The 2019 Rider Colloquium at Western Michigan University will be held at the College of Health and Human Services building. Click here for directions.
The schedule of events is as follows:
Friday October 25, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
| 8:30 a.m. | Registration & Continental Breakfast |
| 9 a.m. | Welcome & Opening Remarks |
| 9:15 a.m. | Medical Overview of Pain and Pain Management: A Doctor’s Perspective on an Interprofessional Team Approach Keynote Speaker - Stacey Watson. M.D. Pain Rehabilitation Program, Mary Free Bed |
| 10:30 a.m. | Break and Networking, Refreshments Available |
| 10:45 a.m. | Pain Management and Opioid Use - Presentation Jennifer Harrison, PhD, LMSW, CAADC Ann Chapleau, DHS, OTRL |
| Noon | Lunch and Student Posters in the Atrium |
| 12:45 p.m. | OJOT drawing, Scholarship Presentations |
| 1 p.m. | ….and the Research Says…. - Student Presentation Overview of a series of research articles |
| 1:30 p.m. | OT’s role in Treating Chronic Pain - Presentation Julie Rietdyk, MS, OTRL |
| 2:30 p.m. | Break and Networking, Refreshments Available |
| 2:45 p.m. | Interprofessional Team Approach Q & A - Professional Panel Presentation Julie Rietdyk, MS, OTR/L Libby DeKraker, PT, DPT, TPS Emily Standish, PhD, Psychologist Stacy Watson, MD |