Seminars - Managing Pelvic Pain

MANAGING PELVIC PAIN
A 1-day seminar

Dates & locations:

CENTRAL LONDON: Thurs June 1^st, 2000 at St John's Wood Conference Centre N.W.8

CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN affects many young women. It is a problem both in the primary care & hospital setting. Typically, a young woman will see her GP for repeated visits and then after referral for a specialist opinion no cause can be found. Obtaining a diagnosis combined with a sympathetic understanding of the vicious circle of pain and stress is central to effective treatment.

WHAT IS THE AIM OF THE SEMINAR?

The programme is designed to provide you with:

the latest clinical and scientific information on pelvic pain & its management;

allow you to upgrade your professional skills in an area of medicine which affects significant numbers of women;

provide you with practical skills to help patients overcome chronic pelvic pain

WHO WILL LEAD THE SEMINAR?
Members of the team that work at the Pelvic Pain Clinic at Northwick Park & St Mark's Hospitals NHS Trust in Harrow, Middlesex.

WHO WILL BENEFIT?
Gynaecologists, G.P.s, Practice Nurses, Health Visitors, Occupational Health professionals, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Hospital Specialists, and Clinical Psychologists.

PROGRAMME

Registration 8.30 am - 9.15 am

SESSION 1

0915-1045: Richard Beard

The importance of understanding pain:
Causes & management
Questions

1045-1105: COFFEE

SESSION 2

1105-1230:

Psychology of the woman with Pelvic Pain
Seamless transfer of care
Pain and stress management
Questions

Richard Beard
Amanda Smith
Cynthia Knight

SESSION 3

1230-1300:

Role of the Nurse Practitioner

Marianne Smith

1300-1400: LUNCH

SESSION 4

1400-1530: SESSIONAL WORKSHOPS

To include case presentations by the Faculty

Workshop 1: Clinical Issues

Richard Beard

Philip Reginald
Workshop 2: Psychological issues

Amanda Smith
Cynthia Knight
Workshop 3: Nursing Issues

Marianne Smith

1530-1550 TEA

SESSION 5

1550-1645: Questions & Answers: The Faculty

VENUE & DATE

CENTRAL LONDON: Thurs June 1^st, 2000 at St John's Wood Conference Centre N.W.8

St John's Wood Conference Centre

is in the grounds of the Hospital of St John & St Elizabeth, Circus Road., Swiss Cottage, NW8

Nearest tube: St John's Wood (Jubilee Line)

Buses: 13, 82, 113 (stop at St Johns Wood tube station). Public car park: 3 mins walk in Kingsmill Terrace, off Acacia Rd.

THE SPEAKERS and the CLINIC

The speakers have worked as a team with Professor R. Beard in the Pelvic Pain Clinic. The Pelvic Pain Clinic has provided a tertiary referral service for 20 years, originally at the Samaritan Hospital, London and the for the last 3 years at Northwick Park and St Mark's Hospital. Many scientific papers and chapters have been published, copies of which will be available during the refreshment breaks.

The importance and benefits of close communication throughout therapy between the clinic and the patient, including her family, will be emphasised and illustrated by the speakers