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Programme - Saturday 20 March 2021

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​8.00am     Registration Desk Open, Welcome Tea & Coffee                                                                                                                        Treaty Rooms Foyer
8.00am - 9.00am                                                                 Treaty Room 2  
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​Pain in Childhood SIG AGM
7.30am - 9.00am                                                               Rangatira Room 
Council Breakfast Meeting​

​9.00am - 9.30am   
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An Update on CRPS and the Neuroglial Interface (presentation via video link)
Professor Mark Hutchinson, Director, Centre for Nanoscale BioPhotonics, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
Opioid​                       
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Treaty 1, Chair: John Alchin
9.30am - 10.30am   
Opioid Substitution Treatment in NZ
Dr Caleb McCullough, Alcohol and Drug Psychiatrist, Nelson and Marlborough DHB, Nelson, NZ










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Interprofessional Practice
                                   Treaty 2, Chair: Dr Hemakumar Devan
9.30am-10.30am
ACC Community Pain Services Survey - Where to from here for Interprofessional Practice? An Action Research Session
 
Louise Sheppard, Clinical Lecturer, Orthopaedic Surgery & Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, NZ
 
Dr Bronwyn Lennox Thompson, Academic Coordinator, Postgraduate Programmes in Pain & Pain Management, Orthopaedic Surgery & Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, NZ
Sexuality and Disability
                             Rangatira Room, Chair: Deb Glendinning
9.30am - 10.30am
Sexual Expression and Persistent Pain: Challenges, Opportunities and the Health Professional’s Role
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Narelle Higson, Occupational Therapist, Outside the Square OT Solutions, Dianella, Perth, WA, Australia







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​10.30am - 11.0am     
Morning Tea with Table Top Displays                                                                                                                  Waitaha Events Centre
Opioid​​​
                                                         Treaty 1, Chair: John Alchin
11.00am - 11.45am
The Colour of Pain - How we can Utilise the Neuroglial Interface to Measure Pain 
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(presentation via video link)
Professor Mark Hutchinson, Director, Centre for Nanoscale BioPhotonics, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

 
11.45am - 12.30pm
Opoid Deprescribing: An Australian Perspective
Dr Chris Hayes, Pain Specialist, John Hunter Hospital, NSW, Australia
Interprofessional Practice
                                   Treaty 2, Chair: Dr Hemakumar Devan
11.00am - 12.30pm
Telehealth for Pain Treatment Groups
Dr Hema Rajappa, Pain Specialist, Hunter Integrated Pain Service, NSW, Australia
 
Ruth White, Senior Physiotherapist, Hunter Integrated Pain Service, NSW, Australia





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Interprofessional Practice
                              Rangatira Room, Chair: Deb Glendinning
11.00am - 12.30pm
Sexuality and Disability continued
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​12.30pm - 1.30pm     Lunch with Table ​Top Displays                                                                                                                                Waitaha Events Centre
Interprofessional Practice                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Treaty Room 1, Chair: Malcolm Johnson

On the Shoulders of Giants
Murray Hames, Physiotherapist, Auckland DHB, Auckland, NZ
2.00pm - 2.30pm
Putting the Fun into Functional Activation: VR in the Treatment of Chronic Pain 
Dr Debbie Bean, Senior Research Fellow, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, NZ
Dr Natalie Tuck, Health Psychologist, The Auckland Regional Pain Service (TARPS), ADHB
Senior Research Fellow, School of Clinical Sciences, Auckland University of Technology and North Shore Pain Service (WDHB),
​Auckland, NZ
2.30pm - 3.00pm
Making the Connection with Children - Cortex, Culture & Community
​Dr Ross Drake, Paediatric Palliative Care and Pain Medicine Specialist, Starship Child Health, Auckland, NZ
3.00pm - 3.30pm     Afternoon Tea with Table Top Displays                                                                                                                Waitaha Events Centre
Free Paper Presentations                                         Treaty Room 1, Chair: Natalie Tuck​

3.30pm-3.40pm  
The Effect of the Fear Reduction Exercised Early (FREE) Approach to Low Back Pain on Patient Recovery Outcomes and Costs
Dr Ben Darlow, University of Otago, Wellington. NZ
 
3.40pm-3.50pm  
Development of an On-Line Group Pain Management Programme in Aotearoa: iSelf-Help
Dr Hemakumar Devan, School of Physiotherapy, University of Otago, Wellington, NZ
 
3.50pm-4.00pm 
Return-To-Work Expectations and Workplace Supports following Acute Musculoskeletal Injury: Perspectives from the Workers
Dr Gwyn Lewis, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, NZ
 
4.00pm-4.10pm 
A Series of Single-Case Experiments Exploring a Non-Volitional Movement Therapy for Chronic Lower Back Pain
Heidi Verhagen, University of Otago Wellington
 
4.10pm-4.20pm 
How Do People Living with CRPS Experience their Condition? A Reflexive Thematic Analysis
Dana Antunovich, Northland DHB, Whangarei, NZ
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MDT with Kids                      Treaty Room 2, Chair: Jessica Hows
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3.30pm - 4.20pm
Kids MDT
Counties Paeds Pain Team
Paul Vroegop, Child and Adolescent Consult-Liaison Psychiatrist & Pain Specialist, Counties Manukau Health, Auckland, NZ
 
Kathryn Russell, Clinical Psychologist, Counties Manukau DHB, Auckland, NZ

Bridget Farrant, Adolescent Physician, Counties-Manukau Health, Auckland, NZ

Angela Upsdell, Physiotherapist, Counties Manukau Pain Service, Auckland, NZ

Carmen Bradley, Registered Nurse, Counties Manukau Health, Auckland, NZ

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​4.20pm -4.30pm                                                                                                                                                                                                           Treaty Room 1

Conference 2021, Conference Close, Industry Awards & Abstract Prize Giving
​Nicola Swain, President, NZPS
6.00pm - 11.00pm                                                                                                                                                                                                           Treaty Room 1
Conference Dinner 
The Duke of Marlborough
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