1-5 October 2009 Sydney Convetion Centre

Occupational Health Physiotherapy Australia

Sydney, 2-4 October 2009

On behalf of Occupational Health Physiotherapy Australia, it is our pleasure to invite you to attend the 2nd Biennial Occupational Health Physiotherapy Australia Conference in Sydney from 2-4 October 2009.

Join us for the fantastic opportunity to network with OHPA colleagues and the wider APA membership while updating yourself with the latest scientific research and professional practice.

The OHPA Conference Scientific Committee is preparing a stimulating program blending keynote plenary sessions, and concurrent thematic sessions on injury prevention, work injury management and emerging topics in OHS. The conference will also cater for oral research presentations, workshops and new 5 x 5 presentations (5 slides in 5 minutes). Saturday, our middle conference day, will feature joint sessions with other APA specialities including the Physiotherapy Research Foundation oration and a special session on promoting physical activity a vital strategy affecting all areas of professional practice. Associate Professor Han Anema from the Netherlands and Professor Leon Straker are just two of our invited speakers with many more to come.

The variety in the program will provide you with a challenging and thought-provoking time with multiple learning opportunities that should satisfy your professional needs.

The social program is looking as exciting as ever with both a cocktail party and a Sydney Harbour Cruise followed by an after-party already in the planning.

We look forward to seeing you in Sydney in 2009!

OHPA Scientific Committee
Chair: Dr Martin Mackey

Keynote Speakers

A/Prof Johannes (Han) Anema

Invited Speakers

Dr Robert Boland
Professor Rachelle Buchbinder
Robert King
Professor Leon Straker

Occupational Health Physiotherapy Australia Conference Program

Friday 2 October 2009
9.00-10.30	Plenary Session 1 Chair: Dr Martin Mackey (Chair, OHPA Conference Organising Committee) Room: Bayside 105
9.00-9.15	Conference Opening Presenter: Janet Baines (Chair, National Committee OHPA)
9.15-10.30	Keynote Speaker Presentations Theme: Preventing disability and promoting return to work in clients with low back pain
9.15-10.00	Keynote Speaker: A/Professor Han Anema Presentation Title: Evidence-based prevention of work disability due to low back pain: Workplace, medical or insurance policy interventions? Format: 45 minutes including 5 minutes for questions
10.00-10.30	Invited Speaker: Professor Rachelle Buchbinder Presentation Title: General Practitioner's beliefs and stated management of low back pain Format: 30 minutes including 5 minutes for questions
10.30–11:00	Morning Tea Bayside Grand Hall & Bayside Gallery
11.00-12.30	Plenary Session 2 Workplace Assessment Workshop Chair: Lee Duncombe (Manager Allied Health Providers, WorkCover NSW) Room: Bayside 105
11.00-11.05	Presenter: Lee Duncombe Topic: Introduction to Workplace assessments
11.05-11.30	Presenter: Joanne Lewis Topic: Workplace assessments: Crafting methodology to improve assessment credibility and dependability
11.30-11.55	Presenter: Derek Thomas Topic: Choosing the right tool
11.55-12.20	Presenter: Christine Aickin Topic: Effective report writing for workplace assessments
12.20-12.30	Moderator: Lee Duncombe Format: Questions to all presenters
12.30–1.30	Lunch Bayside Grand Hall & Bayside Gallery
1.30-3.00	Concurrent Free Paper Sessions
1.30-3.00	Concurrent Session 1: Free Paper OHS Stakeholder Forum Chair: Susie Riddoch, OHPA PDP Committee Room: Bayside 105
1.30-3.00	Concurrent Session 2: Free Paper Manual Handling and Return to Work Chair: Dr Venerina Johnston Room: Bayside 106
1.30-1.45	Presenter: Anthony Hewitt Topic: Fatigue induced loading on the lumbar spine: an investigation on intra-shift variation in manual handling performance amongst physiotherapists
1.45-2.00	Presenter: Karen Davies Topic: Taking up the challenge: development and implementation of a comprehensive healthcare facility patient handling risk management tool
2.00-2.05	Presenter: Venerina Johnston Topic: Using technology to promote the risk management approach to safe people handling in physiotherapy students
2.05-2.20	Presenter: Venerina Johnston Topic: Methods used by physiotherapists to identify barriers to return to work
2.20-2.25	Presenter: Matthew Craig Topic: Physiotherapy graded activity programs incorporating a pain science knowledge model can improve outcomes in work related ankle injuries
1.30-3.00	AJP Writing for Publication workshop Room: Bayside 104
1.30-3.00	Presenter: A/Professor Louise Ada How do you decide where to send your paper? What do reviewers look for when reviewing a paper for publication? Why do some authors get published relatively easily, while others struggle to have their papers accepted? How can you give your work the best chance of being accepted? Louise Ada (Scientific Editor, AJP, Chair of the International Society of Physiotherapy Journal Editors, and a member of several other journal Editorial Boards) and members of the AJP Editorial Boards will unravel some of the mysteries and discuss strategies to increase your chances of being accepted by the journal at the top of your list.
3:00–3:30	Afternoon Tea Bayside Grand Hall & Bayside Gallery
3.30-5.00	Invited Speaker Presentations
3.30-5.00	Concurrent Session 3: Invited Cognitive behavioural approaches to injury management Chair: Lee Duncombe (Manager Allied Health Providers, WorkCover NSW) Room: Bayside 105
3.30-3.55	Presenter: Professor Michael Nicholas Topic: It's what you do that matters
3.55-4.20	Presenter: Janette Gale Topic: Fostering self management in injured workers using health coaching
4.20-4.45	Presenters: Ross Iles Topic: Job Coaching: drop and give me 20
4.45-5.00	Moderator: Chair Format: Questions to all presenters
3.30-5.00	Concurrent Session 4: Invited State of the art in injury prevention Chair: Bronwyn Otto, OHPA PDP Committee Room: Bayside 106
3.30-3.55	Presenter: Christine Aickin Topic: Manual handling training – Does it work?
3.55-4.20	Presenter: Mark Moskvitch Topic: Performance based approach to hazard management
4.20-4.45	Presenter: Karen Davies and Richard Nankervis Topic: Managing musculoskeletal disorders in a Physiotherapy Department using a participative approach
4.45-5.00	Moderator: Chair Format: Questions to all presenters
5.00-6.30	Cocktail Function Bayside Grand Hall & Bayside Gallery

