Thursday 23 March 2023

8.00am-9.00am Registration Open

9.00am-10.30am
​Foundations Day 

​Foundations Day workshops are a feature of NZ Pain Society Annual Scientific Meetings. They offer you an opportunity to update your essential knowledge about pain and pain management, while also connecting with colleagues from around the country.

Bronwyn Thompson, Academic Coordinator, Postgraduate Programmes in Pain & Pain Management, Orthopaedic Surgery & Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, NZ
Paul Lagerman, The Naked Physio, Auckland, NZ

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9.00am-10.30am
​Hypnotic Language and Phenomena for Health Professionals 

Suitable for: nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, psychologists, anyone else with an interest.
 
Based on: increasing knowledge and empowering health professionals to use hypnotic language and phenomena in their daily interactions with patients.  Interactive and fun.
 
Covering:

• Brief history of hypnosis
• Ascertain individual hypnotisability
• Utilising language to reduce anxiety and pain
• Safety aspects and how to prepare patients for hypnotic interactions
• Build rapport and use positive suggestion effectively
• Use of anchoring positive states for patients to use whenever they need to

 
​June Callan, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Chronic Pain Service, Counties Manukau Health, Auckland, NZ

10.30am-11.00am Morning Tea 

11.00am-12.30pm
Foundations Day continued

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11.00am-12.30pm
Hypnotic Language and Phenomena for Health Professionals continued

12.30-1.30pm Lunch

1.00pm-1.30pm Faculty of Pain Medicine AGM

1.30pm-3.00pm
Foundations Day continued

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Nurses Special Interest Group Meeting
“Designing a Better Future”

1.30pm-2.00pm
Welcome & Introductions
Sally Fitzgerald, Clinical Nurse Specialist, APS – Christchurch Hospital
 
2.00pm-2.30pm
Phantom Limb Pain after Traumatic Unilateral Arm Amputation – A Case Study
Sally Fitzgerald, Clinical Nurse Specialist, APS – Christchurch Hospital
 
2.30pm - 3.15​pm
Suggestive Techniques for the Management of Postoperative Pain
Kate McCallum, Clinical Nurse Specialist - Chronic Pain
The Auckland Regional Pain Service

3.00pm-3.30pm Afternoon Tea

3.30pm-4.30pm
Foundations Day continued

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Nurses Special Interest Group Meeting

3.30pm-4.00pm
Acute Pain Ward Rounds & Outpatient Services Under COVID: Innovative Ideas from the Floor
Tara Birch, Registered Nurse, Inpatient Pain Service, Waikato Hospital
 
4.00pm - 4.30​pm
Nursing Contribution to Advisory Groups – A Group Discussion
Judy Leader, Nurse Practitioner, Pain Management

4.30pm-6.00​pm
Nurses’ Special Interest Group AGM

4.30pm-6.00pm
​Psychologists’
Meeting
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4.30pm-6.00pm
​Physiotherapists’ Meeting
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4.30pm-6.00pm
​Occupational Therapists’ Meeting
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4.30pm-6.30pm
Specialist Pain Medicine Physician Meeting

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6.00pm-7.00pm SIG Networking & Drinks