7.30am - 8.15am Registration Desk Open, Welcome Tea & Coffee Treaty Rooms Foyer
8.15am - 8.50am Pōwhiri Treaty Rooms 1 & 2 Conference Opening: Associate Professor Nicola Swain, President NZPS Chair: Brigitte Gertoberens 8.50am - 9.10am Guest Speaker: Lynette Stewart, Chief Executive, Ki A Ora Ngātiwai, Whangarei, NZ 9.10am - 10.00am PATRICK WALL LECTURE : Neuroglial Interface and Implications for Pain (presentation via video link) Professor Mark Hutchinson, Director, Centre for Nanoscale BioPhotonics, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia 10.00am - 10.30am Morning Tea with Top Displays Waitaha Events Centre 10.30am - 11.30am The Role of Emotion in the Treatment of Chronic Pain: Are Hybrid Treatments the Solution? (presentation via video link) Professor Steven Linton, Senior Professor, Clinical Psychology; Scientific Leader, Center for Health and Medical Psychology, Örebro University, Sweden |
Allied Health Treaty Room 1, Chair: Deb Glendinning 2.00pm-2.30pm Practical Applications of DIMs and SIMs Associate Professor David Butler, University of South Australia; Director, Neuro Orthopaedic Institute, Adelaide, Australia 2.30pm-3.00pm There’s Therapy for That?? Pelvic Health Physiotherapy - What You Should Know and How it Can Help your Patients Shelley Solomon, Pelvic Health Physiotherapist, Fresh Start Physiotherapy, Whangarei, Auckland, NZ 3.00pm-3.30pm The Role of Non-Verbal Communication in the Patient-Therapist Interaction Clint Good, Physiotherapist, Auckland DHB, Auckland, NZ |
Pharmacy Treaty Room 2, Chair: Grant Thompson 2.00pm - 2.30pm The Use of Methadone in Palliative Care, the Northland Perspective Dr Warwick Jones, Medical Director, North Haven Hospice, Northland, NZ 2.30pm-3.00pm Buprenorphine as a new opiate substitute therapy – “Back to the Future” Dr Alistair Dunn, Lead Clinician, Northland Health Community Mental Health & Addictions, Northland DHB General Practitioner, Bush Rd Medical Centre, Whangarei, NZ 3.00pm-3.30pm Update on Therapeutic Uses of Cannabinoids in Pain Dr John Alchin, Specialist Pain Medicine Physician, Pain Management Centre, Burwood Hospital, Christchurch, NZ |
Māori/Cultural Aspects Rangatira Room , Chair: Hemakumar Devan 2.00pm - 2.30pm Paora Joseph, Filmmaker & Clinical Psychologist, Northland, NZ 2.30pm - 3.00pm Ko tou Manawa, ko toku Manawa ka ora: Suffering and Culture Marara Grace Rogers-Koroheke, Maori Health Research, Hauora Hokianga, Northland, NZ 3.00pm - 3.30pm Decolonialising Biomedical Science: Bringing Together Spirituality, Culture, Measurement and Logic Dr Melanie Cheung, Neurobiologist |
Treaty 1, Chair: Bryony Parkes
4.00pm-5.00pm Psychologists' Meeting |
Treaty 2, Chair: Jan Haraldsson
4.00pm-5.00pm Nurses' Special Interest Group AGM |
Rangatira, Chair: Louise Sheppard
4.00pm-5.00pm Physiotherapists' Meeting |
Treaty 3 , Chair: Joanne Hughes
4.00pm-5.00pm Occupational Therapists' Meeting |