Using evidence to make sense of the story and support recovery

People’s understanding of their health and their heath conditions is built on information and experiences that they have gained over time. This understanding informs their thoughts, feelings, and behaviours.

Explanations provided by health professionals have a key influence on people’s understanding of their health, what the likely outcome will be, and what they should do about it. These have the potential to positively, or negatively, affect the person.

This workshop will:
• Discuss the different types of evidence available to inform explanations about pain problems and how these can be explored.
• Discuss opportunities to seek new evidence that may help to resolve areas of uncertainty or inconsistency.
• Practice ways of using the physical examination to co-construct evidence
• Demonstrate ways to integrate evidence to build meaningful explanations that support health gain.

Patient case studies will demonstrate how this process can be used in the clinic.

Associate Professor Ben Darlow
PhD