I apply biopsychosocial reasoning to the person-centered comprehensive assessment of people with pain
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- I demonstrate empathetic, compassionate, and trauma-informed* communication during pain assessment
- I assess client/patient preferences and values to determine pain-related goals and priorities
- I communicate diagnoses and prognoses compassionately and effectively
*trauma-informed: providing trauma-informed care is not necessarily about treating symptoms or syndromes related to trauma. Rather, it is about delivering services in a way that is welcoming and appropriate to the special needs of those affected by trauma (from http://trauma-informed.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Trauma-informed_Toolkit.pdf)
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Listening is therapy: Patient interviewing from a pain science perspective. By Diener I, Kargela M, Louw A.
COMPASS Interpersonal Skills Development Workshop by Dave Walton, Jasdeep Dhir, and Jim Millard
Trauma and the Pelvic Floor – through Pelvic Health Solutions
Trauma-Informed Toolkit – A resource for service organizations and providers to deliver services that are trauma-informed
Musculoskeletal Clinical Translation Framework – From Knowing to Doing (an e-book out of Curtin University)
Healthy, Wealthy, and Smart – Episode 262: Prof. Peter O’Sullivan: Reconceptualizing Pain
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