Hibiscus Health Caribbean Inc.

Local and regional health and sports professionals will be coming together at the Savannah Hotel on June 30-July, 1 2018 for the “Staying in the Game: From Prevention to Performance” Sports Medicine Conference.

Hosted by the Barbados Sports Medicine Association (BSMA) the goal of this event is to educate athletes, coaches and medical professionals on current best practices in sports medicine and assist in minimizing injury risks to improve athlete management and performance.

Speakers include top local and regional professionals in the sports medicine field including Dean of the new Faculty of Sport at The University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, Dr Akshai Mansingh. He will be delivering the key note address on “Considerations for the Young Athlete” and other presentations. Also from Jamaica is guest speaker Dr. Olivia Rose, Sports Psychologist who has served on the West Indies Women’s Team. She, along with local Sports Psychologist Dr. June Caddle will look at various psychological aspects of sports and injury. Other topics explored include treatment of injuries, advances in rehabilitation, diagnostic ultrasounds, the Olympic Medical Code, doping, nutrition, strength, conditioning and more delivered by local physicians and allied health professionals including Sports Physicians Drs. Adrian Lorde and Rene Best; Physiotherapists: Dr, Jacqui King, Dr. Phyllis Burnett and Marita Marshall; Dr. Tamara Nancoo, Orthopaedic Surgeon and Dr. Shane Drakes, Physiatrist among other specialists. Athletes, coaches, PE teachers, doctors, nurses, students, other health and sports professionals are all invited to attend.

The BSMA is a non-profit organisation which seeks to make active contributions to the development of sport in Barbados. The current president is Dr. Carl Ward, Sports Physician and the association is served by a number of Medical and Paramedical Professionals all of whom volunteer their time and services for both recreational and professional athletes at local, regional and international events.

For more information contact 269-6183; hhccmeevents@gmail.com.

 Programme 

Day 1

TIME	TOPIC	PRESENTER
Registration 8:00a.m
8:50 am	Welcome by BSMA President	Dr. Carl Ward
9:00 – 9:30 *Keynote presentation	Considerations for the Young Athlete	Dr. Akshai Mansingh Orthopaedic Surgeon, Jamaica
9:30 – 9:50	The Olympic Medical Code	Dr. Carl Ward GP
9:50 – 10:10	General Approaches to Injury Prevention	Dr. Jacqueline King Physiotherapist
10:10 – 10:30	Pre-Participation Examination	Dr. Colin Alert GP
10:30 – 10:50	Optimal Nutrition for sports performance and recovery	Ms. Kimberley Rudder Registered Dietitian
10:50 – 11:10	Doping/Drugs in Sport	Dr. Adrian Lorde Sports Medicine Specialist
11:10 – 11:30	Psychology of Performance and Injury – How to think like an Olympian/Champion	Dr. June Caddle Sports Psychologist
11:30 – 11:50	A Decades worth of Triumphs & Challenges as a Sports Psychologist in the Caribbean	Ms. Olivia Rose Sports Psychologist, Jamaica
11:50 – 1:00	LUNCH	LUNCH
1:00 – 1:20	Protective gear/equipment	Mr. Rondell Griffith Certified Athletic Trainer
1:20 – 1:40	Recovery in Performance	Ms. Marita Marshall Physiotherapist
1:40 – 2:00	Footwear Assessment	Mrs. Rosamund Beckles-James Podiatrist
2:00 – 2:20	A problem solving approach in general preparation	Mr. David Ross Strength & Conditioning Coach
2:20 – 2:40	COFFEE BREAK	COFFEE BREAK
2:40 – 3:00	1.      Introduction to Functional Movement Assessment – Workshop/   2.      Psychology for athletes workshop	Mr. Kurt Clarke Certified Personal Trainer/   Ms. Olivia Rose Sports Psychologist, Jamaica
3:00 – 3:30	1.      Basic First Aid workshop/   2.      Kinesio Taping workshop: Applications for common upper & lower limb injuries	Kyle Hinkson- EMT/   Marita Marshall Physiotherapist

 

