1. Program schedule

Musculoskeletal conditions and chronic pain among working patients

Session details

Date:

Time:

12:00pm - 1:30pm (Toronto time)

Location:

Zoom videoconferencing

Didactic presentation by:

Andrea Furlan

Session objectives

At the end of this session, participants should be able to:

  1. Describe an approach to examine a person with a musculoskeletal problem
  2. Explain the indications of opioids for nociceptive, neuropathic and nociplastic chronic pain
  3. Cite 10 evidence-based treatments for low back pain

Session resources

Arthritis and Work
Under the Arthritis and Work tab, find resources such as an online accommodation tool, accommodations for people with arthritis, employment rights and responsibilities, and tips for employees on having a conversation about arthritis at work. Source: The Arthritis Society
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Didactic presentation: Musculoskeletal conditions and chronic pain among working patients
In this presentation, Dr. Andrea Furlan discusses an approach to examine a person with a musculoskeletal problems, explains the indications of opioids for nociceptive, neuropathic and nociplastic chronic pain, and cites 10 evidence-based treatments for low back pain.
Download the PDF(2.13 MB)
Motivational interviewing in brief consultations
This module explains what motivational interviewing is, its uses, and explanations. Source: BMJ Learning
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Rehabilitation management of low back pain - it's time to pull it all together!
Tousignant-Laflamme Y, Martel MO, Joshi AB, Cook CE. Rehabilitation management of low back pain - it's time to pull it all together! J Pain Res. 2017 Oct 3;10:2373-2385. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S146485
Read the article in PubMed
Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders - Guide and Tools for Modified Work
Guides and tools to support modified work for musculoskeletal disorders. Source: Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail (IRSST)
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About presenter

Dr. Andrea Furlan is a scientist at the Institute for Work & Health and a physician and senior scientist at the KITE Research Institute at University Health Network. She is also an associate professor in the Department of Medicine’s Division of Physiatry at the University of Toronto.

Furlan is an expert in rehabilitation medicine, chronic pain, systematic reviews, clinical practice guidelines, opioid treatments, cannabis and cannabinoids, and the implementation and evaluation of ECHO projects. Furlan was the first person to bring an ECHO project to Canada in 2014, on chronic pain and opioid stewardship. She has since helped many groups in Ontario start ECHO projects for conditions such as rheumatology, liver disease, epilepsy, mental health, children’s health, care of the elderly and wounds.

Furlan completed her residency in physiatry at the University of São Paulo in Brazil and obtained a PhD in clinical epidemiology from the University of Toronto. She completed a two-year clinical fellowship in physiatry at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute. Furlan received the Canadian Pain Society’s Excellence in Pain Mentorship Award in 2021 and the Pain Excellence Award from the Pain Society of Alberta in 2020.

Case presentations

Most of the learning in ECHO happens through presenting and discussing case presentations. If you have a case you would like to present, please submit a completed case presentation form to the ECHO OEM project coordinator.

Physicians presenting a case may bill OHIP for case conferences (billing codes K707 or K701).