Best Practices in Post-Trauma Community

Re-Integration - Chronic Pain

St.-Elias Centre, November 23, 2018

Join us for the 3rd annual conference - this year's theme will focus on Chronic Pain. You will hear from passionate leaders and participate in reflective discussions. Our goal is excellence in trauma rehabilitation, from hospital to home.

Who should attend:

• Hospital staff, hospital discharge teams, inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation professionals and allied health professionals

• Psychologists, neuropsychologists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, nurses, vocational specialists, rehabilitation assistants/PTA/OTA, speech language pathologists and other community providers

• Family Physicians, Emergency Department Physicians, Neurologists, Surgical and Rehabilitation Physicians and Psychiatrists

• Lawyers, Accident Benefits Insurance Adjusters

• Patients and anyone who wants to learn more about chronic pain

2018 PROGRAM SCHEDULE

08:30 - 09:00 Registration and Visit Exhibits

09:00 - 09:15 Welcome

Matilda Amos, BSc., MSc (OT), OT Reg. (Ont.), Regional Clinical Director, FunctionAbility Rehabilitation Services

Dr. Vikas Dhawan, Founder & Chiropractor, DC, Apollo Physical Therapy Centres

09:15 - 10:00 Keynote Address - Addressing Familiar Faces in the Emergency Department with Chronic Pain

Dr. Catherine Smyth, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor of Anesthesiology, The Ottawa Hospital

A small proportion of patients with chronic pain habitually and frequently visit the emergency department (ED), sometimes leading to lengthy hospital stays. Unfortunately, visiting the ED for chronic pain (CP) does not lead to long-term solutions for patients and can increase the risk of complications such as substance dependence and drug overdose. This presentation will analyze the problem of CP in the ED and discuss possible solutions with specific attention to the Familiar Faces with Chronic Pain (FFCP) program at The Ottawa Hospital.

At the end of this session, participants will:

• Recognize that high frequency use of the ED is an example of low health care value which should be reformed.

• Be able to design an intervention for decreasing use of the ED while improving patient outcomes.

10:00 - 10:30 Pain, Peril, and Plasticity, the Footprint of Trauma on the Brain

Dr. Kim Hellemans, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of the Department of Neuroscience, Carleton University

By the end of the session, participants will:

• Understand the basic function of the brain's response to environmental events;

• Identify the main neural regions impacted by stress and trauma;

• Understand the role of trauma in the manifestation of chronic pain;

• Identify the links between the neurobiology of pain, trauma, and mental health.

10:30 - 11:00 Wellness Break and Visit Exhibits

11:00 - 11:30 When One Commits to Being in a Relationship with Chronic Pain: The Benefits of Mindfulness

Jaisa Sulit, BPHE, BEd, MScOT, Medical Qigong Practitioner, Mindfulness Coach & Occupational Therapist

By the end of the session, participants will:

• Gain a new understanding of how mindfulness helps us to be in a relationship with chronic pain and how this can lead to a decrease in pain intensity

• Gain an experiential understanding of mindfulness through a short guided practice

• Learn both client, clinical and scientific evidence behind mindfulness for chronic pain

• Know how to introduce and implement mindfulness within sessions with clients that experience chronic pain.

11:30 - 12:30 Expert Panel Discussion: New License Appeal Tribunal Board: How is it Treating Chronic Pain?

Phyllis Bergmans, Executive Director, Kompass Claims Management Group

12:30 - 13:30 Networking Lunch and Visit Exhibits

13:30 - 14:00 The Interwoven Complexity of Chronic Pain: Physical, Emotional, and Cognitive Factors - Both Mediators and Moderators

Dr. Amy Moustgaard, Ph.D., C. Psych., Mind Health Ottawa

By the end of the session, participants will:

• Have an understanding of how chronic pain causes disabling psychological conditions.

• Develop an appreciation for the need for inclusivity of a variety of treatment approaches, which will vary from person to person.

• Have an appreciation for the common comorbidities of chronic pain and understand important DSM-5 differential diagnoses.

• Understand implications for the long term rehabilitation/maintenance costs for some chronic pain sufferers. When does someone “qualify” for Catastrophic determination and how can we advocate for required care?

14:00 - 15:15 Inspired Learning Speed-dating Style

Participants will have an opportunity to select and rotate through three (3) 20-minute breakout sessions, providing them with an opportunity to learn new perspectives in a very short amount of time.

1. Yoga Experience - Presented by Dana Wemyss, RYT, FunctionAbility

Dana will provide a brief education and experience of the role of yoga therapy for clients with chronic pain.

2. Remarkable Recovery - Presented by Luc Moore, Co-founder of Health Locator

3. Multifaceted Care - Presented by Trina Ferrer, Physiotherapy Manager, Apollo Physical Therapy Centres

Trina will provide the role of a multifaceted approach of care for patients with chronic pain.

4. Getting The Call: Preparing as a Treating Medical Witness - Presented by Colleen Burn, Partner, Burn Tucker Lachaîne LLP

Colleen will focus on the importance of proper preparation for a jury trial, particularly one involving chronic pain - including best practices for preparation (i.e. scope of testimony, what to expect on examination and cross-examination).

15:15 - 15:30 Break and Visit Exhibits

15:30 - 16:00 Why Does It Hurt So Much? A Different Way to Look at Chronic Pain

LCol Markus Besemann, CD B.Sc. MD, FRCP, Head of Rehabilitation Medicine, Canadian Forces Health Services

It has been said that Pain in life is inevitable, and that Suffering is optional. As clinicians managing patients with complex pain issues, we are all too familiar with concepts like “total pain” and “catastrophization”. Ultimately patients cannot always distinguish the multiple potential sources of their suffering and it behooves us as clinicians to attempt to distill the various component parts, so that it becomes clearer to all who might be responsible for which aspects of the “healing journey”. Failure to broach this discussion often results in medicalization of issues, which cannot be dealt with via any traditional or alternative means.

By the end of the session, participants will:

• Identify key elements that can contribute to patients perceived suffering

• Feel more comfortable discussing these subjects with their patients

16:00 Closing Remarks

EXHIBITORS

We are very grateful for the support of our exhibitors and we look forward to seeing them at the conference:

2Beinflow Neurofeedback Services - 2beinflow.com

ADL/DriveLab Inc - myadl.ca

Apollo Physical Therapy Centres - apolloptc.ca

Beament Hebert and Nicholson - injurylawyersottawa.com

BuildAble - Accessible Design and Renovations - buildable.ca

Bytowne Homecare Services - bytownehomecare.com

Chartwell Retirement Residences - chartwell.com

DO Well - dowell-ht.com

ECOSYS Wellness Center - ecosyswellness.com

FunctionAbility Rehabilitation Services - function-ability.com

Fleming Fitness - flemingfitness.ca

Home Instead Senior Care - HomeInsteadOttawa.ca

Kennedy Nutrition - goodfoodadvice.ca

Koru Nutrition Inc. - korunutrition.com

Liquid Gym - liquidgym.ca

McNally Gervan Lawyers - ottawa-attorneys.ca

Modern OT - modernOT.ca

Opticalm Visual Stress Solutions - opticalm.ca

Qualicare Family Home Care - qualicareottawa.com

Retire-At-Home Services - retireathomeottawa.com

Tierney Stauffer LLP - tslawyers.ca

Visavie - visavie.com

Waterhouse & Associates - waterhouseassociates.ca

EXHIBIT OPPORTUNITIES AND

CONFERENCE AND REGISTRATION INQUIRIES

Please contact:

Liette Philippe, Conference Manager

Tel: 613-825-3587; Email: [email protected]