Conference, Major Seminar & Workshop Presentations

• Presentations 2007
• Presentations 2006
• Workshops 2006
• Presentations 2005

Presentations prior to 2003 are listed on individual staff CV's. These are available on the staff pages here.

Presentations 2007

• Jordan JE, Osborne RH. Chronic disease self-management education programs in the Australian healthcare system: Is primary care the mechanism to take this field forward? 2007 General Practice and Primary Health Care Research Conference, Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Sydney, Australia, 23 – 27 May 2007
• Jordan JE, Osborne RH. Chronic disease self-management education programs: Building a policy and program framework to enhance population health outcomes. International Union of Health Promotion and Education, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 10 – 15 June 2007
• Osborne RH, Jordan JE, Buchbinder R. Health Literacy: Foundations for Improving Clinical Practice and Patient Outcomes [Combined Clinical Symposia]. American College of Rheumatology and Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals Annual Conference, Boston Convention and Exhibition Centre, Boston, USA, 6 – 11 November 2007
• Osborne RH, Jordan JE. Chronic Disease Self Management Patient Education Programs: Clinical and Public Health Awareness [Symposia]. American College of Rheumatology and Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals Annual Conference, Boston Convention and Exhibition Centre, Boston, USA, 6 – 11 November 2007

Presentations 2006

• Osborne RH (Symposia organiser), Dieppe PA, Hawker G, Katz J (Chair). Variation and Outcomes in Joint Replacement Surgery: Toward Optimizing Care. Talk Title: Optimizing the System to Maximize Outcomes: The Role of Referral, Prioritization and Preparation for Joint Replacement. American College of Rheumatology / American College of Rheumatology Health Professionals Annual Scientific Meeting. Washington DC, USA, 10th - 15th November 2006.
• Hill C, Buchbinder R, Osborne RH. Quality of reporting of randomized clinical trials (RCTs) in abstracts of the 2005 Annual Scientific Meeting of American College of Rheumatology. American College of Rheumatology and Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals Combined Annual Scientific Meeting, November, Washington DC, USA, 10th - 15th November, 2006.
• Osborne RH, Haynes K, Brand C, Dieppe P, Wicks I, Graves SE. Prioritization for Hip and Knee Joint Replacement Surgery (JRS): A New System that Assigns Queue Position To Get The Right Person To The Right Care At The Right Time. The annual American College of Rheumatology and Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals Scientific Meeting, Washington DC, USA, 10th - 15th November, 2006.
• Ackerman IN, Graves SE, Bennell KL and Osborne RH. Persistent psychosocial morbidity after joint replacement surgery: Health-Related Quality of Life and psychological distress do not approach population norms by 12 months. The annual American College of Rheumatology and Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals Scientific Meeting, Washington DC, USA,10th - 15th November, 2006.
• Ackerman IN, Graves SE, Dieppe PA, Roos EM, Nilsdotter A, March LM, Brown G, Sloan K, Pollard B, Osborne RH. Timing of joint replacement surgery varies according to centre: An international comparison. The annual American College of Rheumatology and Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals Scientific Meeting, 10th to 15th November, Washington DC, USA.
• Osborne RH. Patient centred outcomes by design – the identification and incorporation of patient values into outcomes assessment. American College of Rheumatology Study Group: Patient Perspective in Outcomes Research. 2006 Program on Patient centred outcomes for health care delivery.  Washington DC, USA, November 2006.
• Osborne RH. Disparities in Modifiable and Non-Modifiable Risk Factors for Onset of Arthritis: Population Survey Approaches. American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Clinical Research Conference: The Evidence for Disparities in Onset of Rheumatic Conditions. Washington DC, USA, November 2006.
• Osborne RH, Haynes K, Fayers P, Graves SE, Chubb P, Robbins D. The Development of an Orthopaedic Waiting List Prioritisation Questionnaire: Meeting the Challenges of Clinical Priority, Gaming and Equitable Access. 13th Annual ISOQOL Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, 11th - 14th October 2006.
• Nolte S, Hawkins M, Elsworth GR, Sinclair AJ, Osborne RH. Is a one-off post intervention assessment a valid method to assess outcomes from chronic disease self-management programs? 13th Annual ISOQOL Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, 11th - 14th October 2006.
• Nolte S, Elsworth GR, Springer AL, Sinclair AJ, Osborne RH. The extent and breadth of benefits from participating in Chronic Disease Self-Management courses: A national patient-reported outcomes survey. 13th Annual ISOQOL Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, 11th - 14th October 2006.
