Margaret's presentation will cover types of injuries commonly sustained in the workplace by young people, what causes those injuries, the industries in which young people are most at risk of injury, and the multidisciplinary team approach to return to work after injury.

Speaker bio:

Margaret's career has primarily been focused on the management of workplace injuries and the development of return-to-work plans for patients with a variety of medical conditions.

The most common workplace injuries encountered include musculo-skeletal disorders, amputation, burns, head injury, orthopaedic injuries, neurological conditions and psychological conditions.

Margaret has also been involved in the planning & delivering specialist programmes/training, including manual handling for carers, workers in the mining and manufacturing industries.

Margaret is also engaged as a Clinician Lecturer on the undergraduate Occupational Therapy pogrammes at Western Sydney University and the Australian Catholic University as well as graduate programmes at The Australian College of Nursing.