About this case

This case was developed as part of the SharcBAIT Project at the University of Calgary Department of Family Medicine.

Learning Objectives: to explore some issues around low back pain, its diagnosis and management, while also learning about how information systems, such as electronic medical records (EMRs) and provincial health systems, will increasingly influence the way we practise.In particular, there is direct feedback about the high costs of diagnostic imaging: beware the wrathful administrator dragon!

There is more information about our learning objectives and the project's aims here on the Canadian Health Education Commons (CHEC).

The case has been tuned for the purposes of the AFMC Health Canada Infoway competition on virtual patients, but is also part of a Resident Research Project at the University of Calgary Department of Family Medicine. The case will continue to collect data and be iteratively improved beyond the competition.

All embedded case material has been made accessible under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. All embedded images were created by the authoring team.Other images have been linked, with attribution to their original source. We used, with permission, Med-Access EMR software for generating our EMR images but this same technique can be used for most other health information resources and EMR systems.

We encourage others to take this material and build upon it. Educators may find the Instructor's Guide helpful. It is not attached to the case - no spoilers. It is held in a protected area, intended for authors and instructors.

Case Creation Team:

• Dr Johanna Festen, PGY2, Dept Family Medicine, University of Calgary
• Dr David Topps, Dept Family Medicine, University of Calgary
• Dr Cathlin Mutch, University of Calgary
• Dr Carly Glasner
• Dr Sonya Lee, Dept Family Medicine, University of Calgary
  
  

Case content has been verified for medical accuracy by Dr David Topps.