• Jordan J, Osborne RH. The pursuit of ‘true’ patient outcomes from chronic disease self-management programs (CDSMP). The flaws of the pre-post assessment. 13th Annual ISOQOL Conference, 11th to 14th October, Lisbon, Portugal.
• Osborne RH. (Invited Presentation) Self-management education evaluation and quality. Danish Committee for Health Education, National Board of Health. Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Osborne RH. (Invited Presentation) Evaluation, quality and monitoring in chronic disease self-management programs: an Australian—German Collaborative. Department for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Hanover Medical University, Germany.
• Nolte S, Osborne RH. (Invited Presentation) Advances in Chronic Disease Self-management. Department of Health Sciences, Lund University, Sweden.
• Nolte S, Hawkins M, Elsworth GR, Sinclair AJ, Osborne RH. Is a one-off post intervention assessment a valid method to assess outcomes from chronic disease self-management programs? 15th Annual Meeting of the Australasian Epidemiological Association, Melbourne, Australia, 18th to 19th September 2006
• Nolte S, Elsworth G, Sinclair A, Osborne RH. Are Age, Gender and Education Determinates of Benefits from Chronic Disease Self-management Programs? Outcomes from 842 Australians. 15th Annual Meeting of the Australasian Epidemiological Association, Melbourne, Australia, 18th to 19th September 2006.
• Nankervis J, Laidlaw C, Osborne RH. Structure, function and value of a quality assurance program for Stanford Self Management Programs: Impact and sustainability of a national pilot program. The Australian Disease Management Association 2nd Annual National Conference - Evidence-based Disease Management in the 21st Century, Melbourne, Australia, 7th to 8th September 2006.
• Osborne RH, Roberts M, Graves SE, Jones C, Chubb P, Brand C, de Steiger R, Wicks I, for the OWL Project team. Evidence based care and prioritisation of people waiting for elective hip and knee replacement surgery: the new Victorian management and prioritisation system. The Australian Disease Management Association 2nd Annual National Conference - Evidence-based Disease Management in the 21st Century, Melbourne, Australia, 7th to 8th September 2006.
• Nolte S, Elsworth GR, Springer AL, Sinclair AJ, Osborne RH. Who benefits most from participating in chronic disease self-management programs? The Australian Disease Management Association 2nd Annual National Conference - Evidence-based Disease Management in the 21st Century, Melbourne, Australia, 7th to 8th September 2006.
• Jordan J, Nankervis J, Brand C, Osborne R. To integrate or not to integrate? Future considerations for chronic disease self-management programs in the health care system. The Australian Disease Management Association 2nd Annual National Conference - Evidence-based Disease Management in the 21st Century, Melbourne, Australia, 7th to 8th September 2006.
• Nankervis J, Laidlaw C, Osborne RH. Structure, function and value of a quality assurance program for Stanford Self Management Programs: Impact and sustainability of a national pilot program. Health Outcomes Conference: Managing Health and Disease in Today’s Society (12th Annual National Conference), Canberra, Australia, 9th to 10th August 2006.
• Nolte S, Elsworth G, Sinclair A, Osborne RH. The role of age, gender and education as determinates of benefits from chronic disease self-management programs: Outcomes from 842 Australians. Health Outcomes Conference: Managing Health and Disease in Today’s Society (12th Annual National Conference), Canberra, Australia, 9th to 10th August 2006.
• Osborne R, Roberts M, Graves S, Brand C, de Steiger R, Wicks I. The Victorian Orthopaedic Waiting List (OWL) Project: Re-designing elective joint replacement surgery (JRS) waiting lists to get the right person to the right care at the right time. ARCHI Improving Patient Flows: Elective Surgery, Brisbane, Australia, 17th to 18th August 2006.
• Osborne RH, Haynes K, Chubb P, Robbins D, de Steiger R, Scott A, Dieppe P, Fayers P, Wicks I, Brand C, Graves SE. Clinically relevant priority ranking for hip and knee joint replacement surgery (JRS): The validation and scaling of the Multidimensional Arthritis Priority Tool (MAPT) against WOMAC, Oxford hip/knee, SF36, AQoL, EQ-5D and HADS. Health Outcomes Conference: Managing Health and Disease in Today’s Society (12th Annual National Conference), Canberra, Australia, 9th to 10th August 2006.
• Osborne RH, Morgan M, Haynes K, Lew S, Rawlin M, Brand C. Improving the health outcomes of individuals who may require joint replacement surgery (JRS) – a framework for referral and communication between care providers. Health Outcomes Conference: Managing Health and Disease in Today’s Society (12th Annual National Conference), Canberra, Australia, 9th to 10th August 2006.
