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Resources for staff and clinicians to use and interpret with their patients and patient's families.

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Use MyHealth Alberta to find easy to understand health information on many topics, watch videos and access tools such as a symptom checker.

American Migraine Foundation
Discusses treatment advances for patients with migraine and other disabling diseases causing severe head pain.
Calgary Chronic Pain Centre
Educating and empowering people with chronic pain to achieve mental and physical well-being. A partnership between Alberta Health Services and the Cumming School of Medicine.
Calgary Pain Program
The Calgary Pain Program educates and empowers people with chronic pain to achieve mental and physical wellbeing
Canadian Headache Society
The goals of the Canadian Headache Society include research, education, and promotion to promote improved care for patients suffering from headaches and migraines.
Canadian Pain Society
Comprehensive chronic pain information for patients.
Chronic Pain Management Program - Primary Care Network
Calgary Foothills Primary Care Network’s Chronic Pain Management Program provides specialized care to patients with neuro-musculoskeletal chronic pain.
Getting a Grip on Pain & the Brain
Dr. Lorimer Moseley, 2013.
Life is Now Pain Care
Healthcare education and technology company, supporting those living with chronic pain.
Migraine Canada
Authored by doctors and health professionals, this site offers numerous options to treat migraine attacks in patients.
Migraine Canada Patient Videos
YouTube patient videos on acute migraine attacks, including treatment options.
Migraine.com
A platform enabling migraine patients to learn and connect with fellow patients and healthcare professionals.
Pain BC
Pain BC is a collaborative non-profit organization made up of people in pain, health care providers, and leaders from universities, government, business and the non-profit sector. We aim to improve the lives of people in pain through education, empowerment and innovation.
The Pain Toolkit App: Helping People with Persistent Pain
Scott Harrington, 2015.
Psychology Works Fact Sheet: Chronic Pain
This fact sheet has been prepared for the Canadian Psychological Association by Dr. John Kowal of the
Ottawa Hospital Rehabilitation Centre.
Treating Pain Using the Brain
Dr. David Butler, 2015.
Understanding Pain in Less Than 5 Minutes
YouTube, 2013.

AHS-reviewed and Alberta-optimized patient teaching handouts are available within Connect Care and at MyHealth.Alberta.ca/handouts. Within Connect Care, educational handouts are about care instructions related to various medical conditions, treatments, medications, before and after care as well as brief general info. These can be favorited by HCPs for future quick access, personalized with some specific instructions to a patient and then added to the After Visit Summary.

Lippincott, DynaMed, and Lexidrug offer additional sources of patient information, which you may consider using to support your patient's information needs. Use your clinical judgment when deciding if one of these supplementary sources is right for your patient. In DynaMed, use the search box to find a relevant topic, and use the left side navigation to select the "Patient Information" heading. In Lippincott Advisor, see the "Patient Teaching Handouts" section and in Lexidrug you'll find a "Patient Education" tab in the top menu.

See our related FAQ - What source should I use for patient education materials?

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