SSR Spring 2004 Meeting

 

Managing Pain

 

Friday 14th May 2004

Westpark Conference Centre Dundee

 

 

Programme

 

09:30

Registration

 

09:50

Welcome and Introduction

Rena Findlay

President SSR

 

Morning session

 

10:00

Prevalence and impact of pain in the community

Dr. Blair Smith

Dept. of General Practice

Aberdeen University

10:30

Living with pain

Sandra Smith

Pain Association Scotland

10:45

Dipex: A resource for patients & professionals

Dr. Clare Mortimer

Research Fellow

Queen Margaret University College

Edinburgh

11:00

'From the myth of cure to the reality of care'

Janette Barrie

Pain Management Sister

Wishaw General Hospital

NHS Lanarkshire

11:30

Coffee/ Exhibition

 

11:45

Chronic pain management: the role of education in changing professionals' practice

Derek Jones

Lecturer in Occupational Therapy & Art Therapy

Queen Margaret University College

Edinburgh

12:15

Panel: Question time

 

12:45

Lunch/Exhibition

 

 

Afternoon Session

 

14:15

Discovering Pain

Dr. Bill McCrae

Consultant Anaesthetist

Ninewells Hospital

Dundee

14:45

Psychological interventions and chronic pain

Dr. Anne Whyte

Senior Lecturer in Psychology

John Moore's University

Liverpool

15:15

Tea/Exhibition

15:45

Self management programmes

Phil Sizer

Group Development and Training Officer

Pain Association Scotland

16:15

Panel: Question time

 

16:45

Close of Conference

 

 

The meeting has been accredited for 4 CPD points