Saturday 3 October 2009
8.30–10.10	Seven Years in Seven Minutes: Short summaries of important recent research Chair: A/Professor Rob Herbert Room: Bayside Auditorium A & B
	Experts in each of the larger fields of physiotherapy practice will provide accessible overviews of the main findings of the last 7 years of high quality clinical research from their area in 7-minute presentations. Each group will identify key clinical research, summarise the findings of the research, and discuss the implications of the research for clinical practice. The purpose is to give clinicians from other areas an overview of the main research-led advances across a range of other fields of practice. Welcome Cardiothoracic (A/Professor Anne Holland) Continence and Women’s Health (Dr Marg Sherburn) Gerontology (Professor Keith Hill) Musculoskeletal (Professor Gwen Jull) Aquatic (Jenny Geytenbeek) Questions and comments from the floor Acupuncture & Dry Needling (Leigh McCutcheon) Neurology (A/Professor Julie Bernhardt) Occupational Health (Dr Rob Boland) Paediatrics (Kristy Rose) Sports (Peter Blanch) Questions and comments from the floor Close
	OHPA Speaker: Dr Rob Boland Topic: Evidence basis of managing work related soft tissue injury
10.10–10.30	Morning Tea Bayside Grand Hall & Bayside Gallery
10.30–11.00	Address from the President & a celebration of honoured members Room: Bayside Auditorium A&B
11.00–11.45	AJP Oration Chair: Professor Paul Hodges Room: Bayside Auditorium A & B
	Introduction: Professor Paul Hodges, Chair of the AJP Editorial Board Presenter: Professor Mary Galea Topic: From Mice to Men
11.45-12.30	APA Conference Week 2009 Joint Plenary Session Chair: Dr Manuela Ferreira Room: Bayside Auditorium A & B
	Keynote speaker: A/Professor Alex Barratt Presentation: Helping patients make informed decisions about health care
11.45-12.30	APA College Graduation Room: Bayside Terrace
12.30–1.15	Lunch Bayside Grand Hall & Bayside Gallery
1.15–3.00	APA Conference Week 2009 Joint Plenary Session: Get off the couch - delivering physical activity to the masses Chair: Dr Cathie Sherrington Room: Bayside Auditorium A & B
1.15-1.35	Presenter: Professor Garry Egger Topic: Lifestyle Medicine
1.35-1.55	Presenter: Professor Nicholas Taylor and Professor Karen Dodd Topic: Therapeutic Exercise
1.55-2.15	Presenter: A/Professor Norman Morris Topic: Physiological aspects of exercise prescription
2.15-2.45	Examples of evidence-based programs reaching large numbers of people (4 X 7 mins) Andrew Gow - Volunteer-led Tai Chi- in a rural setting Amanda Nagle - Heart moves Wendy Brown - 10,000 Steps: reflections on whole community physical activity interventions Kathryn Devereux - Western Australian Community Physiotherapy Services
2.45-3.00	Moderator: Session Chair Format: Question time
3.00-3.30	Afternoon Tea Bayside Grand Hall & Bayside Gallery
3.30–5.00	Plenary Session 3 Promoting worker wellness Chair: Dr Martin Mackey Room: Bayside 105
3.30-4.00	Invited Speaker: Professor Leon Straker Topic: "Why office workers need more stress at work" - harmful effects of inactivity in the office and how to promote activity
4.00-4.30	Invited Speaker: Dr Kim Hobbs Topic: Supporting a healthy workplace: IBM approach
4.30-4.45	Presenter: Dr Martin Mackey Topic: Effects of a walking program on the health and work-ability of an ageing sedentary workforce in a university community
4.45-5.00	Moderator: Chair Format: Questions to all presenters
6.30–10.00	Occupational Health Physiotherapy Dinner Cruise on Sydney Harbour

