Dashboard: Opioids and Substance Use when Managing Pain in Children and Youth
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April 14th, 2023 | Opioids in Paediatric Pain Management | Dr. Fiona Cambell
- Use strategies to improve safe and effective opioid use for kids
- Describe opioid related harms
- Access resources to support safe and effective opioid use.
April 21st, 2023 | Acute Pain Management | Ashley Harvey and Jacqueline Hanley
- Identify principles of opioid management for acute pain in the in-patient setting.
- Identify signs and symptoms of opioid withdrawal and describe opioid weaning recommendations.
April 28th, 2023 | Chronic Pain, Substance Use and Mental Health | Dr. Marco Battaglia
- Discuss the relationship between paediatric chronic pain, mental health and substance use.
- Describe assessment approaches to and main risk factors for concurrent disorders
- Identify treatment strategies for this patient population
May 5th, 2023 | Cannabis
- Describe the biological vulnerabilities of the developing brain in children and adolescents when exposed to regular cannabis use.
- Discuss specific mental health diagnoses that may be more prevalent in children or adolescents exposed to regular use of cannabis.
- Review current literature supporting evidence for the use of cannabis for pediatric chronic pain
May 12th, 2023 | Methadone | Dr. Genevieve D'Souza
- Review appropriate indications and contraindications for prescribing Methadone in children and summarize potential adverse effects when using Methadone
- Outline the mechanism of action of Methadone
- Discuss Methadone dosing and opioid conversion to Methadone
May 26th, 2023 | Transition from Acute to Chronic Pain | Jennifer Tyrrell and Dr. Lisa Isaac
- Outline risk factors for chronic post-surgical pain
- Describe opioid stewardship within the transitional pain context
- Review the evidence for prevention of chronic pain
- Outline the limitations of evidence for prevention of chronic pain in children
June 2nd, 2023 | Screening for Risks for Development of Substance Use Disorder | Dr. Karen Leslie
- Identify factors the increase the likelihood for the development of Substance Use Disorders
- Describe commonly used screening tools for use with adolescents
- Discuss approaches for intervention across the care continuum
June 9th, 2023 | Substance Use Disorders | Dr. Karen Leslie
- Describe diagnostic criteria for Substance Use Disorders (SUD)
- Discuss evidence based approaches for adolescent SUD
- Identify local and provincial treatment programs and resources
June 16th, 2023 | Cancer Pain
- Distinguish between of different types of cancer pain
- Identify pharmacological pain management strategies for paediatric cancer pain
- Describe a comprehensive pain management plan for paediatric cancer
June 23rd, 2023 | Sickle Cell Pain
- Explain sickle cell disease
- Discuss the pathophysiology of vaso-occlusive crisis and the manifestation of pain
- Describe the role of opioids in the treatment of an acute sickle cell crisis
- Identify non-pharmacological pain management strategies to support patients with sickle cell disease
Paediatric Project ECHO is funded by the Ministry of Health and is a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