DAY 2

TIME	TOPIC	PRESENTER
8:00 a.m.	Registration	Registration
8:50 a.m.	Welcome by BSMA Vice President	Ms. Marita Marshall
9:00 – 9:30 *Keynote presentation	Stress fractures and REDs	Dr. Akshai Mansingh Orthopaedic Surgeon, Jamaica
9:30 – 9:50	Concussion	Dr. Shane Drakes Sports Physician
9:50 – 10:10	Shoulder injuries/The overhead athlete	Dr. Ayana Crichlow Orthopaedic Surgeon
10:10 – 10:30	Diagnostic US	Dr. Rene Best Sports Medicine Specialist
10:30 – 10:50	Exercise Induced Asthma	Dr. Adrian Lorde Sports Medicine Specialist
10:50 – 11:10	Common Knee injuries in sport	Mr. Randolph Carrington Orthopaedic Surgeon
11:10 – 11:30	Sport related hand injuries	Dr. Ayana Crichlow Orthopaedic Surgeon
11:30 – 12:30	LUNCH	LUNCH
12:30 – 12:50	Ankle injuries	Dr. Akshai Mansingh Orthopaedic Surgeon, Jamaica
12:50 – 1:10	Advances in Rehabilitation: Shockwave therapy, Dry Needling	Dr. Phyllis Burnett Physiotherapist
1:10 – 1:30	Optimising Performance: 1% ers in sports	Dr. Shane Drakes Physiatrist
1:30 – 1:50	PRP Injections	Dr. Tamara Nancoo Orthopaedic Surgeon
1:50 – 2:00	BREAK	BREAK
2:00 – 2:30	1.      Shockwave therapy workshop/   2.      Psychology Workshop	Dr. Phyllis Burnett Physiotherapist /   Ms. Olivia Rose Sports Psychologist, Jamaica
2:30 – 3:00	1.      Dry needling workshop/   2.      Diagnostic Ultrasound workshop	TBA- Physiotherapist /   Dr. Best & Dr Shane Drakes  Sports Medicine Specialist

 

 

 

Janelle Chase-Mayers

Representing Mental Health Professionals is Janelle Chase Mayers.  She will be there at the Barbados Family Planning Association’s 2nd Annual Sexual and Reproductive Health Conference. Her topic is Relationships and Mental Health.

 

New Sponsor Joins BFPA’s 2nd Annual Conference

Hibiscus Health Caribbean Inc. is proud to announce its newest sponsor of The Barbados Family Planning Association’s 2nd Annual Sexual and Reproductive Health Conference , Seven Seas!

As Seven Seas is a company which promotes women’s health, HHCI and BFPA appreciate their participation!

 

Thank you.

 

 

 

STAYING IN THE GAME: FROM PREVENTION TO PERFORMANCE

JUNE 30- JULY 1, 2018

SAVANNAH HOTEL, BARBADOS 

PROGRAMME UPDATE

DAY 1

TIME	TOPIC	PRESENTER
Registration 8:00a.m
8:50 am	Welcome by BSMA President	Dr. Carl Ward
9:00 – 9:30 *Keynote presentation	Considerations for the Young Athlete	Dr. Akshai Mansingh Orthopaedic Surgeon, Jamaica
9:30 – 9:50	The Olympic Medical Code	Dr. Carl Ward GP
9:50 – 10:10	General Approaches to Injury Prevention	Dr. Jacqueline King Physiotherapist
10:10 – 10:30	Pre-Participation Examination	Dr. Colin Alert GP
10:30 – 10:50	Optimal Nutrition for sports performance and recovery	Ms. Kimberley Rudder Registered Dietitian
10:50 – 11:10	Doping/Drugs in Sport	Dr. Adrian Lorde Sports Medicine Specialist
11:10 – 11:30	Psychology of Performance and Injury – How to think like an Olympian/Champion	Dr. June Caddle Sports Psychologist
11:30 – 11:50	A Decades worth of Triumphs & Challenges as a Sports Psychologist in the Caribbean	Ms. Olivia Rose Sports Psychologist, Jamaica
11:50 – 1:00	LUNCH	LUNCH
1:00 – 1:20	Protective gear/equipment	Mr. Rondell Griffith Certified Athletic Trainer
1:20 – 1:40	Recovery in Performance	Ms. Marita Marshall Physiotherapist
1:40 – 2:00	Footwear Assessment	Mrs. Rosamund Beckles-James Podiatrist
2:00 – 2:20	A problem solving approach in general preparation	Mr. David Ross Strength & Conditioning Coach
2:20 – 2:40	COFFEE BREAK	COFFEE BREAK
2:40 – 3:00	1.      Introduction to Functional Movement Assessment – Workshop/   2.      Psychology for athletes workshop	Mr. Kurt Clarke Certified Personal Trainer/   Ms. Olivia Rose Sports Psychologist, Jamaica
3:00 – 3:30	1.      Basic First Aid workshop/   2.      Kinesio Taping workshop: Applications for common upper & lower limb injuries	Kyle Hinkson- EMT/   Marita Marshall Physiotherapist

