Pain Management Interest Group
The National Pain Management Interest Group invites you to their March meeting
Program Overview
This is a free, member only session.
Please join the Pain Management IG by updating your preferences here before registering.
OVERVIEW
This Interest Group (IG) is open to all OTA members working in or with an interest in pain management. This group aims to:
- Provide evidence-based professional development activities and research
- Connect and network with other OTs
- Explore the role of occupational therapy in pain management
MEETING DETAILS
TOPIC:
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome - Lived Experience and Occupational Therapy Support Perspectives
DATE:
Wednesday 19 March 2025
TIME:
4:30 PM – 6:30 PM | AEST NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM | SA
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM | QLD
3:00 PM – 5:00PM | NT
1:30 PM – 3:30PM | WA
MEETING PLATFORM:
This session will be run on Zoom. Registrants will be sent separate login details one business day prior to the session. Please check all email folders for this information. This meeting will not be recorded.
If you have questions regarding the Zoom system requirements please visit: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/categories/200101697-Getting-Started
REGISTRATION FEES & INFORMATION
OTA Member: Free
If you are a non member who wishes to attend please contact us to discuss your options.
Registrations close Monday 17 March 2025 11.55pm AEDT
MEETING DOCUMENTS & RESOURCES
Agendas, resources and meeting minutes are available for members to download on the IG page once we have received these from the convenors. This meeting will not be recorded.
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DISCLAIMER
Any material, content, advice or resources shared and discussed at interest groups is general in nature and is used to guide peer discussion and support only. Occupational Therapy Australia encourages all participants to think critically and appraise the content for individual circumstances. Occupational Therapy Australia does not necessarily endorse content delivered in these formats and accepts no liability for any consequences resulting from adhering to the content shared at interest groups. All opinions expressed by the convenor or other participants are the opinions of those individuals and do not represent or reflect the views of Occupational Therapy Australia, its affiliates or employees.
Interest Group Participants
By registering to attend, participants agree to actively contribute and show respect to all other participants. We ask you to take personal notes and monitor the Interest Group webpage for meeting resources. Occupational Therapy Australia reserves the right to remove members from an Interest Group at its discretion.
Presented By
Grace Griffiths
Presenter
Grace is a hand therapist based in Wellington, New Zealand. She works at Hutt Valley Hospital, which is where the regional Burns and Plastics Unit is located. Previously, she has worked in private practice providing vocational rehabilitation, pain management services, and hand therapy. Grace recently completed a mixed methods study through the University of Otago, supervised by Dr Jennifer Dunn, Dr Bronwyn Lennox Thompson, and Associate Professor Deborah Snell. This study explored patient experiences of diagnosis and treatment for upper limb Complex Regional Pain Syndrome in New Zealand. Its purpose was to provide recommendations for upper limb CRPS healthcare pathways informed by lived experiences.
Rosemary 'Rosie' Gospel
Presenter
Rosie set up “Compassionate Hands for CRPS”, an online clinical coaching business for people with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS). An OT and Accredited Hand Therapist by background, she has also studied embodiment coaching to learn methods to help these patients re-embody the affected body part/s. Although she has narrowed her focus to this patient group - within this area, she is interested in anything and everything that could be helpful for reversing these presentations, as well as early intervention and prevention. She will be discussing the research behind the ‘Somatosensory Pain Rehabilitation Method’ for tactile allodynia and how OTs might start incorporating these assessment and treatment methods.
Dr Colleen Johnston-Devin
Presenter
Dr Colleen Johnston-Devin is a Senior Lecturer in nursing at CQUniversity Australia. After developing CRPS and finding it difficult to source information about living with the condition, Colleen completed a PhD with a thesis titled “The lived experience of CRPS”. Colleen now has a special interest in the self-management of complex regional pain syndrome and the pain education of health professionals. Colleens’ career goal is to improve the chronic pain experience for people by a) enabling people with chronic pain to self-manage and, b) to positively impact pain education received by health professional students.