Sunday 4 October 2009
9.00-10.30	Plenary Session 4 Ergonomic approaches to injury prevention Chair: A/Prof Han Anema Room: Bayside 105
9.00-9.45	Keynote Speaker: Professor Leon Straker Presentation Title: Developmental trajectories are critical to inform prevention initiatives for spinal pain
9.45-10.30	Invited Speaker: Barbara McPhee Presentation Title: Participatory techniques in OHS problem solving
10.30–11.00	Morning Tea Bayside Grand Hall & Bayside Gallery
11.00–12.30	Invited Speaker Presentations
11.00–12.30	Concurrent Session 5: Invited Motivating Compliance in OHS Chair: Dr David Worth Room: Bayside 105
11.00-11.30	Presenter: Robert King Topic: The role of legislation and the role of the Courts in motivating compliance with workplace health and safety obligations
11.30-12.00	Presenter: Professor Michael Quinlan Topic: Regulation and enforcement: OHS and regulatory effects of changing work environments
12.00-12.30	Presenter: Pepe Marlow Topic: Improved OHS compliance can increase productivity
11.00-12.30	Concurrent Session 6: Invited Symposium - Prevention of Long-term Disability and work loss - the Sherbrooke Model Chair: Dr Venerina Johnston Room: Bayside 106
11.00-11.30	Presenter: Dr Eva Schonstein Topic: The Sherbrooke Model of management of occupational back pain: is it effective in preventing work disability and why?
11.30-12.00	Keynote Presenter: A/Professor Han Anema Topic: Implementation of the Sherbrooke model in the Netherlands: context analysis of stakeholders, barriers and facilitators
12.00-12.30	Presenter: Dr Venerina Johnston/Ross Iles Topic: The implementation of the Sherbrooke model in Australia, are we there yet?
11.00–12.30	AJP Writing for Publication workshop Room: Bayside 104
11.00–12.30	Presenter: A/Professor Louise Ada How do you decide where to send your paper? What do reviewers look for when reviewing a paper for publication? Why do some authors get published relatively easily, while others struggle to have their papers accepted? How can you give your work the best chance of being accepted? Louise Ada (Scientific Editor, AJP, Chair of the International Society of Physiotherapy Journal Editors, and a member of several other journal Editorial Boards) and members of the AJP Editorial Boards will unravel some of the mysteries and discuss strategies to increase your chances of being accepted by the journal at the top of your list.
12.30–1.30	Lunch Bayside Grand Hall & Bayside Gallery
12.30-1.30	General Meeting - Australian College of Physiotherapy Room: Bayside 202
1.30-3.00	Concurrent Session 7: Free Paper Risk Assessment and Professional Issues Chair: Dr Rose Boucaut FACP Room: Bayside 105
1.30-1.45	Presenter: Suzanne Snodgrass Topic: Comprehensive evidence-based assessment of musculoskeletal injury risk in the industrial setting
1.45-2.00	Presenter: Eva Schonstein Topic: Health Examination for preventing occupational injuries and disease in workers: a systematic review in the framework of the Cochrane Collaboration
2.00-2.15	Presenter: Karin Griffiths Topic: A study of behavioural, psychological and psychophysiological risk factors for musculoskeletal symptoms in sample of Australian Public Sector employees
2.15-2.30	Presenter: Martin Van Der Linden Topic: Development of a multifaceted approach to injury prevention in an emergency service - a case study of physiotherapy involvement
2.30-2.35	Presenter: Alison Thomas Topic: Musculoskeletal pain in a population of power-line workers in Country Energy: prevalence and management strategies used
2.35-2.50	Presenter: Rose Boucaut Topic: Reflections on the specialisation journey in Occupational Health Physiotherapy – perspectives from both candidates and examiners
2.50-2.55	Presenter: Rose Boucaut Topic: In pursuit of establishing an International Group of Occupational Health Physiotherapists
1.30–3.00	Concurrent Session 8: Invited Innovative approaches to injury management and return to work Chair: Lee Duncombe (Manager Allied Health Providers, WorkCover NSW) Room: Bayside 106
1.30-1.50	Presenter: Debbie Bell Topic: Managing difficult clients
1.50-2.10	Presenter: Dr Andrew Leaver Topic: Improving outcomes: Integrated active management of workers with soft tissues injuries
2.10-2.30	Presenter: James Olsen Topic: Development of a screening tool for determining the functional capacity of ACT paramedics
2.30-2.50	Presenter: Lance Morton Topic: Functional upgrading and return to work
2.50-3.00	Moderator: Chair Format: Questions to all presenters
3.00–3.30	Afternoon Tea Bayside Grand Hall & Bayside Gallery
3.30-5.00	Plenary Session 5 Emerging Issues in OHS Chair: Dr Martin Mackey Room: Bayside 105
3.30-4.15	Invited Speaker: Professor Philip Bohle Topic: Implications of precarious employment, working hours and work-life conflict on worker health
4.15-4.50	Invited Speaker: Dr Rose Boucant and Barbara McPhee Topic: Preparation of portfolios for OHP Tilting
4.50-5.00	Farewell address: Janet Baines (OHPA National Chair)
5.00	Occupational Health Conference Closes

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