UPFRONT | Roundup provides practitioners a universal view of a patient’s records. Although there are only a handful of models of interprofessional pri-mary health care in Canada, the trend towards creating new gener-ations of collaborative health pro-fessionals is increasing. In 2009, the University of Toronto has de-clared it mandatory for all students in the health professions programs to fulfill a required number of cred-its on interprofessional education thr ou gh its Centr e for Interprofessional Education. Giles urged proponents of B.C.’s planned chiropractic educational institution to consider interprofes-sional education. She also chal-lenged practitioners to consider attending continuing education conferences outside of chiropractic. “Get a little bit outside of your own comfort zone for your own profes-sional development.” Switzerland is one country that may have integrative health care collaboration figured out. Swiss chiropractors enjoy the same privi-leges, rights and responsibilities as medical doctors, according to Dr. Kim Humphreys, a professor in the medical faculty and head of the chiropractic medicine program at the University of Zurich. The chiropractic medicine pro-gram is part of the university’s Faculty of Medicine. During the first three years of the nine-year doctor of chiropractic medicine program, chiropractic students are required to take medical courses, Humphreys said, noting medical and chiroprac-tic students also have the same re-quirements for admission. Such integrated education has “facilitated discussions and mutual respect” between the two profes-sions, Humphreys said. “Medicine has not diminished our role. In fact, I found the opposite; they try to expand it.” Humphreys, a Canadian born in B.C., also spoke at the chiropractic convention. The four-day event, hosted by the B.C. Chiropractic Association, was held in Victoria, B.C., from Nov. 5 to 8 – Mari-Len De Guzman www.canadianchiropractor.ca NEWS DC takes on TV as Doctor Pain Toronto chiropractor Dr. Luigi Nalli will soon be hit-ting the airwaves to host a new television show aimed at “demystifying” pain. The show, called Doctor Pain, will feature expert in-terviews and discussions about various aspects and symptoms related to pain. According to data from the Canadian Pain Society, about one in five Canadian adults suffer from chronic pain. “Pain is probably the least understood symptom by health-care profession-als,” said Nalli, who was a 2014 recipient of the On-tario Chiropractic Associa-tion’s Recent Graduate Award. “With a media out-let like TV, you can reach a much larger population and give them the right knowl-edge.” Nalli’s brother Anthony Nalli, the show’s creator and executive producer, calls the new series a “fusion of good ideas.” “I found a lot of interest in the things that (Luigi) was doing and the things that he was growing more and more enthusiastic about. I actually found myself learning a great deal,” said Anthony. Through the show, the Nalli brothers want to edu-cate people about pain. “I think that kind of informa-tion is very interesting and very useful... so how do we give it to people in a way that is entertaining, in a way that they will accept and wel-come and absorb.” Doctor Pain targets a “more youthful” demo-graphic, 26 to 45 years old. According to a press release, the 30-year-old chiropractor host will be “presented as Dr. Luigi Nalli has always been an advocate of patient education. not only a knowledgeable professional but also a cool motorcycle enthusiast and adventurous young family man well in-tune with the lifestyle and needs of the young and not-so-young alike.” Graduating cum laude from the Canadian Memo-rial Chiropractic College, Luigi has been in practice for three years and has a special focus on pain man-agement in his practice. He attributes his relative success in practice to his constant effort to educate people. “One of the things I was doing largely to help grow my practice was a lot of out-reach stuff,” Luigi noted. “I was basically getting in front of people and sharing my knowledge and I found that was really what got people in the door. Give someone re-ally good infor mation, something that we’re very well trained on, and the people tend to come in.” Luigi’s interest in talking to people is what attracted him to consider participat-ing in the TV show. In addi-tion to helping people un-derstand and make sense of pain, the Toronto DC also believes this endeavor can help raise the profile of the chiropractic profession in the public eye and help ed-ucate them about what chi-ropractic is really about. He said people often ask him how chiropractic is dif-ferent from physiotherapy or massage therapy. And the difference, Luigi said, is the body of knowledge regard-ing differential diagnosis of pain disorders. “That is where I would like to raise awareness of the public for the profession – that chiropractors may be the best practitioners out there to answer your pain-based questions,” Luigi said. Doctor Pain will be a half-hour show, covering two or three topics and different subject matter experts each episode. The show is currently in pre-production with princi-pal shooting targeted for next spring and summer. Anthony said his team aims to launch the new series by end of next year, airing across Canada on Bell TV and in the U.S. on PBS. The series will also be available on iTunes. – Mari-Len De Guzman December 2015 Canadian Chiropractor 13
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