Supporting Chronic Pain in General Practice through Shared Medical Appointment (SMA) Grants
Background
General practitioners are now seeing more people with chronic pain, encounters have risen by 67% over 10 years. COORDINARE - South Eastern NSW PHN is proposing to commission general practices to implement the Chronic Pain Self-Management (CPSM) Shared Medical Appointments program into their practice workflow, to contribute to better health outcomes for people living with chronic pain.
Applicants must be willing to identify and recruit patients to participate in a Chronic Pain Self-Management Shared Medical Appointment program, provide input and feedback on the program resources utilised during these sessions, and provide recommendations for future delivery of the program. There is funding of up to $15,000 ex. GST per practice available for 12 months from contract commencement.
General practices in the South Eastern NSW region who have an interest in chronic pain management are welcome to apply for this project. Practices must have the capacity to interrogate their data to identify eligible patients and be willing to prioritise and implement project activities over a 12 month project period from July 2023.
SMAs (or group consultations) are individual clinical consultations delivered in a supportive peer group setting. This type of consultation works for people with a similar condition or set of clinical problems.
The Chronic Pain Self-Management SMA program is a series of 6 SMAs in a ‘programmed’ formatdesigned to help people with chronic pain to live happier healthier lives with less pain. Sessions normally run for 90 minutes (approximately) with a 20-30 minute education session followed by sequential consultations with each member patient in the group (ideally 8-10 participants). For more information on SMAsvisit the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicinewebsite.
The delivery of the CPSM SMA program is supported by a number of resources which have been developed based on the Agency for Clinical Innovation (ACI) Pain Management Networkeducation program,the resources available include:
training programs
generic SMA training
chronic pain self-management facilitator training course
education videos to guide each of the 6 sessions
chronic pain self-management facilitator guide
chronic pain self-management participant handbook
online platform for access to resources and training (for both participants and facilitator).
Background
General practitioners are now seeing more people with chronic pain, encounters have risen by 67% over 10 years. COORDINARE - South Eastern NSW PHN is proposing to commission general practices to implement the Chronic Pain Self-Management (CPSM) Shared Medical Appointments program into their practice workflow, to contribute to better health outcomes for people living with chronic pain.
Applicants must be willing to identify and recruit patients to participate in a Chronic Pain Self-Management Shared Medical Appointment program, provide input and feedback on the program resources utilised during these sessions, and provide recommendations for future delivery of the program. There is funding of up to $15,000 ex. GST per practice available for 12 months from contract commencement.
General practices in the South Eastern NSW region who have an interest in chronic pain management are welcome to apply for this project. Practices must have the capacity to interrogate their data to identify eligible patients and be willing to prioritise and implement project activities over a 12 month project period from July 2023.
SMAs (or group consultations) are individual clinical consultations delivered in a supportive peer group setting. This type of consultation works for people with a similar condition or set of clinical problems.
The Chronic Pain Self-Management SMA program is a series of 6 SMAs in a ‘programmed’ formatdesigned to help people with chronic pain to live happier healthier lives with less pain. Sessions normally run for 90 minutes (approximately) with a 20-30 minute education session followed by sequential consultations with each member patient in the group (ideally 8-10 participants). For more information on SMAsvisit the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicinewebsite.
The delivery of the CPSM SMA program is supported by a number of resources which have been developed based on the Agency for Clinical Innovation (ACI) Pain Management Networkeducation program,the resources available include:
training programs
generic SMA training
chronic pain self-management facilitator training course
education videos to guide each of the 6 sessions
chronic pain self-management facilitator guide
chronic pain self-management participant handbook
online platform for access to resources and training (for both participants and facilitator).
To apply for COORDINARE's Supporting chronic pain in general practice through SMAs grants, please read the grant guidelinesand complete the online application form below.
