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National Survey: Help Shape the Future of Adult Pain Care in Canada

📢 National Survey: Help Inform the Development of Canada’s Adult Pain Standard

The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI), in collaboration with the Chronic Pain Network (CPN) and McMaster University, invites healthcare professionals across Canada to participate in a national survey assessing the acceptability of the draft Adult Pain Standard, currently being developed by Health Standards Organization (HSO).

The survey aims to gather perspectives on the proposed expectations outlined in the draft standard, including which expectations healthcare professionals consider acceptable or unacceptable, how satisfactory they find them, and the reasons behind their perspectives.

Findings from this study will help inform potential revisions to the draft standard and contribute to ongoing efforts to improve adult pain care across Canada.

👥 Who Can Participate?

The survey is open to professionals involved in delivering, coordinating, or supporting adult pain care across Canada, including:

  • Healthcare leaders and administrators
  • Clinicians and healthcare providers
  • Professionals involved in pain care coordination and service delivery
  • Other professionals supporting adult pain care

📋 Survey Details

📅 Deadline: November 30, 2026
⏱️ Time Commitment: Approximately 15 minutes
🌐 Languages: English and French
🔒 Confidentiality: No names or contact information will be collected
✅ Participation: Voluntary; participants may skip questions or withdraw at any time

🔗 Participate in the Survey

⁠Take the National Adult Pain Standard Acceptability Survey

Both English and French versions are accessible through the same survey link.

ℹ️ Additional Information

This OHRI-led study is separate from HSO’s public consultation. The research team will share a summary of the findings with HSO to help inform potential revisions to the draft Adult Pain Standard.

For questions or additional information about the study, please contact jolson@ohri.ca.

MSK Network members and colleagues are encouraged to participate and share this opportunity with eligible professionals across their networks.

Your perspectives can help inform the future of adult pain care in Canada!

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Share Your Perspectives on Biomechanics in Osteoarthritis Research and Clinical Care

The Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) Human Movement Biomechanics Discussion Group is conducting a global survey to understand how researchers and healthcare professionals perceive and use biomechanics in osteoarthritis research and clinical care.

The findings will help identify priorities for future research, training, and resource development, while informing strategies to translate biomechanical knowledge more effectively into osteoarthritis research and care.

The survey explores:

  • What researchers and clinicians consider to be biomechanics
  • How biomechanical approaches are currently used or not used
  • Perceptions of the role and need for biomechanics
  • Factors that influence the use or non-use of biomechanics

Who can participate?

Researchers conducting osteoarthritis research and healthcare professionals involved in osteoarthritis care are invited to participate.

You do not need to be a biomechanist or currently use biomechanics to participate. Perspectives from those who currently use biomechanics and those who do not are equally important to understanding experiences across different professions and settings.

🌍 Survey: Global
⏱️ Time commitment: Approximately 10–20 minutes

Learn more: Poster

Questions? Contact: Jade at jadehe@stanford.edu and Karl at kdm40@bath.ac.uk

Take the survey: Survey Link

Please consider participating and sharing the survey with relevant colleagues and professional networks.

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Help Shape the Future of Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis (PTOA) Research

Researchers at the University of British Columbia, in collaboration with La Trobe University and the Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis (PTOA) Discussion Group, are conducting an international study to identify research priorities for post-traumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA).

The study aims to identify the most important unanswered research questions related to PTOA, osteoarthritis that develops after a joint injury. The findings will help guide future research and care to better reflect the needs and perspectives of people affected by or involved in PTOA.

The research team is seeking perspectives from:

  • People who have experienced a joint injury and may be at risk of PTOA or are living with PTOA
  • Caregivers
  • Healthcare providers
  • Researchers
  • Policy-makers
  • Representatives of funding agencies, charities, organizations, and universities

Participation involves two online surveys (approximately one hour in total), completed 2–3 months apart.

Interested in Participating?

Learn more and check your eligibility: Poster

If you are interested in participating, please access the survey here: Survey Link

For questions about the study, please contact Jenna Schulz at jenna.schulz@ubc.ca.

Principal Investigator: Dr. Jackie Whittaker, Associate Professor, Physical Therapy, University of British Columbia.

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Clinician Participants Needed – Knee Osteoarthritis Practice Survey

Researchers at Western University are inviting healthcare professionals involved in the management of knee osteoarthritis to participate in a brief online survey examining current clinical practices.

This study aims to identify commonly used diagnostic and treatment strategies and explore potential differences between clinical guidelines and real-world practice. The findings will help inform future clinical recommendations and healthcare resource planning.

