Project ECHO Telementoring Intervention for Managing Chronic Pain in Primary Care: Insights from a Qualitative Study
Author(s) -
Leslie Carlin,
Jane Zhao,
Ruth Dubin,
Paul Taenzer,
Hannah Sidrak,
Andrea D Furlan
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
pain medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.893
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1526-4637
pISSN - 1526-2375
DOI - 10.1093/pm/pnx233
Subject(s) - focus group , medicine , chronic pain , qualitative research , nursing , intervention (counseling) , primary care , family medicine , physical therapy , social science , marketing , sociology , business
Family physicians in Canada receive little training in chronic pain management; concomitantly, they face increasing pressure to reduce their prescribing of opioids. Project ECHO Ontario Chronic Pain/Opioid Stewardship (ECHO) is a telementoring intervention for primary care practitioners that enhances their pain management skills. This qualitative study reports participants' experiences and assessment of ECHO.
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