Credentialing

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Credentialing is a mark of approval by the professional organization CAPM that the member has achieved recommended standards of professional development and experience in pain management. Credentialing is not Board Certification, medical specialty status, or academic degree, and must not be claimed as such.

There are two types of credentialing for qualified Canadian Academy members. Diplomate Credentialing and Advanced Credentialing.

DIPLOMATE CREDENTIALING OF CAPM MEMBERS

Credentialing is a mark of approval by the professional organization CAPM that the member has achieved recommended standards of professional development and experience in pain management.

FOUR OPTIONS:

  1. Through CAPM Credentialing courses and being member of CAPM Credentialing Stream

  2. Online through the University of Alberta Pain Certificate program curriculum

  3. Online through the McGill School of Physical and Occupational Therapy

  4. Advanced Credentialing through CAPM

1. CAPM CREDENTIALING THROUGH COURSES

Launched in 2014, CAPM now offers Credentialing through a course (either in-person or virtual), plus exam. Diplomate status with the Canadian Academy of Pain Management is restricted to healthcare professionals licensed in good standing with their Canadian regulatory bodies. You must provide copy of license by your Canadian regulated healthcare authority, copy of highest relevant academic diploma or degree, Curriculum Vitae showing that you are practicing a significant portion of time in pain management for at least two years, three letters of recommendation from peers regarding your practice in pain, be a current member in the credentialing stream with CAPM and attend the course. Course Information And Details Click Here.

2. ONLINE THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA PAIN CERTIFICATE PROGRAM

Registration in this course and completion will be accepted by the Canadian Academy of Pain Management as Diplomate Credentialing. This credentialing follows the same criteria outlined in the CAPM credentialing, plus proof of registration, attendance and exam marks will be required. These will be verified by the University of Alberta Pain Certificate Program and will be sent to the CAPM office where a Diplomate certificate will be issued. Information is through the University of Alberta Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, Shawn Drefs, paincertificate@ualberta.ca or https://www.ualberta.ca/rehabilitation/programs/certificate-programs/certificate-in-pain-management.html 
See course information here.

3. ONLINE THROUGH THE MCGILL SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

The Online Graduate Certificate in Chronic Pain Management at McGill University is an interdisciplinary program providing graduates from across Canada and Worldwide with specialized credentials. By completing this interactive online program learners will be able to:

  • Explain the biopsychosocial model of chronic pain management

  • Analyze research on mechanisms, conditions, and assessments of chronic pain

  • Apply evidence-based multi-modality treatments for diverse client populations

  • Collaborate in interdisciplinary teams and defend roles of stakeholders in chronic pain management

 

The interactive nature of the assignments and discussion groups are designed to promote collective problem solving, encourage a team approach and bring together a collection of international insights that can then best respond to the needs of chronic pain clients in the respective treatment domains. Courses, available in English or French, include:

  • Pain Assessment in Clinical Practice (POTH 663): 3 credits

  • Neuroscience and Behavioral Perspectives of Pain (POTH664): 3 credits

  • Interdisciplinary Management of Chronic Pain (POTH 665): 3 credits

  • Common Clinical Pain Syndromes (POTH 666): 3 credits

  • Complimentary Course of Choice (POTH 603): 3 credits

 

Registration in this course and completion will be accepted by the Canadian Academy of Pain Management as Diplomate Credentialing. This credentialing follows the same criteria outlined in the CAPM credentialing, plus proof of registration, attendance and exam marks will be required. These will be verified by the McGill School of Physical and Occupational Therapy and will be sent to the CAPM office where a Diplomate certificate will be issued.

See course information here: McGill Graduate Certificate in Chronic Pain Management

4. ADVANCED CREDENTIALING IN PAIN MANAGEMENT (FOR SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES)

Advanced credentialing through the Canadian Academy of Pain Management has to do with specific professional competencies in pain management and is restricted to specific professional groups and individuals with specialized skills and procedures. There is Advanced Credentialing for MDs in Interventional Pain Management. Advanced Credentialing in Interventional Pain Management is open to Doctors-of-Medicine in Ontario who had before 2020 completed the requisite 900 hours training, and who have passed the peer inspection by the regulatory body (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario). For the most part those who are qualified are registered change of scope primary care physicians who have changed scope of practice to interventional pain management, and who have completed the equivalent of 900 hours or six months of supervised training and experience in pain management, have passed the CPSO peer review observing their practice and reviewing other clinical files, and the clinic in which they work has passed a peer review. CAPM advanced credentialing is not Board Certification, is not licensure to practice medicine, is not a university degree, and does not allow one to be considered a pain specialist or subspecialist and is not recognized by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

Advanced Credentialing is also open to Canadian Certified specialists in Anesthesiology, Physiatry, Psychiatry or Neurology, who have trained as Pain Subspecialists through postgraduate academic departments, certified by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and licensed by provincial Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons.

Since 2020, all licensing in Interventional Pain Management practice in Ontario or Canada must now be through Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the Academic Departments that host Pain Subspecialty programs. 

RECREDENTIALING

The term of Credentialing or of Advanced Credentialing is four years, following which the member must resubmit proof of current licensure from regulatory body and evidence of 100 hours of pain‐related Continuing Education activities (and in case of Advanced Credentialing in Interventional Pain Management, any additional interventional procedures or skills that the member has become competent in performing).

 To be recredentialed with CAPM just follow these easy steps. If you have any questions please contact the CAPM office at 905-404-9545 or office@canadianapm.com

  1. Ensure you are a current CAPM member in the credentialing stream. If you are not, you can either join or renew through this link: https://eis.eventsair.com/capm-membership-2022/capmmembership2022

  2. Provide evidence of ongoing licensure by your professional regulatory body at present.

  3. Provide an account of 100 hours or more of continuing education relevant to pain management in the past 4 years.
    Acceptable items are as approved by regulatory bodies including self-study 1 credit per hour up to 25 points, rounds attendance 1 credit per rounds, professional conference or course attendance 1 credit per hour, preparation of teaching materials or personal study on evidence-based topics or self-evaluation approved by a regulatory body on a topic can be 2 credits per hour. The above should be relevant to pain and is broad, but not approving non-clinical topics such as accounting or office management for example.

  4. Provide your payment of $100 + HST for ongoing credentialing by completing this form.

  5. Provide your authorization or non-authorization to list you as a CAPM member and credentialing status, plus your professional work address on the members webpage.

Once the CAPM office has the documents and payment, a new credentialing certificate will be mailed (and emailed) to you that provides a further 4 years of credentialing, subject to your annual membership renewal. You must continue to be a CAPM member for your credentialing status to be valid.