Helping people to make sense of OA and what to do about it
This workshop will help you to develop knowledge and skills to support people to make sense of osteoarthritis and the management options available to them. It will provide you the skills to support people with osteoarthritis to engage in helpful behaviours, participate in valued activities, and achieve their goals.
The workshop will be based around five key actions for clinicians:
- Recognise biases, beliefs, and context.
- Co-learn with, from, and about each other.
- Provide consistency in words, actions, and behaviours.
- Strengthen beliefs that encourage participation.
- Co-create relevant goals and plans to achieve goals.
Workshop participants are expected to complete online modules 1 to 4 at: https://www.freefromkneepain.org/resources/kneecaps-clinician-training in preparation for the workshop.
The workshop will be delivered over two days.
- Day One will focus on initial exposure and skill development and there will be the option to participate via Teams.
- Day Two will focus on extending skills and applying these to more complex situations and can only be attended in person.
The workshop will include interactive pair and group activities as well as simulated consultation presentations and role plays to develop skills that can be translated into clinical practice.
Dates:
3.7.2025 9-16.00, Online training (Teams), max. number of participants 500.
3.-4.7.2025 Live training in Varalan urheiluopisto, Tampere, maximum number of participants 30. The participants will join the hybrid training on 3.7. and 4.7. will be a practical workshop with smaller group on site and we have reserved the lakeside sauna for the evening of 3.7. (Bring your swimsuit and towel 😊)
Price:
Free of charge Including afternoon coffee + small snack. Meals are not included. It is possible to eat lunch at Varala and we will ask for lunch reservations in the registration form.
If participation of the workshop on 4.7. is cancelled after 4.6. (the participant can be changed after that date) or the participant doesn’t show up, we will charge the workshop fee 250€.
Trainer:
Dr Ben Darlow is a musculoskeletal physiotherapy specialist practising in Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand and an Associate Professor in the Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice at the University of Otago Wellington. Ben’s key research interests are the assessment and measurement of health beliefs about common musculoskeletal conditions, understanding how these beliefs have been influenced and the impact that these have on well-being, and designing, testing, and implementing interventions to improve knowledge, health care delivery, and outcomes. Ben has led development of information resources for people with knee osteoarthritis and leads Te Tauwhiro Turi mā te Rongoā | Knee Care for Arthritis through Pharmacy Study that is testing an interdisciplinary health care intervention for people with knee osteoarthritis. Ben has also led development the Osteoarthritis Knowledge Scale, a tool for assessing osteoarthritis knowledge in community, clinical, and research settings.
Accommodation:
You can ask for accommodation at Varala, by contacting Anne Maarit Silpo (Anne-Maarit.Silpo@varala.fi). We have a reservation for a limited number of rooms, please do your booking before 31.3.2025, best right after we have confirmed your spot on the live training, after the end of march, our reservation is released and rooms may or may not be available.
Room prices:
1 hh 100€ /night
2 hh 111 € /night
3 hh 132 € /night
Järjestäjät: FIN-OA -hanke (vastuututkija Riikka Holopainen) & Tuki- ja liikuntaelinliitto Tule ry
