Presenting at the German Postdoc Network Conference

I am happy to have the opportunity to present the poster of my thematic analysis of clinician interviews at the first annual German Postdoc Network Conference near Munich, Germany. This poster was originally slated to be presented at the 2025 EFIC (European Pain Federation) Conference in Lyon, France, but major upheavals in travel and funding made it impossible for me to attend that conference.

This poster features the results of my third PhD study. In it, you’ll see the results of interviews designed to ascertain the practices, perspectives, and beliefs clinicians have about treating adolescents with nonspecific persistent back pain.

The “social” aspects of the biopsychosocial model, such as relationships and communication, are well represented in these findings. However, they are notable in that these were areas of struggle and challenge for the clinicians.

It’s clear from qualitative studies like these that healthcare practitioners are hungry for training that helps them address these social factors.

This research, along with the as-yet unpublished results of my interviews with parents whose teens have nonspecific back pain, truly inspired me to return to my communication roots and focus my attention on training for clinicians who treat people with persistent pain.

Both relationships and communication are so important in pain-treatment contexts.

You can read the complete published research report, featuring many heartfelt and descriptive quotations from interviewed clinicians, by clicking the image of the article in this blog post I wrote about the study.

The poster I’m presenting at the GPN Conference is shown below.

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