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About the Webinar

This webinar covers Diagnostic labels for musculoskeletal pain – Weighing benefits against harms. She will discuss research around diagnostic labels for musculoskeletal pain. The goal of tis presentation is to get clinicians and academics alike thinking and reflecting about the potential benefits and harms of using different language and labels with our patients.

Webinar Details

  • Pre-recorded webinar

  • 25 minutes in length

  • Unlimited access after purchase

Presenter

Ad Astra Fellow in the University College Dublin, Ireland Mary O'Keeffe

Dr. Mary O’Keeffe is a physiotherapist, Research Fellow at the Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, University of Sydney, and Research Projects Officer at the European Pain Federation (EFIC). She will be soon starting a new position as an Ad Astra Fellow in the University College Dublin, Ireland. She is an invited member of the Presidential Task Force for Early Career Researchers at the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), and Chair of Research Communication for IASP’s Musculoskeletal Pain Special Interest Group. She has >110 peer-reviewed publications (>3,800 citations). She is an author of >10 other publications, including two first authorships on three book chapters. Her research on back pain and communication has been published in leading medical (The Lancet, JAMA Internal Medicine, British Medical Journal) and specialist (British Journal of Sports Medicine, PAIN, European Journal of Pain) journals. She has received numerous awards, including the prestigious Lisa Schwartz Prize for Communicating the Benefits, Harms, and Limitations of Medicine and a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship.