Pain Workshop

Objectives   Description   Dates and Locations

Pain is the most prevalent and distressing symptom associated with cancer. It's also a complex symptom that is difficult to assess and manage effectively. And while significant evidence and best practice guidelines exist, these have not resulted in a change in practice.

To address this gap, the de Souza Institute is designing and offering a Cancer Pain Management Workshop. The workshop will use a variety of learning approaches to explore evidence-based principles and strategies for assessing and managing pain related to cancer and its treatments.

Cancer Pain Management Workshops: Principles and Practice.

Objectives:
By participating in these interactive cased-based workshops, nurses will:

  1. Explore and practice comprehensive approaches to cancer pain assessment
  2. Understand evidence-based pharmacological interventions to manage cancer pain and related symptoms
  3. Develop skill and confidence in communicating pain assessment findings with patients, families and other health professionals

Description:
de Souza Cancer Pain Management Workshops are tailored to meet the needs of nurses practising in different settings and work environments around the province. One and two-day workshops are offered.

One day workshops employ a combination of lecture- and interactive, case-based- styles intended to translate complex ideas about pain and related symptoms to practical and easy-to-understand practices.

In two-days workshops, day two builds on content explored on day one. Use of simulation with expert standardized patients provides a safe and fun way to "try out" new skills and ideas around assessment of pain, treatment-related adverse effects and complications, and challenging communication scenarios with patients, families and other health professionals.

For more information, please contact us at painnurse@desouzanurse.ca

Dates and Locations:
  • Monday, January 18, 2010 and Monday, February 1, 2010 (2-day workshop): St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Friday, January 29 and Saturday, January 30 2010 (2-day workshop): Royal Victoria Hospital, 201 Georgian Drive, Barrie, Ontario.
  • Friday, February 26, 2010 (1-day workshop): York Central Hospital, 10 Trench Avenue, Richmond Hill, Ontario.
  • Wednesday, March 3, 2010 (1-day workshop): Kirkland Lake, Ontario.
  • Thursday, March 4, 2010 (1-day workshop): New Liskeard, Ontario.
  • Thursday, April 8, 2010 (1-day workshop): Mon Sheong Scarborough Long Term Care Centre, 2030 McNicoll Ave., Scarborough, Ontario.
  • Thursday, April 15, 2010 (1-day workshop): The Dalby House, Upper Grand Family Health Team, 143 Metcalf Street, Elora, Ontario.
  • Friday, April 23 and Wednesday, April 28, 2010 (2-day workshop): Oshawa Tosca Conference and Banquet Centre, 800 Champlain Avenue, Oshawa, Ontario.
  • Thursay, May 6, 2010 (1-day workshop): Welland County Hospital (in the Auditorium), Niagara Health System, 63 Third Street, Welland, Ontario
  • Saturday, May 8, 2010 (1-day workshop): Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, 980 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay Ontario.
  • Thursday, May 13, 2010 (1-day workshop): Mon Sheong Scarborough Long Term Care Centre, 030 McNicoll Ave., Scarborough, Ontario.
  • Wednesday, June 9, 2010 (1-day workshop): Bayshore in Wellington Dufferin Counties, Ontario.
  • Thursday, June 17, 2010 (1-day workshop): Windsor Hospice, Ontario.

Cost: Free of charge to all Ontario nurses who provide care for oncology patients in any setting and phase of the cancer care journey, regardless of practice role.

To register: To receive information when it becomes available, please complete the registration form here.


Pain Workshop