Webinar Recording: Living in parallel universes.
Physiotherapists and claims manager's beliefs about treatment for injured workers.
About the webinar:
- Beliefs have a powerful effect in medicine.
- This talk will describe differences between stakeholder in managing injured workers that can result in confusion for injured workers.
- It will also describe perceptions and beliefs about the roles of different stakeholders
- Screening tools that include assessment of aspects of belief are available, but not commonly used in clinical practice. The talk will discuss a successful project to implement screening of compensable patients in physiotherapy clinics.
- Practical implications of these aspects of beliefs will be discussed.
Dr Darren Beales:
Dr Darren Beales is an NHMRC Research Fellow at Curtin University and Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist. His research interests include improving understanding of the biopsychosocial nature of pain disorders from a lifespan perspective and facilitating integration of this knowledge into clinical practice and public policy. One stream of his research involves the investigation of stakeholder beliefs in the workers compensation arena. He works as a consultant physiotherapist in the private, third-party and public domains.
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