Professional Development

The vision of the Pain Society of Alberta includes being leaders and advocates for continuing professional development for all allied health care providers in Alberta and beyond. In order to promote access to evidence based education, we have gathered information about available courses for your consideration. We believe quality educational resources such as these help improve clinical practice and allow patients to more easily participate in their care.

Disclaimer: Please Read Carefully

The Pain Society of Alberta (PSA) does not endorse individual professional development opportunities. This is simply a repository for your review.

* If you would like to share an educational opportunity, related to pain, please email your information to team@painab.ca.

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WISE PRESCRIBING
This course provides opportunities for you to review the principles and guidelines for opioid tapering, reflect on your own practices and discuss enablers and barriers with the workshop facilitator and peers. There are offerings of self-learning as well as small group learning activities in this course.
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CERTIFICATE IN PAIN MANAGEMENT
University of Alberta pain management course.
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ALBERTA OPIOID DEPENDENCY TREATMENT VIRTUAL TRAINING COURSE
The focus of the Alberta Opioid Dependency Treatment Virtual Training Course is to provide healthcare providers with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes required to work with patients who have opioid use disorder (OUD).  
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NOI GROUP: EXPLAIN PAIN
Well delivered Explain Pain education currently has the best outcomes of any intervention for persistent pain.
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RECONCILING BIOMECHANICS WITH PAIN SCIENCE
This 2-day course is geared toward exercise prescription, symptom modification and graded exposure for injury management and simple techniques to start addressing the psychosocial aspects that influence both pain and performance.
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OPIOID USE PLAYLIST
Alberta Health Services and Mental Health eLearning sessions dedicated to opioid use disorder treatment and addiction management.