Clinical workshop : Evidence based effective use of Medical Acupuncture in general practice: use in pain and injury | Dr Ian Relf (90 mins)
Tracks
State 1
| Thursday, October 19, 2017 |
| 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM |
| State 1 |
Overview
The presentation will include the scientific evidence base as well as simple explanations as to how acupuncture works.
Medical acupuncture treatments and a simple approach to pain examination will be demonstrated with patients included during this workshop.
(90 mins)
Speaker
Dr Ian Relf
National Convenor Medical Acupuncture Fellowship Course (FAMAC)
Australian Medical Acupuncture College
Medical Acupuncture- Needle & Laser acupuncture – Effective general practice tool for injury and pain.
Biography
Dr Ian Relf MBBS, MSc, DipRACOG, FRACGP, FAMAC
Dr Relf consults as the Medical Acupuncturist for the Austin Hospital Cancer Centre in Melbourne. He is in private practice in both Melbourne and in semi rural practice.
Previously he did 10 years full time country general practice / 7 years casualty VMO before venturing into medical acupuncture. He is a published author in clinical trial research and uses acupuncture as an evidenced based tool in conjunction with recognised medical care.