• Jordan J, Osborne RH. Does the transition question reflect the pre-post assessment? Qualitative assessment of outcomes from participant perceptions of chronic disease self-management programs. Health Outcomes Conference: Managing Health and Disease in Today’s Society (12th Annual National Conference), Canberra, Australia, 9th to 10th August 2006.
• Jordan J, Nankervis J, Brand C, Osborne RH. Development of the Victorian chronic disease self-management service improvement framework: Perspective from policy makers, health practitioners and consumers. Health Outcomes Conference: Managing Health and Disease in Today’s Society (12th Annual National Conference), Canberra, Australia, 9th to 10th August 2006.
• Busjia L, Taylor A, Osborne RH. How do we estimate population prevalence of arthritis? Health Outcomes Conference: Managing Health and Disease in Today’s Society (12th Annual National Conference), Canberra, Australia, 9th to 10th August 2006.
• Ackerman IN, Graves SE, Bennell KL, Osborne RH. The WHOQOL-BREF instrument: A useful adjunct to disease-specific measures in people undergoing joint replacement surgery. Health Outcomes Conference: Managing Health and Disease in Today’s Society (12th Annual National Conference), Canberra, Australia, 9th to 10th August 2006.
• Ackerman IN, Graves SE, March LM, Brown G, Sloan K, Dieppe PA, Osborne RH. Health status prior to hip and knee replacement surgery varies considerably between Australian and international centres. Health Outcomes Conference: Managing Health and Disease in Today’s Society (12th Annual National Conference), Canberra, Australia, 9th to 10th August 2006.
• Jordan J, Nankervis J, Brand C, Osborne RH. Chronic disease self-management programs: perspectives on enablers and barriers to GP and patient engagement. GP & PHC Research Conference, Perth, Australia, 5th to 7th July 2006.
• Osborne R, Morgan M, Haynes K, Lew S, Rawlin M, Brand C. Improving the communication between care providers of individuals who may require joint replacement surgery (JRS) – a framework for referral. GP and PHC Research Conference, Perth, Australia, 5th to 7th July 2006.
• Osborne R, Brand C, Haynes K, Chubb P, Robbins D, de Steiger R, Scott A, Dieppe P, Wicks I, Graves S. The OWL Project: Development and implementation of a model for comprehensive prioritisation and management of orthopaedic waiting lists (OWL). Melbourne Health Research Week, Melbourne Australia, 1st to 8th June 2006.
• Osborne RH, Haynes K, Chubb P, Robbins D, de Steiger R, Dieppe PA, Fayers P, Wicks I, Brand C, Graves SE. Developing clinically relevant priority ranking for hip and knee joint replacement surgery (JRS): The validation of the management and priority tool (MAPT) against WOMAC, Oxford hip/knee, SF36, AQoL, EQ-5D and HADS. Australia Rheumatology Association Annual Scientific Meeting, Perth, Australia, 20th to 24th May 2006.
• Nolte S, Springer A, Elsworth G, Sinclair A, Osborne RH. The value of self-management programs: Outcomes from 842 Australians. Australia Rheumatology Association Annual Scientific Meeting, Perth, Australia, 20th to 24th May 2006.
• Busjia L, Hollingsworth B, Buchbinder R, Osborne RH. Demographic, socioeconomic, and lifestyle factors in arthritis in Australia: Results from the Victorian Population Health Survey. Australia Rheumatology Association Annual Scientific Meeting, Perth, Australia, 20th to 24th May 2006.
• Barber M, Buchbinder R, Osborne R, Elder, C, Clerehan R, Busija L. Pronunciation of words is not a good measure of health literacy: determination of The Validity of the Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine (REALM). Australia Rheumatology Association Annual Scientific Meeting, Perth, Australia, 20th to 24th May 2006.
• Ackerman IN, Bennell KL Graves SE, Osborne RH. Health-Related Quality of Life and psychological distress do not return to population norms 12 months after joint replacement surgery (JRS). Australia Rheumatology Association Annual Scientific Meeting, Perth, Australia, 20th to 24th May 2006.
• Ackerman IN, Graves SE, March L, Brown G, Sloan K, Dieppe PA, Osborne RH. Marked national and international variation in disease severity before hip and knee replacement surgery. Australia Rheumatology Association Annual Scientific Meeting, Perth, Australia, 20th to 24th May 2006.
• Osborne RH. (Invited Presentation) Chronic disease self-management models: what has to happen to take policy into practice? Victoria Healthcare Association Community Health Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 9th and 10th May 2006.
• Osborne RH, Graves SE, Brand C, Haynes K, Chubb P, Robbins D, de Steiger R, Scott A, Wicks I. (Invited Presentation) The Orthopaedic Waiting List (OWL) Project: Redesigning processes for elective waiting lists in Victoria to get the right person to the right care at the right time. Better State of Hospitals Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 27th to 28th April 2006.

