The TOPP Day - The Occasional Pain Practitioner Day
If you wish to attend the TOPP Day you must register for it separately as part of the registration process. Full NZPS conference delegates can NOT attend TOPP Day sessions unless they have specifically registered for the TOPP Day.
Pain is the most common reason that people attend healthcare, however the assessment and management of pain is poorly taught in clinical programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
One in five adults in New Zealand – about 770,000 people, live with ongoing pain. With specialist pain services across the country woefully under-resourced, increasingly this burden is unintentionally falling onto primary care.
Whilst we are continuing to fight for recognition and investment into joined up community- specialist services across the spectrum of acute-chronic pain, within the health service reforms, we know that progress is slow.
Join us for a practical and clinically focussed one day workshop, which aims to equip you with a toolkit to provide good care for your patients living with pain, despite the current resourcing. We will cover commonly encountered pharmaceuticals and non-pharmacological management strategies & learn how to engage with someone who has chronic pain to promote evidence-based management.
Representatives from ACC and a panel of experts from a range of MDT backgrounds will be available to tackle your tricky questions.
This event is suitable for any healthcare professional who works with people with pain as part of their broader practice, but outside of specialist pain centres - GPs, practice nurses, HIPs, SMOs, RMOs, community & hospital nurses and physios, OTs, psychologists etc etc.
One in five adults in New Zealand – about 770,000 people, live with ongoing pain. With specialist pain services across the country woefully under-resourced, increasingly this burden is unintentionally falling onto primary care.
Whilst we are continuing to fight for recognition and investment into joined up community- specialist services across the spectrum of acute-chronic pain, within the health service reforms, we know that progress is slow.
Join us for a practical and clinically focussed one day workshop, which aims to equip you with a toolkit to provide good care for your patients living with pain, despite the current resourcing. We will cover commonly encountered pharmaceuticals and non-pharmacological management strategies & learn how to engage with someone who has chronic pain to promote evidence-based management.
Representatives from ACC and a panel of experts from a range of MDT backgrounds will be available to tackle your tricky questions.
This event is suitable for any healthcare professional who works with people with pain as part of their broader practice, but outside of specialist pain centres - GPs, practice nurses, HIPs, SMOs, RMOs, community & hospital nurses and physios, OTs, psychologists etc etc.
Saturday 23 March 2024
The TOPP Day - The Occasional Pain Practitioner Day ~ Pain for the Generalist in Aotearoa
Timings & talks are indicative only and subject to change
8.00am-8.30am Registration, Exhibition Open & Arrival Tea & Coffee
8.30am-8.45am Welcome
8.45am-9.15am How to Redirect away from the Biomedical
John Dunbar, Orthopaedic Surgeon
9.15am - 10.00am Questioning the 17th Century Approach and a Simple Practical Framework for Approaching with Persistent Pain - Moving from Red to Green
Dr Karen Joseph, Gynaecologist and Specialist Pain Medicine Physician, Pelvic Pain NZ, Te Whata Ora Waitaha, NZ
10.00am-10.30am Drugs - What Not to Prescribe and How to Explain Why
Dr John Alchin, Specialist Pain Medicine Physician (retired), University of Otago, NZ
Dr Karen Joseph, Gynaecologist and Specialist Pain Medicine Physician, Pelvic Pain NZ, Te Whata Ora Waitaha, NZ
10.00am-10.30am Drugs - What Not to Prescribe and How to Explain Why
Dr John Alchin, Specialist Pain Medicine Physician (retired), University of Otago, NZ
10.30am-11.00am Morning Tea & Industry Exhibition
11.00am-11.30am Psychosocial - It Is Not All In Your Head / Flare Up Plans
11.30am-12.00pm Moving from Dysfunction to Functional Rehabilitation / Graded Reactivation Plans
11.30am-12.00pm Moving from Dysfunction to Functional Rehabilitation / Graded Reactivation Plans
12.00pm-1.00pm Lunch & Industry Exhibition
1.00pm-1.20pm TBC
1.20pm-1.30pm Briefing & Break into Groups for Small Group Practical Workshops
Jeremy Walthurt
Small Group Practical Workshops
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1.30pm-2.00pm De-Prescribing
2.00pm-2.30pm Graded Reactivation Plan 2.30pm-3.00pm Flare Up Plan Vertical Divider
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3.00pm-3.30pm Afternoon Tea & Industry Exhibition
3.30pm-4.45pm Case Based Discussion with the Expert Panel
4.45pm-5.10pm How to Deal with 'Difficult Patients'
Associate Professor Christopher A. Kenedi, Internal Medicine Physician and Liaison Neuropsychiatrist, Auckland, NZ
5.10pm-5.30pm Q & A with Expert Panel
7.30pm-late CONFERENCE DINNER, DRINKS & DANCING at Otago Museum
Join us for an evening of Dunedin entertainment, with sumptuous food, local beverages, fun music and dancing!
Cost: Delegate tickets are available for $95 per person. Guest tickets can be purchased for $125.00 per person.
Dress: Smart Casual
Join us for an evening of Dunedin entertainment, with sumptuous food, local beverages, fun music and dancing!
Cost: Delegate tickets are available for $95 per person. Guest tickets can be purchased for $125.00 per person.
Dress: Smart Casual
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The “TOPP Day in conjunction with the New Zealand Pain Society Inc. Annual Scientific Meeting 2024” activity has been endorsed by The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (RNZCGP) and has been approved for up to 7 CME credits for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) purposes.
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Proudly bought to you byThe New Zealand Pain Society Inc.
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Contact UsProfessional Conference Organisers
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