Programme Schedule
15th October 2009
Venue: Chiang Chen Studio Theater,
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

9:00-9:30am Registration
9:30-10:30am Lecture 1 - Work Disability Prevention (WDP): A Different Paradigm
by Patrick Loisel, MD
10:30-11:00am Tea Break
11:00-12:00pm Lecture 2 - Has Occupational Rehabilitation Been Effective for Enhancing Workersˇ¦ Return to Work? A Search for Evidence
by Maurits van Tulder, MD
12:30-1:30pm Lunch
2:00-2:20pm Practices in Hong Kong by Henry Kwok, MD
2:20-2:40pm Practices in Mainland China by Dan Tang, MD
2:40-3:00pm Practices in Malaysia by Charlie Tan, MSc
3:00-3:20pm Practices in Singapore by Kay-Fei Chan, MD
3:20-3:40pm Break
3:40-4:30pm Lecture 3 - Demand-side Employment: A New Perspective to Return to Work
by Fong Chan, PhD
4:30-6:00pm

Round Table Discussion - Toward A Model for Asia
by Chetwyn Chan, PhD and Michael Feuerstein, PhD

Special Issue in Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

6:00pm Programme ends
   
16th October 2009
9:00-9:30am Registration
9:30-12:30pm Workshop 1 - Evidence Implementation in Work Disability Prevention (WDP): The Missing Link by Patrick Loisel, MD
Venue: Y301, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
12:30-2:00pm Lunch
2:00-2:30pm Registration
2:30-5:30pm Workshop 2 - Challenges in Evaluation of Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Occupational Rehabilitation by Maurits van Tulder, MD
Venue: ST522 & 523, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University


Workshop 3 - Integrated Case Management in the Care of Injured Workers: Principles and Practice by Michael Feuerstein, PhD
Venue: M1603, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
6:15-7:00pm Reception
Venue: M1607, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
7:00-8:30pm Open Lecture - Occupational Rehabilitation in Industrialized Asia: Challenges and Opportunities by Michael Feuerstein, PhD
Venue: M1603, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
8:30pm Programme ends