get started and influence the quality of pediatric pain care How to drive engagement  from decision makers Determining what is the purpose of your work The 5 pillars of the Canadian Pain Task Force and its implications globally Dr. Campbell's advice to pediatric pain care professionals How Dr. Campbell is a complete rockstar both in her personal and professional lives (ok, that's my assessment of the situation, but I'm sure you'll agree with me too!)

 

Links

Fiona Campbell, MD, FRCA

Connect with Dr Campbell on Twitter

Canadian Pain Society

Canadian Pain Task Force

Solutions for Kids in Pain (SKIP)

Childkind International

Working together to better understand, prevent and, manage chronic pain: What We Heard

Chronic pain in Canada, laying a foundation for action.

Proactive Pain Solutions Physicians Academy

Proactive Pain Solutions

 

About the Author

Fiona Campbell, MD FRCA

Dr. Fiona Campbell is a Professor at the University of Toronto, and Medical Director of the Chronic Pain Program in the Department of Anesthesia & Pain Medicine at the Hospital for Sick Children. She is the Co-Director of the SickKids Pain Centre, co-chair of the Ontario Chronic Pain Network in partnership with the Ministry of Health and Long-term Care.  Dr. Campbell served as the President of the Canadian Pain Society and has been appointed by Health Canada as Co-chair of the Canadian Pain Task Force - a national strategy for pain for all Canadians of all ages. 

Dr. Campbell’s research contributions involve utilizing quality improvement methodology to improve pain outcomes for hospitalized children, and identifying risk factors involved in the transition from acute to chronic pain. Dr. Campbell has also won a SickKids Centre for Innovation competition, and developing an app for tracking chronic pain in kids.

She is involved in pain education initiatives for both Health Professionals, and children and families. Fiona is Senior Editor on the Pain Editorial Board of www.Aboutkidshealth.ca/pain a SickKIds website for children and families that contains a wealth of information about pain. She is also the medical lead on the development of an online pediatric pain curriculum for prelicensure students and entry level health professionals, based on the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) Curriculum.