Programme - Day Three

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Saturday 9 March 2019

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7.30am     Council Breakfast Meeting

8.30am     Registration Open and Welcome Tea & Coffee

9.00am - 9.45am     Bridging The Gap: How to Apply Best Evidence Practice in Community Settings
Professor Michael Nicholas, Director, Pain Education & Pain Management Programs, Pain Management Research Institute, The University of  Sydney, NSW, Australia

9.45am - 10.30am     Back Pain - Don’t Take It Lying Down
Professor Rachelle Buchbinder, NHMRC Senior ​Principal Research Fellow; Director, Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

10.30am - 11.00am     Morning Tea and Industry Exhibition

Free paper sessions
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11.00am - 11.15am
Do Online Resources Foster Self-Management Support in People with Persistent Pain? (#37)
Dr Hemakumar Devan, Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Health, Activity & Rehabilitation Research, University of Otago, Wellington, NZ

11.15am-11.30am
Online Mindfulness and Gratitude Intervention for Persistent Pain (#40)
Associate Professor Nicola Swain, University of Otago, Dunedin, NZ

11.30am-11.45am
Evidence for Culturally Tailored Technology-Based Interventions for People Living with Chronic Pain from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities (#46)
Dr Hemakumar Devan, Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Health, Activity & Rehabilitation Research, University of Otago, Wellington, NZ

11.45am-12.00pm
Healthcare Providers’ Attitudes towards Recommending Online Self-Management Resources for People with Persistent Pain (#29)
​Dr Hazel Godfrey, Research Assistant, Centre for Health, Activity & Rehabilitation Research, Wellington, NZ

12.00pm-12.15pm
“I think there is nothing that adjuncts, there is nothing at the moment” New Zealand Healthcare Providers’ Views on Online Resources for Supporting Pain Self-Management (#48)
Elijah Areli, Physiotherapist, QE Health, Rotorua, NZ

Sleep & Chronic Pain
 
11.00am - 11.30am
Introduction and Overview of the Importance of Sleep and Persistent Pain
Bidirectionality of Sleep and Chronic Pain

• Physiology of sleep
• What are “Normal sleep patterns?  “Evolutionary aspects
• Recognising paediatric and adolescents sleep disorders
• Stratification them so relevant treatment or referral can occur. Screening tools?
• Outline of current treatments and avoiding treatment errors

 
Dr Ian Holding, Musculoskeletal Specialist and General Practitioner, Pain Management Centre, Burwood Hospital, Christchurch, NZ
 
11.30am - 12.00pm
All You Wanted to Know About Insomnia
Most guidelines suggest CBT first before considering medications, which have little evidence. The identification stratification and management of insomnia, and in the context of general medical work and specifically in the chronic pain population.
 
Alex Mortlock, Clinical Psychologist, Christchurch, NZ
 
12.00pm - 12.30pm
Making Sense of Sleep Problems
Dr Michael Hlavac, Respiratory Medicine Specialist, Sleep Clinic, Canterbury DHB Christchurch, NZ
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12.30pm - 1.30pm     Lunch Industry Exhibition

Gabapentinoids in Pain

1.30pm-2.00pm
Summary /Review of the Evidence for the Role of Gabapentinoids in Pain
Dr John Alchin, Pain Physician, Pain Management Centre, Burwood Hospital, Christchurch, NZ
 
2.00pm-2.30pm
Summary /Review of the Evidence for Addiction to / Abuse of Gabapentinoids
(CADS)
 
2.30pm-3.00pm
A Discussion of the Role and Use of Gabapentinoids in Pain, in the Light of the Abuse Potential

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Concurrent 2

​1.30pm-1.45pm
Randomised Clinical Trial Evaluating the Effectiveness of Patient Education for Low Back Pain in Nepal is Feasible. The PEN-LBP Trial (#36)
Saurab Sharma, PhD Candidate, University of Otago, Dunedin, NZ
 
1.45pm-2.00pm
Burwood Advancement Screening Education (BASE) Seminar. Providing Pain Education to Patients.
Bronny Trewin, Senior Clinical Psychologist, Pain Management Centre, Burwood Hospital, Christchurch, NZ
​​Dr Ian Holding, Musculoskeletal Specialist and General Practitioner, Pain Management Centre, Burwood Hospital, Christchurch, NZ
 
2.00pm-2.15pm
‘My Shoulder has a Brain’: Feasibility of Neuroscience-Informed Physiotherapy for Persistent Shoulder Pain (#39)
Associate Professor Nicola Swain, University of Otago, Dunedin, NZ
 
2.15pm-3.00pm
TBC

3.00pm - 3.30pm     Afternoon Tea Industry Exhibition

3.30pm - 4.30pm     Is Pain Intensity the Best Measure of Pain Treatment Outcome?
Professor Jane Ballantyne, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA

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4.30pm - 5.00pm     Panel Discussion with our Keynote Speakers
Professor Jane Ballantyne, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Professor Fiona Blyth, Public Health and Pain Medicine, Head Concord Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health University of Sydney, Concord, NSW 2139, Australia
Professor Rachelle Buchbinder, NHMRC Senior ​Principal Research Fellow; Director, Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Professor Michael Nicholas, Director, Pain Education & Pain Management Programs, Pain Management Research Institute, The University of  Sydney, NSW, Australia

5.00pm - 5.30pm     Conference Close, Industry Awards & Abstract Prize Giving

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