Grant: Patient-Oriented Research Collaboration Grants

The main goal of this project is to build a new model of how people who are experiencing a transition from unsuccessful tertiary care for chronic pain back to their workplace can document and influence their situation. Using a new technology, called the Video Guestbook, one of the young co-investigators in this project will carry out a case study of himself as he makes this transition back to school. Using short audio/video entries on a regular and on-going basis, he will create and maintain evidence of his journey in learning his new role as a person living with a disabling chronic condition and his communication with others involved in that transition. Different from text and form-filling, this type of data is simple and fun to generate. The data can provide short and compelling evidence about successes, failures, and coping strategies. Also, they can be analysed and shared in order to better monitor and communicate with all people involved including doctors, care workers, family members, educators and others.