Webinar Series: Chronic Pain, The Journey Forward
This successful series of free webinars provided help and credible information for people living with pain and their families. CIRPD presented this series in collaboration with community partners with partial funding by the Province of BC through the Direct Access/Community Gaming Grants.
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Past Webinars
Building Hope: the Way Through Pain to Self-Management and Recovery
August 18, 2011 at 2pm Pacific
Neil Pearson
The focus in this webinar will be to help build hope for how to work towards self-management and recovery based on some of the latest research on pain management.
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Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction as a Strategy in Reducing Pain
September 28, 2011 at 2:00pm (PDT)
Linda Turner RN, PhD
This webinar will provide an introduction to the power of mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) as a simple technique that can be employed in a variety of ways to improve overall wellness and to help in managing chronic pain.
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Utilizing Science, Technology and the Arts to Transform Pain
October 19th, 2011 at 2:00pm (PDT)
Diane Gromala, PhD
Prof. Gromala will provide an overview of the exciting potential of new technologies and interaction design in helping to improve the lives of people who live with long-term chronic pain.
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The Pain Toolkit: Tools for Self-management
November 17, 2011 at 12:30pm (PST) 3:30pm (EST)
Pam Squire, MD, CCFP
Dr. Squire will take us on a guided tour of the resources offered in the Pain Toolkit which is co-authored by a collaborative of Canadian pain specialists, researchers and people living with pain.
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Workplace Accommodation: Integrating Knowledge and Experience to Inform Decision-making and Practice
November 24th, 2011 at 1:00pm (PST) 4:00pm (EST)
Douglas J. Kube, CHSC, EP
Doug Kube will be presenting on the importance of workplace accommodation. His talk will touch on some new research on workplace accommodation as well as innovative practices being used by employers currently.
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Positive Coping with Chronic Pain
January 23, 2012 at 2:00pm (PST) 5:00pm (EST)
Joti Samra, R Psych.
Dr. Samra will be discussing the role that positive coping can have in relation to reducing pain and living well with chronic pain.
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Out-thinking Pain: How the Mind can Control Pain
February 21, 2012 at 11:00am (PST) 2:00pm (EST)
Catherine Bushnell, PhD
Dr. Bushnell will be discussing how current brain imaging techniques show how psychological factors have an important influence on pain perception.
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Chronic Pain Self-Management: Past, Present and Future
February 29, 2012 at 2:00pm (PST) 5:00pm (EST)
Patrick McGowan, Ph.D.
Dr. McGowan will provide an outline of where self-management came from, where it is now, and where we will be going in the future.
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Credible Information
CIRPD is a registered charitable organization with the goal of translating high quality research into useful information for consumers, health professionals, human resource personnel and others with interests in pain, pain-related suffering and disability. CIRPD does not receive pharmaceutical support and relies on donations and unrestricted educational grants. We welcome your support. CIRPD is an affiliate organization member of the Canadian Cochrane Centre.