Nicole MacKenzie works to understand how health partners can most effectively be helped to work together to apply evidence for children’s pain management.
“When the best available evidence on children’s pain management is put into practice more efficiently and effectively, children’s pain is better managed, reducing or eliminating the potential for long-term physical, psychological, and social consequences.”
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Communication is an interesting thing. We all have perspectives to share and voices to share them with, but what influences what we say and how we say it? While experience and knowledge may drive us in one direction, does convention pin us down in another? As my formal training as an OpenThinker comes to a […]
Research and learning in the space of implementation science is well described in the academic literature – but so much of what I have learned about this field has been watching and learning from others. Particularly, how others come together to engage in knowledge sharing. My latest opportunity to observe this was this October, when […]
By now, most people have probably heard of Chat GPT, a powerful artificial intelligence tool that can answer questions, generate text, create images, and more, all based on information available on the internet. While many of us have probably used Chat GPT for fun (e.g., see this Forbes article on some of the funny and […]
Misinformation is more present than it ever has been. Some estimates suggest that as many as 87% of posts to social media included misinformation related to health information. The Canadian Institutes of Health Research define misinformation as inaccurate or misleading information, which individuals often spread without knowing that the information is inaccurate. This is distinct […]
When we conceptualize and define health, whose perspective matters? How do we decide how to measure and study health? And where does experience and science collide? These were questions I was left pondering after attending an immersive pain science training program this June called the North American Pain School. The program was attended by a […]
Think about the last time you made a decision to try something new or change an old habit. Chances are the way you felt, or what you thought, about the new behaviour impacted whether you decided to do it. For example, a person may be more inclined to act on research that shows that a […]
Thousands of health research articles are published every year. With new evidence constantly being made available, you might assume health practices are also constantly evolving. The reality is, however, less than 15 per cent of clinical research will ever make it into practice. Even when evidence is adopted into practice, this process can take as long as 17 […]
If you have spent any time baking, you have likely noticed that there is typically a core set of ingredients that appear in most recipes, like eggs, milk, and flour. These same ingredients can create something elaborate, like a multi-tier cake, or something simple, like a chocolate chip cookie. Regardless, they always come together to […]
People say that timing is everything. Getting the word out at just the right time. Waiting until you have the perfect story to share. Capturing your audience at the optimal moment. Sharing research is no different. Knowing when it is the right time to share findings and what to say about the evidence are just […]
As recently as the 1980s, it was widely believed that infants did not experience pain. This not only meant limited management of pain, but also meant infants had surgery without any pain management. Fast-forward 40 years – while this harmful practice no longer exists, children’s chronic (i.e., pain lasting at least 3 months) and acute […]
