Easing Pain, Advancing Care
Provided by the CHILD-BRIGHT Network in collaboration with Children’s Healthcare Canada.
Children with severe neurological impairments often experience persistent, unexplained pain and irritability, compounded by limited ability to verbally communicate their distress. The CHILD-BRIGHT Pain Pathway team developed the Pain Pathway, a systematic clinical tool designed to support clinicians in assessing and managing pain while improving care for families.
This webinar will provide an overview of the multi-phased project, from clinical trial to implementation. It will highlight the clinical complexity of assessing pain and irritability; the project’s relevance and impact for clinicians, children with health complexity, and their families; as well as key lessons for patient-oriented research and implementation science.
SPEAKERS
Hal Siden is a Clinical Professor at the University of British Columbia and an Investigator at BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute. He is a specialist in pediatric palliative care, and his clinical and research interests include pediatric pain, complex care, and palliative medicine. Dr. Siden is a passionate educator and advocate, and he continues to shape the future of pediatric palliative care through compassionate clinical work and innovative research.
Stephanie Glegg is an Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia and an Investigator at BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute. Dr. Glegg is an implementation scientist who studies the most effective ways to move knowledge into action to improve health, health services delivery, and health systems. Her work supports pediatric and adult populations, and spans individual, organizational, community and policy contexts.
Sharon Hou is an Assistant Professor at Simon Fraser University and a Psychologist and Investigator at BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute. Her clinical and research interests focus on diversity and health equity in child health and wellness, with particular attention to the role of culture in shaping health outcomes. Dr. Hou’s work aims to inform the creation and delivery of culturally responsive interventions to underserved and underrepresented communities of children and families.