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June 8, 2012
WorkSafe BC 8th Annual Health Care Professional Conference
Health Care Professional Conference 2012
WorkSafeBC’s Health Care Services is proud to present the 8th Annual Health Care Professional Conference.
The conference, geared towards clinical and physical rehabilitation providers, as well as other health care professionals, promises a full day of top-notch presentations by field experts.
This year’s conference offers something different. All registration (conference attendees, sponsors and exhibitors) will be done online. There will be two panel discussions allowing attendees to ask the speakers questions. For a complete list of presentations, learning objectives, and speakers’ biographies, please visit the Speakers/Topics page.
Do Not Miss this Opportunity—registration deadline May 24
For those who have not yet registered for the highly anticipated annual Health Care Professional Conference, this is a reminder to register before the deadline. Register here.
Topics include: Plenary session
- Management of the Shoulder from a Surgeon’s Perspective: Diagnosis, Treatment including Postoperative, and Anticipated Recovery by Dr. Robert Hawkins
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy as Approaches to Managing Chronic Pain by Dr. Dan O’ConnellConcurrent Workshops:
- Management of the Chronic Non-Cancer Pain Patient – the Physiotherapist/Occupational Therapist Approach by Cara Rodrigues, Occupational Therapist, OrionHealth Vancouver Pain Clinic and Heather Watson, Physiotherapist, LifeMark Health Pain Management Team
- Active Rehabilitation for Slow to Recover Concussion by Dr. Grant L. Iverson, Ph.D., Director, Neuropsychology Outcome Assessment Laboratory Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UBC
- Musculoskeletal imaging on: back, shoulder and knee by Dr. Hugue Ouellette, MD, Musculoskeletal Radiologist at both Vancouver General and UBC Hospitals, Assistant Professor at the UBC Department of Radiology
- A New Approach to Managing Workplace Shoulder Injuries: concepts, construct and early findings from the WSBC- Fraser Health Authority- PABC Shoulder Pilot Project by Jamie MacGregor BSc (PT), BSc (Kin), CHT, Physiotherapist and Certified Hand Therapist, and the Physiotherapy Association of British Columbia’s WorkSafeBC Liaison
June 15, 2012
Progressive Goal Attainment Program – Training Workshop
A 2-Day Skills Training Workshop for the Progressive Goal Attainment Program (PGAPTM): An Evidence-Based Treatment Program for Reducing Disability Associated with
Pain, Depression, Cancer and other Chronic Health Conditions
June 15 & 16, 2012
LOCATION : The Westin Wall Centre Vancouver Airport Hotel · 3099 Corvette Way · Richmond · British Columbia
Evidence-based practice is quickly becoming the expected standard for rehabilitation interventions. The Progressive Goal Attainment Program (PGAPTM) is currently considered one of the most empirically supported interventions for targeting psychosocial risk factors for disability. PGAPTM was originally conceived to target risk factors for pain-related disability and has now been modified to target risk factors for various disabling health conditions including pain, depression, cancer and other chronic illnesses. Selected topics from this standardized, skills training workshop include:
The Problem of Disability in Modern Society, A Biopsychomotor Perspective of Disability, Evidence-Based Practice for Disabling Health Conditions, Risk Factors for Chronicity, Assessment of Psychosocial Risk Factors for Disability, Activity Mobilization, Activity Scheduling, Treatment Techniques Specifically Designed to Reduce Health-Related Fears, Catastrophic Thinking, Perceived Injustice, Disability Beliefs, Maximizing Adherence to Treatment, Maximizing Client Motivation to Attain Rehabilitation Goals, Therapeutic Return to Work.
Psychologist, Dr. Michael Sullivan will direct the training workshop. Dr. Sullivan is a Professor of Psychology, Medicine, Neuroscience, Neurology, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy at McGill University and Scientific Director of the University Centre for Research on Pain and Disability. Dr. Sullivan has lectured nationally and internationally on the social and behavioral determinants of disability, and currently holds a Canada Research Chair in Behavioural Health. For the past twenty years he has been working on developing interventions that will prevent disability in individuals suffering from various chronic health and mental health conditions. Dr. Sullivan has published more than 100 scientific articles, 19 chapters and 4 books on the topic of psychosocial factors associated with disability. For more information about Dr. Sullivan’s work or download a copy of his CV, please visit the training workshop portion of our website. www.pdp-pgap.com
The cost of this 2-day workshop is $750.00 plus 12% HST for a total of: $840.00. Registrations received by, March 15, 2012 will benefit from an early-bird fee of $695.00 plus 12% HST for a total of: $778.40. Space is limited for this workshop and the waitlist from the March 2012 workshop will fill a significant number of spaces available. Registrations will be processed in order in which they are received with payment. Registrations cannot be accepted by e-mail or telephone. Deadline for registration is May 15, 2012 or until all spaces are filled.
For information on how to register, visit http://www.pdp-pgap.com/files/workshop/2012_Vancouver_PGAPWorkshop.pdf.
July 11, 2012
Fraser Valley Brain Injury Association’s Annual Brain Injury Golf Classic
FVBIA tournaments have raised more than $90,000 since 2002 to support local drop in programs, art and photography classes, children’s camps, community recreation programs and support groups for people with acquired brain injuries. This event will continue to support these valuable programs and services provided by the Fraser Valley Brain Injury Association!
October 15, 2012
Closing the Gap Conference
30th Annual Conference for Assistive Technology in Special Education and Rehabilitation
Hailed as the most practical and best educational AT conference in North America, Closing The Gap is excited to share with you the 21 just-announced preconference workshops for October 15-16, 2012!
This year’s workshop offerings include a two-day PODD workshop by Linda Burkhart, an autism workshop by Pat Mirenda, a Cortical Visual Impairment workshop by Christine Roman Lantzy, a Rett Syndrome workshop, UDL workshops and numerous iPad workshops, to name a few.
In addition, the conference itself (October 17-19) will boast over 200 presentation hours (to be announced in July), labs (including an iPad lab!) and an expansive exhibit hall.
There are many registration options and discounts available:
• $30 RETURN discount (by June 30th)
• EARLY, GROUP, PARENT and STUDENT rates
• BUNDLED WORKSHOP pricing (a $60 savings!)
CEUs and academic credit are available as well.
We encourage you to learn more about the conference by visiting our Web site now:
• View the 21 preconference workshop descriptions and titles.
• View the 2012 Closing The Gap Conference FAQ.
• REGISTER
SHARE your knowledge and your skills . . .
We would further like to invite you to consider submitting a one- or multiple-hour presentation proposal for the conference, Wednesday – Friday, October 17-19. Click here for more information. Submission deadline is Thursday, May 3, 2012, 2:00 pm Central Daylight Time.
The learning opportunities are great, the networking nothing less than exceptional!
