Faculty of Health Symposium on Pain 2 August 2011

9.00am-9.30am	Registration	The Ann Harding Centre Foyer
9.30am	Welcome to the Symposium	Associate Professor Lynne Magor-Blatch
9.35am	Welcome to Country	Mrs Agnes Shea OAM, Ngunnawal Elder
9.40am	Opening of the Faculty of Health Symposium	Professor Stephen Parker, Vice Chancellor, University of Canberra
Session 1
The Policy Framework: Chaired by Professor Debra Rickwood
9.50am-10.15am	Dr Peggy Brown, Director General ACT Health		Raising the Bar: A Policy and Planning Perspective on Pain as a Health Priority
10.15am-11.00am	Professor Ann Roche, Director National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (NCETA), Flinders University		Pain: Perceptions, Problems and the Quest for Pharmacological Solutions
11.00am-11.20am	Morning Tea		Foyer
Session 2
Medical response to pain: Chaired by Professor Diane Gibson, Dean of Health
11.20am-12.05pm	Dr Penny Briscoe, Director Pain Management Unit, Senior Staff Specialist, Department of Anaesthesia, Royal Adelaide Hospital		The management of chronic pain – should doctors be involved?
12.05pm-12.45pm	Dr Andrew Watson, Staff Specialist Anaesthesia and Pain Management; Acting Director Pain Management Unit TCH		Where are we, why did we get here, where do we want to go?
12.45pm-1.15pm	Professor Ian Webster AO, Emeritus Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine UNSW		Pain and suicide – pain and its meaning
1.15pm-2.00pm	Lunch Poster presentation		Foyer
Session 3
Challenges for Allied Health – Research: Chaired by Professor Gordon Waddington, Professor of Physiotherapy, Associate Dean, Research
2.00pm-2.20pm	Dr Stuart Cathcart, Assistant Professor, Centre for Applied Psychology		Stress and Headache Mechanisms
2.20pm-2.50pm	Catherine Taylor, PhD candidate and Pain Counsellor, Faculty of Health Clinic		Chronic Pain: Making sense of it!
2.50pm-3.10pm	Toni Green, Lecturer, Discipline of Physiotherapy		Physiotherapy perspective on Chronic Pain
3.10pm-3.30pm	Afternoon Tea		Foyer
Session 4
Challenges for Allied Health – Practice: Chaired by Professor Mary Cruickshank, Professor of Nursing
3.30pm-3.50pm	Dr Lynne McCormack, Assistant Professor, Masters in Clinical Psychology Program		Using EMDR in the treatment of chronic pain
3.50pm-4.10pm	Moyra Lewis, Lecturer, Bachelor of Midwifery		No rainbow without rain, no baby without pain
4.10pm-4.30pm	Randolph Sparks, Psychologist, specialising in Pain Management		Mindfulness approaches to pain as additive to treatment as usual
4.30pm	Closing Remarks		Professor Diane Gibson

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