Saturday 23 March 2024

0700-0830 NZPS & FPM Joint Meeting (by invitation only)
8.00am-8.30am   Registration, Exhibition Open & Arrival Tea & Coffee

Empowering MSK Pain Management

8.30am-9.00am Cognitive Functional Therapy for People with Disabling Low Back Pain 
Professor Peter O'Sullivan, Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist & John Curtin Distinguished Professor, Curtin University, Perth, Australia

9.00am-9.30am The Effectiveness of Lumbar Spine Fusion
Professor Ian Harris, Orthopaedic Surgery, University of NSW, Australia
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9.30am-10.00am Exploring Socio Economic Factors in Chronic MSK Pain
Dr Alicia Emerson, Assistant Professor & Director of Clinical Practice, High Point University, USA

10.00am-10.30am Addressing Social Aspects of Pain in Practice: Barriers and Opportunities
Associate Professor Claire Ashton-James, Pain Management, School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Australia
​10.30am-11.00am Morning Tea & Industry Exhibition

Lived Experience

11.00am-11.30am Lived Experience as a Valid and Valuable Way of Knowing Pain
Joletta Belton, Writer, Pain Advocate, mycuppajo.substack.com, USA

11.30am-12.00pm Panel Discussion
  • Professor Peter O'Sullivan
  • Professor Ian Harris
  • Dr Alicia Emerson VIRTUAL???
  • Dr Jerin Mathew
  • Associate Professor Claire Ashton-James
  • Joletta Belton 
12.00pm-1.30pm Lunch & Industry Exhibition
12.30pm-1.30pm New Zealand Pain Society AGM

Free Papers

1.30pm-2.00pm Free Paper Presentations
Empowering Our Workforce

2.00pm-2.30pm Achieving Equity in our Workforce 
Dr Jo Baxter, Dunedin, NZ

2.30pm-2.45pm Managing Complex Paediatric & Adolescent Pain in Aotearoa
Dr Paul Vroegop, Child and Adolescent Consult-Liaison Psychiatrist & Pain Specialist, Auckland, NZ

2.45pm-3.00pm Preparing Medical Students to Care for People in Pain: Reviewing and Updating the Otago Medical School Pain Curriculum
Associate Professor Ben Darlow, Physiotherapist, Department of Primary Healthcare and General Practice, Otago University, Wellington, NZ
3.00pm-3.30pm Afternoon Tea & Industry Exhibition

​3.30pm-3.50pm Introducing Rongoa into Pain Practice
Matthew Kiore (TBC)

3.50pm-4.20pm Panel Discussion
  • Dr Jo Baxter
  • Dr Paul Vroegop
  • Associate Professor Ben Darlow
  • Matthew Kiore (TBC)
Free Papers

4.20pm-5.00pm Free Paper Presentations
7.30pm-late  Conference Dinner, Drinks & Dancing!
Otago Museum