People living with pain often experience many barriers to care, including long waitlists and long travel distances to see a health care provider with specialized training in pain. These barriers can be overcome through improving the availability of high-quality pain education for health care providers, particularly in rural and remote areas.

In this month’s episode of the Pain Waves podcast, we’re joined by Drs. Naj Mian and Rodica Janz, who speak to us about Pain BC’s new education program. The BC ECHO for Chronic Pain is a free and virtual learning community working to reduce barriers to pain care by empowering health care providers of all disciplines with knowledge and resources to provide treatment and care for people with pain in their local communities.

Learn more about the BC ECHO for Chronic Pain: http://painbc.ca/echo

Watch an introduction video on Project ECHO: https://youtu.be/VAMaHP-tEwk

Learn more about Dr. Najam Mian: https://www.cprihealth.ca/about/our-team/

Learn more about Dr. Rodica Janz: https://solis.janeapp.com/locations/solis-integrative-health-centre/book#/staff_member/1/bio