Workshops 2006

• Osborne RH. Evaluation of Chronic Disease Self-management Programs. Australian Health Outcomes Conference. 8th August 2006, Canberra.
• Osborne RH. Specifying patient-reported outcome measures for complex interventions: A framework to ensure the right outcomes are assessed at the right time. International Society for Quality of Life Research Annual Scientific Meeting, 11th October 2006, Lisbon, Portugal.

Presentations 2005

• Advancements in Chronic Disease Self-Management Research and Evaluation. Annual Scientific Meeting of the Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals. Hosted by the American College of Rheumatology. San Diego, USA. November 2005
• Self-Management Programmes: friend or foe? MRC Health Services Research Collaborative, Bristol, England. November 2005
• Self-Management Programmes: What Policymakers, Clinicians, Researchers and People with Chronic Diseases Need to Know. Expert Patients Program-making a difference for people with long-term conditions, National Conference. Hosted by the Department of Health. Marble Arch, London, England. November 2005
• Advancements in Chronic Disease Self-Management Research and Evaluation. Health Foundation, Coventry, London, England. November 2005
• Advancements in the evaluation and quality monitoring of self-management programs: does your program have impact and how can you inform clinicians, policymakers and funders? International Conference on Patient Self-management: New Perspectives. Co-hosted by the B.C. Ministry of Health Services and the University of Victoria, Centre on Aging. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. September 2005
• The group-based chronic disease health education and self management programs: How can we communicate their value to punters, practitioners through to policymakers. School of Public Health, La Trobe University, September 2005.
• Identifying and Communicating the Value of Chronic Disease Self-Management Programs: What Policymakers, Clinicians, Researchers and People with Chronic Diseases Need to Know. Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing, Sharing Health Care Initiative. Chronic Disease Self-Management - 1 Day Workshop, Melbourne, August 2005