Connected Care is a program that works to enhance experience with transitions and build confidence, competence and shared understanding among children with medical complexity, their families and health care providers. Located at SickKids, Connected Care offers a range of services and partners across the continuum of care to coordinate, improve health and safety, spread standards of paediatric practice and deliver greater value across the health system.
Day 1
March 6th, 2025 | 800 – 1630
Day 1 will deliver presentations and workshops on how to explain pain, practical pain management skills, physical and psychological assessment as well as acute pain management including “CARD“.
Day 2
March 7th, 2025 | 800 – 1400
Day 2 will require participants to apply the skills and knowledge delivered in Day 1 during the interactve simulation and case-based learning activities. Following, participants will join the rest of the Pain Management ECHO community for a Core Competency Webinar.
General Resources:
- Pain Metaphors for Children
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome in Children
- The IASP classification of chronic pain for ICD-11
Video Resources:
Simulation Forms, Resources and Materials:
Form to be completed:
Resources and Materials:
Day 1 | Agenda
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800 | Registration & Breakfast
Join us for breakfast in the gallery of the SickKids Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning (PGCRL).
900 | Overview of Pain in Children | Dr. Naiyi Sun
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Describe the context of chronic pain in children
- Describe the prevalence of chronic pain in children, and common pediatric pain presentations/diagnoses
- Describe the importance of assessing pain in children using a biopsychosocial model
920 | How to Explain Pain | Sara Klein (30 minutes)
- Describe the importance of pain neuroscience as part of chronic pain treatment
- Review the basic neuroscience of chronic pain
- Review how to explain pain to children and their families in order to improve readiness for 3P approach for intervention
950 | Physical Assessment | Brittany Wu (30 minutes)
Learning Objectives
- Explain a systematic approach to support and guide a physical assessment of a child in persistent pain.
- Identify key features in a neuromuscular assessment in the context of a child presenting with persistent pain.
- Build confidence in recognizing how to be creative with assessment skills in varying circumstances when assessing a child in pain either in-person or virtually.
1020 | Break
1030 | Acute Pain Management | Dr. Heather Cary (45 minutes)
Learning Objectives
- Reflect on pain assessment tools
- Develop approaches to acute pain management
- Apply your approach to clinical cases
1115 | Break
1125 | EDI Workshop | Alicia Hayes & Riley Featherston (60 minutes)
- Review the connection between health equity and unconscious bias
- Describe how our social positionality influences our biases
- Describe the impact of unconscious bias on clinical care
- Discuss critical self-reflection strategies to foster culturally safe patient care in pain management
1225 | Lunch & Booth Exhibit
1330 | Learn how the CARD system minimizes needle procedure anxiety and pain so everyone wins | Dana Kondo (30 minutes)
Learning Objectives
- Describe how the CARD system minimizes needle procedure-related fear and pain
- Differentiate how the CARD system differs from traditional healthcare provider-led approaches for pediatric procedural pain management
- Evaluate current approaches and how the CARD system can be incorporated into your healthcare setting
1400 | Body Break
1410 | Psychological Assessment | Dr. Danielle Ruskin (30 minutes)
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Recognize patient criteria for psychological assessment
- Identify key components of a pain psychology assessment
- Discuss strategies to build engagement during the assessment of psychological factors
- Identify important considerations when assessing cases with significant mental health needs
1440 | Break
1450 | Rotating Practical Pain Management Workshop - Building a Toolkit (90 minutes)
- Mindfulness
- Sleep
- Return to School
- Progressive Muscle Relaxation
- Desensitization
1620 | Closing & Wrap-Up
Day 2 | Agenda
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800 | Breakfast & Community Building
Join us in the Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning Gallery (2nd Floor) for breakfast and networking.
845 | Simulation Activities | SimKids Team
Participants will rotate through 2 Scenarios:
Simulation Scenario 1: Pain Assessment – Getting patient history
Learning Objectives:
- Learners will identify at least 3 of the correct domains of the biopsychosocial assessment of pain including attitudes/beliefs, physical function, sleep, school, emotional, family, social
- Learners will demonstrate effective interviewing skills to complete the assessment of the above domains for both patient and caregiver
- Learners will demonstrate a collaborative interprofessional team approach to complete a subjective assessment
Simulation Scenario 2: Physical & Psychological Assessment
Learning Objectives:
- Learners will demonstrate a pain focused physical examination.
- Learners will review the limits of confidentiality with patient
- Learners will demonstrate an assessment of substance use and psychosocial function with the adolescent on their own.
1200 | Lunch & ECHO Session: Conversation about Pain l Dr. Ardith Baerveldt
The ECHO Session will be broadcasted in an event room where you will join the rest of the ECHO community.
1300 | Takeaway Celebrations
Dr. Naiyi Sun will facilitate reflections and key takeaways to end the November 2024 ECHO Education Event.
Speakers & Facilitators
Dr. Naiyi Sun, MD
Anaesthesiologist | ECHO Medical Lead
Sara Klein, PT
Physiotherapist | ECHO Medical Lead
Brittany Wu, PT
Physiotherapist
Dr. Danielle Ruskin, C.Psych
Clinical Psychologist
Dana Kondo, MSc, CCLS
Certified Child Life Specialist
Dr. Heather Cary, MD
Attending Physician, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Linda Nguyen, BScN, MN
Interprofessional Education Specialist
Erin Lawson, OT
Occupational Therapist
Alicia Hayes, BSc, BScN, RN, MPH
Interprofessional Education Specialist
Riley Featherston, RN, MN
Interprofessional Education Specialist
Alison Dodds, RN, BScN, MEd
SickKids Simulation Educator
Jennifer Allegro, MSc, SLP(C) Reg. CASLPO
Interprofessional Education Specialist
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