Fri, 15 Mar 2013
Students will discuss the complex issue of alcohol misuse with health and social care professionals and recovering alcoholics - including actor Paul Danan - at a conference in Norwich on March 18.
Organised by the Centre for Interprofessional Practice at the University of East Anglia, the one day event at the John Innes Centre will give students the chance to understand the ways that different professions and agencies can work together on issues relating to alcohol misuse.
Following a morning of presentations from leading members of local organisations including Norfolk County Council, the Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital and TADS – the Trust Alcohol & Drugs Service – students will spend time with former alcoholics and practitioners in discussion groups.
An afternoon of workshops will culminate in a play by UEA drama students, before actor and recovering alcoholic Paul Danan ends the conference by speaking about his personal experiences of alcohol misuse.
Dr Susanne Lindqvist, senior lecturer in Interprofessional Practice and Centre Director, said: “The conference specifically aims to explore ways of enhancing collaboration between professionals and agencies in order to improve support and care for people who are affected by alcohol misuse”.
“Students will learn from recovering alcoholics, family members of alcoholics, people with alcohol misuse issues and the professionals who work with them.”
Following a morning of presentations from leading members of local organisations including Norfolk County Council, the Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital and TADS – the Trust Alcohol & Drugs Service – students will spend time with former alcoholics and practitioners in discussion groups.
An afternoon of workshops will culminate in a play by UEA drama students, before actor and recovering alcoholic Paul Danan ends the conference by speaking about his personal experiences of alcohol misuse.
Dr Susanne Lindqvist, senior lecturer in Interprofessional Practice and Centre Director, said: “The conference specifically aims to explore ways of enhancing collaboration between professionals and agencies in order to improve support and care for people who are affected by alcohol misuse”.
“Students will learn from recovering alcoholics, family members of alcoholics, people with alcohol misuse issues and the professionals who work with them.”