 

DAY 2

TIME	TOPIC	PRESENTER
8:00 a.m.	Registration	Registration
8:50 a.m.	Welcome by BSMA Vice President	Ms. Marita Marshall
9:00 – 9:30 *Keynote presentation	Stress fractures and REDs	Dr. Akshai Mansingh Orthopaedic Surgeon, Jamaica
9:30 – 9:50	Concussion	Dr. Shane Drakes Sports Physician
9:50 – 10:10	Shoulder injuries/The overhead athlete	Dr. Ayana Crichlow Orthopaedic Surgeon
10:10 – 10:30	Diagnostic US	Dr. Rene Best Sports Medicine Specialist
10:30 – 10:50	Exercise Induced Asthma	Dr. Adrian Lorde Sports Medicine Specialist
10:50 – 11:10	Common Knee injuries in sport	Mr. Randolph Carrington Orthopaedic Surgeon
11:10 – 11:30	Sport related hand injuries	Dr. Ayana Crichlow Orthopaedic Surgeon
11:30 – 12:30	LUNCH	LUNCH
12:30 – 12:50	Ankle injuries	Dr. Akshai Mansingh Orthopaedic Surgeon, Jamaica
12:50 – 1:10	Advances in Rehabilitation: Shockwave therapy, Dry Needling	Dr. Phyllis Burnett Physiotherapist
1:10 – 1:30	Optimising Performance: 1% ers in sports	Dr. Shane Drakes Physiatrist
1:30 – 1:50	PRP Injections	Dr. Tamara Nancoo Orthopaedic Surgeon
1:50 – 2:00	BREAK	BREAK
2:00 – 2:30	1.     Shockwave therapy workshop/   2.     Psychology Workshop	Dr. Phyllis Burnett Physiotherapist /   Ms. Olivia Rose Sports Psychologist, Jamaica
2:30 – 3:00	1.     Dry needling workshop/   2.     Diagnostic Ultrasound workshop	TBA- Physiotherapist /   Dr. Best & Dr Shane Drakes  Sports Medicine Specialist

 

Hibiscus Health Caribbean Inc. highlights the sponsors of The Barbados Sports Medicine Association’s Staying in the Game: From Prevention to Performance at the Savannah Hotel June 30-July 1, 2018.

Bronze Sponsors

 

 

And the newly established Warrens Rehab, a division of Warrens Physiotherapy Clinic Inc.

 

Thank you for your support!

 

Erin Sabato -Team Leader of visiting Quinnipiac University

Photo credit: Quinnipiac University

 

ERIN SABATO

Erin Sabato is the current Director of International Service and Learning at Quinnipiac University.  She has earned her BA, Quinnipiac University and MA, University for Peace.

 

About Quinnipiac University

Quinnipiac’s is ranked among all 4-year schools nationally for value of education by The Economist and The Brookings Institution.  There are 10,290 students enrolled in their College of Arts and Sciences and 8 professional schools with a student-to-faculty ratio of 16 to 1.

June 23, along with Director Sabato and her students who are volunteering at the event, two MD candidates, Kaitlin Renkosiak and Devon Soucier will be presenting at the Baobab Towers, Warrens, St. Michael.

Hibiscus Health Caribbean Inc and Barbados Family Planning Association give our major sponsor Quinnipiac University a heartfelt welcome to Barbados!

INFO ON 2nd Annual Sexual and Reproductive Health Conference June 30-July 1, 2018

Barbados Family Planning Association presents its:

2nd Annual Sexual & Reproductive Health Conference

Saturday, 23 June 2018, Baobab Towers, Warrens, St. Michael

830AM-5.00PM

The Barbados Family Planning Association presents its second annual medical conference on Sexual and Reproductive Health in the Caribbean. The goal of this conference is to provide an opportunity for information sharing of current sexual and reproductive health practices, psychosocial perspectives, patient considerations and barriers to care. Topics explored include contraception, sexual assault, STIs, adolescent and transgender health and more. Guest speakers include MD candidates from the Quinnipiac University in Connecticut – Professors Kaitlin Renkosaiak, Devon Soucier and Zara Khan who will share on aspects of maternal mortality, prenatal counselling and contraception.

All health care providers, social workers, counsellors and other sexual & reproductive health stakeholders are invited to attend.

