A postgraduate research opportunity at the University of Otago.
Details
- Close date
- Friday, 17 January 2020
- Academic background
- Health Sciences
- Host campus
- Christchurch
- Qualification
- PhD
- Department
- Orthopaedic Surgery and Musculoskeletal Medicine (Christchurch)
- Supervisor
- Dr Bronwyn Lennox Thompson
Overview
Potential topics
- Clinical outcomes following major joint surgery, particularly examining factors associated with poor functional outcomes and/or post-surgical chronic pain (prospective studies)
- Chronic pain coping strategies and decisions associated with using strategies in daily life
- Mindfulness and positive psychology approaches to living with chronic pain
- Factors associated with resilience and living with persistent pain
- Experience of living with chronic pain (for example osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia)
- Clinical practice change and knowledge translation from theory to clinical practice in pain and pain management
- Long-term use of analgesics in persistent pain
