Grant: Dissemination Events - PA: Musculoskeletal Hlth, Arthritis, Skin & Oral Health

More than half of all Canadians suffer from some form of chronic pain during their lives and only 50% of those describe their pain as "controlled". Findings from several studies suggest that the model of health professionals with different expertise working together to provide care has the potential to provide the best care and improved outcomes for individuals with chronic pain and this approach is supported by the Canadian clinical practice guidelines. The Centre of Expertise in Chronic Pain (CECP) in collaboration with several Agences de santé et de services sociaux (ASSS) and Centres de santé et de services sociaux (CSSS) and the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MSSS) of Quebec is implementing and evaluating an integrated and interdisciplinary primary care program for patients suffering from sub-acute low back pain as part of a larger strategic initiative aimed at building continuums of care for chronic pain. The program is being implemented in the CSSS west-island in Montreal region and will be replicated in three other CSSS. The purpose of this dissemination grant is to develop a web-based platform that will allow members of the CECP, collaborating clinical sites, clinicians, patients and decision makers interested in chronic pain management to interact and share common tools that can be used to implement evidence-informed care for chronic pain; to expand the knowledge gained and tools developed to other regions; to allow the creation of online communities of practice on chronic pain. We will gradually build on the website the CECP at the MUHC has just started to develop to provide the community with online resources on chronic pain, guided by feedback from end users of the site including clinicians, decision makers, and patients.