Are you presenting a course, or know of one that you think pain Physiotherapists in Canada would be interested in? Drop us a line! Our email addresses are in the right-hand column.
Opportunity to participate in clinical research
Fellow Physiotherapists
I am scheduled to commence research for my PhD thesis shortly and I am looking for a source of research subjects. My research will be looking at how injured workers react to their injuries in consideration of relationships between risk factors for chronicity. I will NOT be looking at any aspect of practitioner input or treatment outcomes.
What I need is fellow PTs who work with WSIB patients in Ontario to hand an envelope to each of their patients (old and new) who meet the research criteria - WSIB injured workers within 28 days of a new injury or reoccurrence of an old injury. After handing the envelope to the subject there will be no further expectation on your part. The subjects will fill out a validated questionnaire on their own (20 mins approx) and after sending it back to me will have no further contact.
If you are interested please send me an e-mail to that effect (prance@ciaccess.com) as well as an estimate of the numbers of new WSIB clients you see per month (I anticipate a 2 month collection period). I will send you a package when my proposal for research is approved by my dissertation and ethics committee, hopefully by Sept 08.
Many thanks for your consideration,
Phil Rance,
Chatham Physiotherapy Clinic.
dwalton
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Pain Mind and Movement 2
A satellite symposium to the IASP World Congress on Pain, being held in Dublin, Ireland Agust 13-15, 2008, and organized by Canada's own Maureen Simmonds. The call for abstracts has just gone out, due March 31 of this year. Should be a good symposium, especially relevant to PTs.
More info at: http://www.painandmovement.org.uk/
The Art & Science of Pain Management
Upcoming Courses Offered by Debbie Patterson.
Any of these workshops can be modified to meet the needs of your specific group.
To request a workshop in you clinical setting, or in your area/region, please contact Debbie Patterson at debpatterson51@gmail.com. Thank you.
“The Art & Science of Pain Management”
March 1, 2, 2008 Richmond Hill, Ontario
Contact www.aptei.com or call 1 866 APTEI 44
June 5, 6 2008, Truro, Nova Scotia
Contact patti.macewan@pcha.nshealth.ca
Wednesday March 26, 2008.
Queens University, Kingston Ontario
The Art & Science of Pain Management in Women”
April 26, 27, 2008, Edmonton, Alberta
Contact Mary Wood at curapt@telus.net
Friday June 13, 2008 (one day), Toronto, Ontario
Contact www.aptei.com or call 1 866 APTEI 44
New Concepts in Pain”
Wednesday March 19, 2008
Annual General Meeting of the York Scarborough OPA , Richmond Hill
Contact Winnie.valencia@gmail.com
Friday June 2, 2008, Barrie, Ontario
PT Education Day
Contact Kelly Hunter 705 734 9690
WEBCAST SEMINARS
Contact Cathy Coulson at cathy.coulson@normed.ca
“The Art & Science of Pain Management”
7 Two hour Modules 7 pm to 9 pm
Wed. April 16, 23, 30, May 7, 14, 21, 28, 2008
Includes Orientation to webcast learning April 10th 12 noon to 1 pm OR April 14th 7 – 8 pm
Includes Asynchronous Forum Mon. April 28, May 12, 26, 2008 7–8 pm
“Fibromyalgia”
Wednesday June 11, 2008, 7 pm – 9 pm
Prerequisite attendance at Art&Science of Pain Management (live or webcast)
WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES:
- To enable health care professionals to effectively and confidently recognize and assess the persistent pain patient for early identification and appropriate treatment planning.
- To review a current treatment model for the persistent pain population, including patient education, movement and activity, goal setting and identification of pain management strategies.
Participants will:
- Comprehend the clinical relevance of current research in the science of pain and chronicity.
- Reframe their current perspective to accommodate a more complete pain paradigm including nociceptive and non nociceptive factors (cognitive/affective components).
- Understand the science, clinical relevance, and management options of non nociceptive factors including anger, depression, stress, attitudes and sleep.
- Effectively teach pain science to their patients.
- Understand the concepts of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in their approach to the chronic pain population.
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