We are offering an Online Opioid Self-Assessment Program (SAP) to help participants identify areas where improvement is required. This program’s target population is physicians, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, medical educators, medical students, and medical residents. The ultimate goal is to close the gap between knowledge and action with regard to the use of opioids for chronic non-cancer pain. The 2017 Canadian Opioid Guideline recommendations were developed to help physicians make appropriate decisions to start a trial of opioid therapy for CNCP and to guide them in the monitoring of long-term opioid therapy, the detection of situations involving misuse, including addiction, and the appropriate response to such situations. The Guideline was updated in 2025 and the content of the educational program has been modified based on the 2025 Canadian Opioid Guideline. The instructional design of the program is knowledge-based. There will be case-based learning (e.g., vignettes and discussions), question-and-answer periods, and Self-assessment questions throughout the course.
Keywords: Chronic Pain
Chronic Pain Care for Indigenous Patients – Asynchronous Online Learning Module
“Chronic Pain Care for Indigenous Patients” is an online asynchronous learning course intended to educate physicians on the provision of culturally-safer, trauma-informed chronic pain care for Indigenous Peoples in Canada. The course is organized into four section that cover the following content:
1) an overview of the historical and ongoing colonial policies and practices in Canada that impact the health of Indigenous Peoples and their experiences when accessing the healthcare system;
2) an introduction to chronic pain and approaches to pain care based on Western medical and Indigenous perspectives, including a patient-centred examination of the barriers that Indigenous patients face in accessing chronic pain care;
3) recommendations for providing high quality culturally-safer care to Indigenous individuals with chronic pain;
4) guidance for accessing supports when caring for Indigenous patients and resources for further learning.
The course incorporates interactive self-guided components throughout the content slides and includes opportunities to reinforce learning in the form of embedded case examples, reflection questions, and quizzes. Learners also have an opportunity to ask the course facilitator questions that are moderated and displayed, along with facilitator responses, on the learning platform.