ECHO SESSIONS: THURSDAYS FROM 12:30-2:00PM
This Group Learning program has been certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada for up to 160 Mainpro+ credits.
Didactic Curriculum for 2020
*the agenda is subject to change without notice
Cycle 12
| Date | Didactic Topic | Presenter(s) |
| 2 Jan 2020 | No session | |
| 9 Jan 2020 | The 5 Pillars of Chronic Pain | Andrew Smith |
| 16 Jan 2020 | Clinical Interview and Qualitative Sensory Exam | John Flannery & Mandy McGlynn |
| 23 Jan 2020 | Screening for Psychosocial and Psychiatric Comorbidities | Paul Taenzer & Orit Zamir |
| 30 Jan 2020 | Patient Motivation and Goal Setting | John Flannery |
| 6 Feb 2020 | Aberrant Behaviours | Andrew Smith |
| 13 Feb 2020 | Tapering and Stopping Opioids | Andrea Furlan & Amy Robidas |
| 20 Feb 2020 | No session | |
| 27 Feb 2020 | Switching Opioids | Andrea Furlan & Laura Murphy |
| 5 Mar 2020 | Urine Drug Screening | Andrew Smith |
| 12 Mar 2020 | Back Pain & Spinal Stenosis | John Flannery & Carlo Ammendolia |
| 19 Mar 2020 | No session | |
| 26 Mar 2020 | Headaches (Migraines) in Primary Care Low | Andrew Smith |
| 2 Apr 2020 | Fibromyalgia | John Flannery |
| 9 Apr 2020 | No session | |
| 16 Apr 2020 | Myofascial Pain | Andrea Furlan |
| 23 Apr 2020 | Other types of pain | John Flannery |
| 30 Apr 2020 | Cannabis (Medical Marijuana) & Pain | TBD |
| 7 May 2020 | No session | |
| 14 May 2020 | Movement & Physical Modalities | Mandy McGlynn |
| 21 May 2020 | No session | |
| 28 May 2020 | Pharmacology treatment of pain | Laura Murphy |
| 4 Jun 2020 | Self-Management approaches | Paul Taenzer & Orit Zamir |
| 11 Jun 2020 | The challenging patient | Orit Zamir |
| 18 Jun 2020 | Putting it all together: Creating a Comprehensive | John Flannery |
Cycle 13
| Date | Topic | Presenter(s) |
| 25 Jun 2020 | The 5 Pillars of Chronic Pain | Andrew Smith |
| 2 Jul 2020 | No session | |
| 9 Jul 2020 | No session | |
| 16 Jul 2020 | Clinical Interview and Qualitative Sensory Exam | John Flannery |
| 23 Jul 2020 | Screening for Psychosocial and Psychiatric Comorbidities | Paul Taenzer & Orit Zamir |
| 30 Jul 2020 | Patient Motivation and Goal Setting | John Flannery & Mandy McGlynn |
| 6 Aug 2020 | No session | |
| 13 Aug 2020 | Aberrant Behaviours | Andrew Smith |
| 20 Aug 2020 | Tapering and Stopping Opioids | Andrea Furlan & Amy Robidas |
| 27 Aug 2020 | No session | |
| 3 Sept 2020 | No session | |
| 10 Sept 2020 | No session | |
| 17 Sept 2020 | Switching Opioids | Andrea Furlan & Laura Murphy |
| 24 Sept 2020 | Urine Drug Screening | Andrew Smith |
| 1 Oct 2020 | Central sensitization | John Flannery |
| 8 Oct 2020 | Low Back Pain & Spinal Stenosis | John Flannery |
| 15 Oct 2020 | Headaches (Migraines) in Primary Care | Andrew Smith |
| 22 Oct 2020 | No session | |
| 29 Oct 2020 | Myofascial Pain | Andrea Furlan |
| 5 Nov 2020 | Cannabis (Medical Marijuana) & Pain | TBD |
| 12 Nov 2020 | Movement & Physical Modalities | Mandy McGlynn |
| 19 Nov 2020 | Interventional therapies | TBD |
| 26 Nov 2020 | Non-traditional management | TBD |
| 3 Dec 2020 | Post-Op pain | TBD |
| 10 Dec 2020 | Putting it all together: Creating a Comprehensive | John Flannery |
| 17 Dec 2020 | No session | |
| 24 Dec 2020 | No session | |
| 31 Dec 2020 | No session |