WorkSafe BC 8th Annual Health Care Professional Conference

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Event:
WorkSafe BC 8th Annual Health Care Professional Conference
Start:
June 8, 2012
Cost:
$350
Category:
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Organizer:
WorkSafe BC
Phone:
604.276.3329
Email:
healthcareprofessionalconference@worksafebc.com
Updated:
May 7, 2012
Venue:
Westin Bayshore
Phone:
604.682.3377
Address:
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1601 Bayshore Drive, Vancouver, BC, Canada

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
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