Day 2

Monday, 24 October 2011
   
Room 1 – Plenary Session
   
SESSION 5: THE BIO-PSYCHO-SOCIAL REHABILITATION MODEL – PART 1
Moderator: Mr. Esmat Mohamed Al Hawary,
MSc Orthopaedic, MSc Pain Management UK, Senior Physiotherapist, CME Coordinator, Rehabilitation Physical Medicine Institute, Al Ain Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
   
   
09:00 Keynote Presentation: The Unconscious Narratives of Rehabilitation:  The Complex Origins of "Needs"
Dr. Brian Watermeyer,
Clinical Psychologist M.A. (Clin. Psych.) (U.C.T.), Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa 
   
   
09:40 Paper 1: Why is your Patient Still Hurting so Much? An Update on Neuroplasticity and Central Sensitisation of Pain and Implications for Rehabilitation Professionals
Dr. Keith Kwai-Tung Chan, MB BCh, FAFRM (RACP), ABPM&R (Pain Med, SCI Med),
Senior Staff Specialist, Rehabilitation Medicine, ACT Health, Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine and Pain Management, Capital Rehabilitation, Canberra, Australia
   
   
09:55 Paper 2: Parent’s Perceptions of the Factors that Influence the Play of their Children with Tactile Defensiveness
Khawlah Abulfeilat, MA, OTR,
 Occupational Therapist, The Hashemite University Zerqa, Jordan. Head of Planning and Development Department, Arab City for Comprehensive Care, Amman, Jordan
   
   
10:10 Refreshment Break - Your chance to visit the exhibition
   
 
SESSION 6: MANAGEMENT OF TRAUMATIC INJURIES
Moderator: Miss. Haleimah Al Kaabi,
Occupational Therapist, Chairperson of  (OTS-EMA) - Occupational Therapy Society - Emirates Medical Association. Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
   
   
10:40 Keynote Presentation: Hand Rehabilitation - Increasing the Functional Viability of Traumatic Hand
Shovan Saha, BOT, MOT;
Associate Professor & Head, Dept. of Occupational Therapy, Manipal College of Allied Health Sciences, Manipal University, India
   
   
11:20 Paper 1: Outcome Measurement in Trauma
Karen Hoffman,
Senior Research Occupational Therapist, Royal London Hospital, London, UK
   
   
11:35 Paper 2: Patient Perspective of Problems Experienced following Traumatic Injuries
Karen Hoffman,
Senior Research Occupational Therapist, Royal London Hospital, London, UK
   
   
11:50 Discussion/Q&A Session
   
   
12:00 Lunch
   
 
SESSION 7: THE BIO-PSYCHO-SOCIAL REHABILITATION MODEL – PART 2
Moderator: Dr. Ahmed Abdulhadi Bashkeel,
Doctor of Physical Therapy, Al Ain Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
   
   
13:20 Keynote Presentation: Psychological Aspects of Disabilist Discrimination and Impairment: An Introduction
Dr. Brian Watermeyer,
Clinical Psychologist M.A. (Clin. Psych.) (U.C.T.), Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
   
   
14:00 Paper 1: The Importance of Patient Compliance to Physiotherapy for Better Outcomes
Rashid Buhari, Chief Physiotherapist and Electrophysiologist, Wooridul Spine Centre, Dubai, UAE
   
   
14:15 Paper 2: Speech-Language Pathology and the Tracheostomized Patient 
Sandhya Chetty, Al Ain Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
   
   
14:30 Discussion/Q&A Session
   
 
SESSION 8: MANAGEMENT OF SPINAL IMPAIRMENTS
Moderator:Dr. Ahmed Abdulhadi Bashkeel,
Doctor of Physical Therapy, Al Ain Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
   
   
14:40 Keynote Presentation: H-Reflex in Patients with Discopathies
Dr. Ghazi Sarhan, Consultant Physiotherapist, Bahrain Physical Therapy Centre, Manama, Bahrain
   
   
15:20 Paper 1: Injection Therapy for Cervical and Lumbar Spinal Pain
Chan Shik Shim, Medical Director and Consultant Neurosurgeon, Wooridul Spine Centre, Dubai, UAE
   
   
15:35 Paper 2: “Sciatica” and Low Back Pain: Is Diagnostic Imaging Indicated Before Referring Patients for Conservative Therapy?
Peter Vithus Jensen,
Chiropractor Specialist, Zayed Military Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
   
   
15:50 Discussion/ Q&A Session
   
   
16:00 Close of Day 2
   
 
Room 2 - WORKSHOPS
   
10:00-12:00 Morning Workshop
Knee Osteoarthritis EBP
Prof. Quinette Louw, Post Graduate/Research School of Physiotherapy, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
   
14:00-16:00 Afternoon Workshop
Practical Applications of the Latest Research in Neurological Rehabilitation in Stroke Patients
Juliana Freeme, BSc (OT), MSc (OT),
 Lecturer, Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Witwatersrand, Parktown, South Africa
   
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