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2011
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
SCIENTIFIC
PROGRAM
DAY ONE
FRIDAY
APRIL 15
7:00 am REGISTRATION OPEN
7:30 am—9:00 am CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
9:00 am—9:15 am OPENING REMARKS
Jason McDougall, BSc, PhD, Associate Professor, AHFMR Senior Scholar,
Arthris Society Invesgator, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology,
University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta; 2011 Scienfic Program Chair, Canadian
Pain Society
9:15 am—9:45 am KEYNOTE SPEAKER
MECHANISMS INVOLVED IN THE TRANSITION TO THE CHRONIC PAIN STATE
AFTER ACUTE INJURY
Chair: Jason McDougall, BSc, PhD, Associate Professor, AHFMR Senior Scholar,
Arthris Society Invesgator, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology,
University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta; 2011 Scienfic Program Chair, Canadian
Pain Society
Speaker: Tony Yaksh, PhD, Professor and Vice Chair for Research,
Department of Anesthesiology and Professor of Pharmacology, University
of California, San Diego, California
9:45 am—10:15 am KEYNOTE SPEAKER
THE SCIENCE OF PAIN COPING: CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS
Chair: Jason McDougall , BSc, PhD, Associate Professor, AHFMR Senior Scholar,
Arthris Society Invesgator, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology,
University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta; 2011 Scienfic Program Chair, Canadian
Pain Society
Speaker: Francis J. Keefe, PhD, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham,
North
Carolina
Over the past decade, the scienfic literature on pain coping has grown enormously. The purpose of this presentaon is
to highlight recent development in pain coping research and to pinpoint important areas for future research. The
presentaon is divided into three secons. The first secon describes a conceptual background research on pain coping.
The second secon provides an overview of empirical studies of pain coping with an emphasis on recent studies of
methodologies to assess pain coping and intervenons to enhance how individuals cope with persistent pain. The final
secon highlights several crical issues for future research including the need to examine the social context of pain
coping, the importance of understanding pain coping in persons having pain comorbid with other condions
(e.g. obesity), and how to best integrate pain coping assessment and treatment efforts into clinical pracce.
Learning Objecves:
1. To become familiar with conceptual models underpinning pain coping research.
2. To understand current approaches to assessing pain coping in persons having persistent pain and to enhancing the use
and perceived efficacy of pain coping skills.
3. To become aware of key direcons for future research in the pain coping research area.
10:15 am—10:45 am REFRESHMENT BREAK
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