Overview and mission
Overview
The Centre for Pain Management, Research and Education is an innovative leading-edge entity that fosters excellence, integrity, innovation and collaboration amongst clinicians, educators and scientists. The centre enhances children’s pain outcomes, professional and consumer education, collaborative clinical and basic science research initiatives and local, national and international leadership.
The centre is a virtual configuration of the Departments of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Nursing, Paediatrics, Surgery, Pharmacy, Psychology, Psychiatry, Child Life and Rehabilitation Services, and the Child Health Evaluative Sciences and Neuroscience & Mental Health Programs within the Research Institute.
Vision
To be the leading international paediatric centre in pain prevention and management.
Mission
To prevent and minimize pain for all children in a family-centred care environment by fostering collaboration, excellence, integrity and innovation between inter-professional teams that integrate high quality clinical care, education, and research.