| Day 1 - Fri 24th October 2025 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Time | Activity | |
| 09.15 - 10.00 | Registration | |
| 10.00 - 10.15 | Introduction | |
| 10.15 - 13.00 | PATIENT 1 + clinical reasoning / Q & A (back pain - video) | |
| 13.00 - 14.00 | Lunch | |
| 14.00 - 16.00 | PATIENT 1 follow-ups + clinical reasoning / Q & A (video) | |
| 16.00 - 16.20 | Refreshment break | |
| 16.20 - 18.00 | PATIENT 2 + clinical reasoning / Q & A (back pain - video) | |
| Day 2 - Sat 25th October 2025 | ||
| 08.30 - 10.30 | PATIENT 3 clinical reasoning (back pain) | |
| 10.30 - 10.50 | Refreshment break | |
| 10.50 - 13.00 | Discussion | |
| 13.00 - 14.00 | Lunch | |
| 14.00 - 16.00 | PATIENT 4 clinical reasoning (back pain) | |
| 16.00 - 16.15 | Refreshment break | |
| 16.15 - 17.00 | Discussion | |
| Day 3 - Sun 26th October 2025 | ||
| 08.30 - 10.30 | PATIENT 5 clinical reasoning + Q & A (neck pain) | |
| 10.30 - 10.50 | Refreshment break | |
| 10.50 - 13.00 | Follow-up PATIENTS 3 & 4 | |
| 13.00 - 14.00 | Lunch | |
| 14.00 - 16.00 | PATIENT 6 clinical reasoning + Q & A (neck pain) | |
| 16.00 - 16.30 | Discussion | |
What is this workshop about?
This is a masterclass workshop – demonstrating the application of Cognitive Functional Therapy for people with chronic back and neck pain.
Prior learning recommended:
While not mandatory, for those people who have not attended a Cognitive Functional Therapy workshop previously, it is recommended that they complete the ‘knowledge’ workshop on the evoolvepaincare.academy platform prior to the masterclass workshop to maximise their learning experience.
Learning outcomes are to understand:
- Application of Cognitive Functional Therapy to people with chronic back and neck pain
- Key elements for person centred communication
- Clinical interview exploring screening, the persons story, their beliefs, emotions and behavioural responses to pain
- Physical examination including the application of behavioural experiments
- Clinical reasoning framework
- Cognitive Functional Therapy intervention
- Making sense of pain – person centred understanding of pain and myth busting
- Exposure with control – building confidence in movement
- Lifestyle changes – healthy lifestyle
- Coaching towards self-management including flareups
- Evidence and obstacles for CFT
Professor Peter O’Sullivan
Peter is a John Curtin Distinguished Professor at the School of Allied Health Sciences at Curtin University and a Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist (as awarded by the Australian College of Physiotherapists in 2005). He is internationally recognised as a leading clinician, researcher and educator in musculoskeletal pain disorders. With his team he has published more than 360 scientific papers, written numerous book chapters and has been keynote speaker at over 130 national and international conferences. Peter also consults at bodylogic.physio half the week where he reviews people with disabling musculoskeletal pain disorders. He is active on social media: LinkedIn Instagram: @peteOsullivanPT Twitter / X: @PeteOsullivanPT Peter’s passion is to bridge the gap between research and practice in order to empower clinicians to treat effectively people in pain. To support this his team have launched a social enterprise: evoolvepaincare.academy< This is an educational website providing equitable access to clinician training in person-centred care and Cognitive Functional Therapy world-wide.
Dr Ian Cowell
Ian is a UK based musculoskeletal physiotherapist with a particular interest in persistent pain disorders. He combines his clinical time at brookphysio.co.uk (@brookphysio) with research and post-graduate teaching. He completed a Ph.D. at Imperial College London in 2019, which focused on the ‘training journey’ for physiotherapists in Cognitive Functional Therapy. Ian is an Evoolve CFT educator and mentor. He has a particular research interest in person centred communication, and how this is enacted in physiotherapist-patient interactions. His current focus, as part of the CFT research group, is developing pedagogic tools to integrate research from practice into communication training.
James Davis
James is an Essex-based physiotherapist and has worked in private practice jamesdavisphysio.co.uk in Chelmsford since 1993 treating mostly persistent spinal pain disorders. He met Peter in 1991 whilst undertaking the full-time Postgrad Diploma in Manipulative Therapy at Curtin University, under the tutorage of Bob Elvey, and has remained in contact. In 2004 he organised the first 3-day CFT course in Chelmsford and another three years later. With growing demand for the CFT approach a larger venue was required and the third CFT course was held in the Peter Samuel Hall at the Royal Free Hospital in 2010. This year is the 12th occasion a 3-day CFT workshop has been organised at this venue.