Following SCI, many people face loss of community. Without access to best practices in SCI care, many must travel back to urban centres for care, or even move away from home and community to get ongoing treatment.
To address this and promote health equity, Praxis brought SCI clinicians, experts, people with lived experience of SCI (PLEX) and SCI community stakeholders together for a one-day summit. The BC Interior SCI Summit, held in Kelowna, BC, helped facilitate knowledge exchange and establish networks for care within the SCI community. Based on previous outreach workshops, the day brought best practices and built connections to support SCI health locally.
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“What I liked best about the workshop was hearing the functional and lived-experience perspectives. I can do my own reading about spinal cord injury (SCI) medically; however, it was SO valuable to talk to someone about it and hear about different functional options for functional differences.” Workshop attendee
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With your help, Praxis can plan even more outreach events, bringing PLEX perspectives and best practices in care to more practitioners and the SCI community in remote and rural areas. No more long road trips and no more moving away from family simply to get the right medical care.
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Congratultions and welcome to all the new members! 🍍