Monday 10 September 2018

Upcoming CAOT-BC Practice Network Meeting: Driving & Chronic Pain & OT

We are pleased to announce two upcoming CAOT-BC Practice Network meetings. Meetings are run via webinar and registration is required to participate. 

Cost is free for CAOT-BC members and $20 for non-members. 

Driving Practice Network Functional Driving Evaluation - Clinic Based Screening

Date: September 20, 2018
Time: 12:00 - 1:00pm Pacific Time
Location: Webinar
Registration

Presenter: Kiley Kwak is currently an Occupational Therapist with Community Therapists. Since graduating from University of British Columbia in 2013 she has provided home health and return to work rehabilitation programs; Functional Driving Evaluations with implementation of Driving Rehabilitation Programs; driver retraining and vehicle modification, Functional Capacity Evaluations and Occupational Performance Evaluations to determine future care.  Health populations served include concussion/MTBI, soft-tissue/orthopedic injury, persistent and chronic pain; complex medical limitations, and clients presenting with various physical, cognitive and psychological limitations. 

Description: This presentation will provide an overview of core component skills required for driving. Discussion will also include assessment battery options for screening these skills in clinic to identify any red flags for a client's driving readiness as well as to determine appropriate timing referral for a Functional Driving Evaluation. 


Chronic Pain & OT Practice Network
CHANGEpain: 5 years of innovative evidence-informed integrative pain care

Date: October 3, 2018
Time: 12:00-1:00pm
Location: Webinar
Registration


Presenters: Dr. Brenda Lau is a Pain Specialist/Anesthesiologist practicing in Vancouver and Surrey, BC and a Fellow of the Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Australia & New Zealand College of Anaesthetists after completing a two-year Pain Medicine fellowship and Master of Medicine degree in Sydney, Australia. In 2013, she co-founded a community based pain clinic called CHANGEpain to improve earlier access to effective multidimensional pain care and enable pain research in QI, and practice based evidence. 


Dr. Lindsay Rite is the Director of Integrative Health at CHANGEpain Clinic (CPC). She also acts as the Lead Advisor for the Centre’s Research Team. Simultaneously she maintains a Chiropractic practice, assists with Physician-led Shared Care pain consultations, and leads the management of the CHANGEpain active rehabilitation program. She has advanced training in movement and exercise therapy, and is a CSEP Certified Exercise Physiologist and Personal Trainer.


Description: Learn about who we are, what we do, why we do what we do and how we maximize patient access to services


#OT365

No comments:

Post a Comment