“Having SKIP here at the Stollery has been like hitting the refresh button on pain management for children. It gives me hope and a fresh vision that we can become a children's hospital of excellence when it comes to managing pain in children.”

“Providing me with the opportunity to speak to the patient experience shows SKIP’s dedication to including the patient voice, which is not only important but needed to improve children’s pain management in Canada.”

“In exploring best practices and needs in the field of pain, a recurring point of consensus is the importance of models and infrastructure that support research to action and knowledge mobilization. SKIP is a prime example of an initiative filling this important gap.”

“Since partnering in the Fall of 2019, Health Standards Organization and SKIP have collaborated to develop a Pediatric Pain Management standard. This outstanding partnership brought together an impressive group of subject matter experts, all of whom should be commended for their passion, knowledge, and commitment to people- and population-centred care.”

“For us, having practical tools and information readily available was part of the ‘secret sauce’ for success in managing our children’s pain.”

“Honourable colleagues, I rise today to share an example of the sort of creativity, innovation and determination needed to reliably transform state-of-the-art knowledge into standard practice. This is called knowledge mobilization. It is surprisingly hard to do, and we need to get better at it because we can’t afford to have our best ideas locked away in research papers or scientists’ brains.”

“By initiating the dialogue with our members through The Rounds platform, SKIP has encouraged others to speak up and share their experience, resources, or identify further needs to continue the conversation on this important topic.”