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ECHO: Ontario firsts in Thunder Bay
From Oct 26-28, the ECHO SJGC Chronic Pain & Opioid Stewardship Hub hosted a three-day conference on paediatric and adult pain management at St. Joseph’s Care Group in Thunder Bay. Participants in the Project ECHO Boot Camp: Pain Across the Lifespan received hands-on training in workshops on topics including pain neurophysiology, pharmacology for paediatrics, mindfulness, transition from acute to chronic pain, medical marijuana, motivational interviewing, guided injections for common peripheral joint/soft tissue, de-prescribing opioids, and more. The training was accredited by the Continuing Education and Professional Developmen...
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CRaNHR Celebrates 25 Years Northern Health Research
The Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research (CRaNHR) at Laurentian University celebrated its 25th anniversary earlier this year. Originally known as the Northern Health Human Resources Research Unit (NHHRRU), CRaNHR is an academic and applied research centre that conducts interdisciplinary research on rural health, with a focus on improving health services, access to health care in rural and Northern communities, as well as enhancing stakeholders’ knowledge of the health-care system. Though it predates the founding of the Northern Ontario Medical School, CRaNHR and NOSM have developed a strong partnership because of their s...
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NOSM alumnus leads research study
In a study presented Wednesday at the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress in Boston, researchers from Western University showed that the STOP Narcotics protocol halved the amount of opioids prescribed after two types of outpatient surgery, while still adequately treating most patients' post-operative pain. The lead author of the study was Dr. Luke Hartford, a graduate of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine's MD program who is currently a general surgery resident at Western University. "By significantly reducing the amount of opioids prescribed, this decreases the exposure risk and potential for misuse of narcotic me...
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