Development of a national pain management competency profile to guide entry-level physiotherapy education in Canada.

Autor: Augeard N; School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada., Bostick G; Department of Physical Therapy, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada., Miller J; School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada., Walton D; School of Physical Therapy, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada., Tousignant-Laflamme Y; School of Rehabilitation, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada., Hudon A; School of Rehabilitation, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada., Bussières A; School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada., Cooper L; Canadian Injured Workers Alliance, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada., McNiven N; Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada., Thomas A; School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada., Singer L; School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada., Fishman SM; Davis School of Medicine, University of California, Sacramento, California, USA., Bement MH; Department of Physical Therapy, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA., Hush JM; Department of Health Professions, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia., Sluka KA; Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA., Watt-Watson J; Lawrence S Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada., Carlesso LC; School of Rehabilitation Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada., Dufour S; School of Rehabilitation Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada., Fletcher R; Department of Physical Therapy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada., Harman K; School of Physiotherapy, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada., Hunter J; Department of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada., Ngomo S; Department of Health Science, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada., Pearson N; Department of Physical Therapy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada., Perreault K; Department of Rehabilitation Science, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Québec City, Quebec, Canada., Shay B; Department of Physical Therapy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada., Stilwell P; School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada., Tupper S; School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada., Wideman TH; School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Canadian journal of pain = Revue canadienne de la douleur [Can J Pain] 2022 Jan 11; Vol. 6 (1), pp. 1-11. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jan 11 (Print Publication: 2022).
DOI: 10.1080/24740527.2021.2004103
Abstrakt: Background: National strategies from North America call for substantive improvements in entry-level pain management education to help reduce the burden of chronic pain. Past work has generated a valuable set of interprofessional pain management competencies to guide the education of future health professionals. However, there has been very limited work that has explored the development of such competencies for individual professions in different regions. Developing profession-specific competencies tailored to the local context is a necessary first step to integrate them within local regulatory systems. Our group is working toward this goal within the context of entry-level physiotherapy (PT) programs across Canada.
Aims: This study aimed to create a consensus-based competency profile for pain management, specific to the Canadian PT context.
Methods: A modified Delphi design was used to achieve consensus across Canadian university-based and clinical pain educators.
Results: Representatives from 14 entry-level PT programs (93% of Canadian programs) and six clinical educators were recruited. After two rounds, a total of 15 competencies reached the predetermined endorsement threshold (75%). Most participants (85%) reported being "very satisfied" with the process.
Conclusions: This process achieved consensus on a novel pain management competency profile specific to the Canadian PT context. The resulting profile delineates the necessary abilities required by physiotherapists to manage pain upon entry to practice. Participants were very satisfied with the process. This study also contributes to the emerging literature on integrated research in pain management by profiling research methodology that can be used to inform related work in other health professions and regions.
Competing Interests: The nature of participatory research is that stakeholders are participants and are expected to have investments in the area researched; this investment is part of the research process. Consistent with this approach to research, the majority of the authors are university lecturers or professors focusing on pain education and receive a salary for this work. In addition, the following authors report financial compensation and/or royalties related to their work in pain education outside of their academic positions: DW, YTL, LS, MHB, RF, NP, and TW.
(© 2022 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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