Participation Details

• Survey takes approximately 5–10 minutes

• Participation is voluntary

• Conducted securely via Qualtrics

• Participants may optionally indicate interest in a follow-up interview

Eligibility Criteria

Participants must be:

• A registered healthcare professional (e.g., general practitioner, physiotherapist, occupational therapist, rheumatologist, orthopedic specialist, or related provider)

• Currently treating or have experience managing patients with knee osteoarthritis

• Practicing for at least 1 year

• Able to read and write in English

🔗 Access the survey:

https://uwo.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_23NJtoHRhsLgIcK

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Call for Participants: Digital Health Usability Survey

The OutcomesRUS Lab, based at the Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (RI-MUHC, McGill University), is conducting a research study to develop a measure that identifies key indicators of usability in digital health technologies.

The research team is seeking feedback from individuals who currently use or have experience with digital health tools.

You may be eligible to participate if you use:

  • Wearable health technologies (e.g., Fitbit, Oura Ring)

  • Health or activity-tracking applications (e.g., Strava or similar apps)

Your input will help improve the design and usability of future digital health technologies by ensuring they reflect real user experiences.

🔗 Survey link:

https://forms.gle/T5YfbJb8zqajGKEt8

Thank you for contributing to research that supports better digital health solutions.

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Improve Knee Joint Health Through Exercise – Study

The Mobilize Lab at the University of Waterloo is recruiting participants between the ages of 25 to 44 years old, who are currently sedentary (> 20 minutes of exercise per day) to participate in their research study.

Participants will receive 16-weeks of FREE virtual resistance training, $50 after study completion, and those who regularly exercise will be entered into bi-weekly giveaways valued at $25!

Over a 20-week period, you will be asked to complete 3 online exercise classes per week, and visit the University of Waterloo (2x) and St. Joseph’s Healthcare in Hamilton (2x) to:

  • Take MRI scans of your knee before and after a treadmill walk to measure cartilage
  • Assess body size measurements
  • Collect blood, to measure immune and inflammatory cells
  • Analyze how your leg moves, to measure forces inside the knee
  • Complete questionnaires to assess your activity and health

To learn more visit: https://uwaterloo.ca/mobilize-clinical-biomechanics-lab/projects/do-you-need-momentum-get-active

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Wording Approaches for the Strength of Recommendation – Survey

The McMaster GRADE Centre is seeking participants to complete a brief 5-minute survey on how to phrase health recommendations for broad audiences.

Access the brief survey here: https://www.research.net/r/RecWordingApproaches

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Help Shape Canada’s Bone Health Research for the Next Decade!

OsNET and the University of Waterloo are conducting a priority setting survey and looking for researchers, healthcare professionals, policy makers, other knowledge users, or persons with lived experience related to bone disease to share their voice in a two-step survey.

There are two steps in the study, both anonymous. The first step invites participants to submit what they think are important research priorities (up to five) related to bone health for Canadians in the next 10 years. Once all submissions are received, we will streamline and group them. It takes 10-15 minutes to complete the survey.

For step two, we will invite you to score submitted research priorities in groupings that are relevant to you. The criteria we will use to evaluate the research priorities relate to whether the research questions are answerable, have the potential to reduce the burden of bone disease or advance the field, and are accessible to, or are beneficial for equity-deserving groups. It takes about 10-30 minutes to complete the survey. Your submitted scores will be used to establish research priorities for bone health in Canadians over the next 10 years.

If you are interested in participating, please contact Research Assistant Hung Nguyen: hm5nguyen@uwaterloo.ca

For more information: https://osnet.ca/platforms/research-platform-2-clinical-research/osnet-priority-setting-project/?fb-edit=1

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Seeking Participants – Survey on Telerehabilitation

If you are a rehabilitation patient who receives or has already received their care via telerehabilitation or who would be interested in telerehabilitation you are invited to participate in University of Montreal survey on your experiences.

Duration: Approximately 20 minutes

To participate please access this link: https://bit.ly/Sondage_Patients_Telereadaptation_Patients_Telerehabilitation_Survey

Contact Dahlia Dairy at 514-343-6111 ext. 14691 or at dahlia.kairy@umontreal.ca for a paper or PDF version, or if you need help completing the survey.

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Perspectives of Firefighters and Clinicians on the Causes and Management of Work-Related Shoulder Disorders – Seeking Participants

Clinicians (Physiotherapists, Orthopaedic Surgeons, Occupational Therapists) are invited to join a study on the causes and management of work-related shoulder disorders among firefighters. Eligible participants must have treated at least one firefighter with a work-related shoulder disorder/injury.

If you volunteer to participate, you will be asked to:

  • Complete a demographic survey on Qualtrics (3 minutes)
  • Do a phone, online or face-to-face interview about your perspectives on the causes and management of work-related shoulder disorders. (30-45 minutes).

Participants will receive a $25 CAD Amazon gift card following a 30-45 mins semi-structures interview.

To participate: https://uwo.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4PdNNqDE28EPGtM
Contact: tosifeso@uwo.ca for further inquires.