Registration:

$175 – Physicians

$125 – Nurses & Allied Health

$100 – All Students (with ID)

Pre-register at: http://www.hibiscushealthcaribbeanevents.eventbrite.com; hhccmeevents@gmail.com; 269-253-9384; 269-6183

Payment: http://www.ticketpal.com; AB Music Supplies, Sheraton; Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre; Origin Boutique, Limegrove or payment pick-up: 246 253-9384.

Objectives:

• To influence the knowledge, attitudes and beliefs of health care providers in their practice of sexual and reproductive health interventions

• To promote the standardization of sexual and reproductive health practices
• To advocate for the use of evidence-based interventions in practice to ultimately improve patient care and outcomes
• To explore current practices in the approach to gender and health

Draft Programme

TIME

TOPIC

SPEAKER

8.30-8.45

Welcome Address

BFPA Exec Dir

8.45-9

Opening Remarks

TBA

CONTRACEPTION

9.00-9.25

Contraception: Myths and Facts

Dr. Tracy Archer, OBGYN

9.25-9.50

Management of 1st Trimester Abortion

Dr. D. Marshall, Registrar, OBGYN, QEH

9.50-10.15

Post Abortion Care and Contraceptive options

Dr. Alana Francis, Registrar, OBGYN, QEH

10.15-10.20

Q&A

10.20-10.30

Break

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

10:30-10:55

Prenatal Counselling in High Risk Pregnancies

Kaitlin Renkosiak, MD Candidate, Quinnipiac University

10:55-11:20

Fertility Management for General Practice

Dr. Damian Best, OBGYN

11:20-11:30

Q&A

STI

11:30-11.55

HPV: A Review of Screening and Management

Devon Soucier, MD Candidate, Quinnipiac University

11:55-12.20

Public Health STI Topic – TBA

Rosanette Cooke, RN

12.20-12:30

Q&A

12.30-1.30

LUNCH

SEXUAL ASSAULT

1:30-1.55

Sexual Assault Management

Dr. Sandra Bynoe, OBGYN

1.55-2.20

HIV Pre and Post Exposure Prophylaxis

Dr. Anton Best, SMOH, Ministry of Health

2.20-2.30

Q&A

TRANSGENDER HEALTH

2.30-2.55

Impact of Stigma on Key Populations

Mr. Fabian Sargeant MPH

2.55-3.20

Transgender Health

Dr. Walter Alleyne, GP

3.20-3.30

Q&A

Working Break

3.30-3.55

Adolescent Care: Medico-legal Issues

Nailah Robinson, Attorney-At-Law

3.50-4.15

Recurrent Vulvovaginal Candidiasis

Dr. Kamara Odle-Cummins, OBGYN

4.15-4.55

SRH, Relationships & Mental Health

Janelle Chase-Mayers, Mental Health Professionals

4.55-5pm

Closing

Hibiscus Health Caribbean Inc.

 

General Info

Office: 246 269 6183; 253 9384

hibiscushealthnetwork@gmail.com

http://www.hibiscushealthcaribbean.com

Event Pre- Registration

http://hibiscushealthcaribbeanevents.eventbrite.com

hhccmeevents@gmail.com

(pre-registration only via this site – no online payment available via this site)

 

Payment

Online: http://www.ticketpal.com

Barbados Select Ticketpal Locations:

A& B Music Supplies – Sheraton

Sir Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre, St. Michael

Hugo Boss Boutique, Limegrove, St. James

 

 

Image : credited to UWI Mona

Dr Akshai Mansingh is Dean of the new Faculty of Sport at The University of the West Indies (The UWI) and he took the position from August 2017.

A Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon and Sports Medicine Physician, Dr. Mansingh has looked after elite athletes throughout the region. A graduate of The UWI, Dr Mansingh earned his Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery and his Doctor of Medicine, Orthopaedics degrees at the Mona campus. He also holds a Master’s in Sports Medicine from the University of New South Wales in Australia.

Dr Mansingh has been a lecturer in the Department of Surgery, Sports Medicine in Radiology, Anaesthetics and Intensive Care at The UWI, Mona since 2007.  He is also the author of numerous publications in his various specialisations and has written on Methods for Injury Surveillance in International Cricket among many other cricket and sport science themes.

To read more visit

Profile : https://www.mona.uwi.edu/marcom/newsroom/entry/6719

 

1st Topic at June Conference: Considerations for the Young Athlete

Bronze Sponsors