Pain Foundations

As a health care provider, the current tools for managing chronic pain might feel incomplete. Pain Foundations is designed to bridge that gap, empowering you to move from clinical observation to compassionate partnership.

Our compact, online program offers you the keys to unlock more effective, clinically relevant outcomes for your patients.
    • Audience
      Health Professionals
  • Modules
    5
  • Duration
    18 Hrs
  • Certificate
    Upon Completion

Learning outcomes

This program is rooted in trauma-informed care and collaborative communication so that you can support a person living with pain.  By the end of this journey, you will be equipped to: 
  • Honor the individual: Recognize pain as a complex, subjective reality unique to every human being. 
  • Translate the science: Master the biology of the nervous system to provide patients with clear, actionable insights into their chronic pain. 
  • Lead with equity: Identify and dismantle the stigma and systemic barriers such as ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomic status that prevent marginalized voices from being heard. 
  • Build bridges: Practice the culturally safe communication skills essential for a resilient therapeutic partnership. 
  • Collaborative care: Shift from prescribing medication to collaborating on pain assessments and total pain management plans. 

Modules

Modules

Why you should take this program

  • Clinically relevant: Non-pharmacological approaches to managing chronic pain are more important than ever. Developed in consultation with clinical experts and people living with pain, Pain Foundations will enable you to gain foundational knowledge in chronic pain and pain management and serves as a basis for more advanced learning.
  • Brought to you by Canada’s pain experts: Pain Foundations was developed by Pain BC, a national and international leader in chronic pain. We offer Pain BC Certification, a stamp of quality recognized around the world.
  • Online, compact and self-paced: Learn at your own pace and from the comfort of your home or office, with minimal time from your practice, family and life.
  • Earn CME Credits

Faculty

Contributors and reviewers
(Pain Foundations – 1st version)

Terri Aldred, MD
Terri Betts, BSc (Pharm), ACPR
Wesley Buch, PhD R.Psych
Donna Buna, BSc Pharm, PharmC
Michael Butterfield, MD
May Caprio, PhD, R.Psych
Sarah Derman, RN; Ada Glustein, MA (Ed)
Bruce Hobson, MD
Najam Mian, MD
Janice Muir, CNS
Neil Pearson, PT, MSC (RHBS), BA-BPHE, C-IAYT, ERYT500
Brenda Poulton, MN, RN, NP(A)
Arun Radhakrishnan, MD
Lindsey Rite, BSc (Kin), DC, CSEP-CEP
Cameron Ross, MD
Susan Reid-Schellinck, BSc (OT)
Pamela Squire, MD
Shirley Sze, MD
Davidicus Wong, MD.
Contributors and reviewers
(current Pain Foundations Program)

Wesley Buch, PhD R.Psych
Judy Dercksen, MD
Arun Radhakrishnan, MD
Susan Reid-Schellinck, BSc (OT)
Shirley Sze, MD.