The goal of this project is to design a new hospital care team that helps to prevent the development of chronic pain in children and teens after surgery. We know that children’s hospitals in Canada want a hospital care team like this, but they don’t yet know how to do it well. We will talk to and partner with all groups of people who would be impacted by this new hospital care team, including youth with pain, family members, healthcare providers, and hospital leaders. We will engage them through interviews, surveys, and in-person planning meetings. This group of people will work together to decide when, where, and how the new hospital care team should be available. The group will also decide what healthcare providers are needed for the new care team, and what questions we should ask to know whether the new care team is helpful, acceptable, and ready to be adopted by other children’s hospitals.

What we learn will help us to plan future projects to keep improving care for youth with pain. We will also evaluate whether our partnership was successful, and share how we worked together as an example for others who want to address top priorities identified by children, teens, and their families.