Who are the presenters/mentors?

The workshop contents, sequence and approach has been designed by 

Dr Sue Curtis PhD., CAHRI
Principal, 
Ortran Self Management Solutions






Mr Owen Curtis, M.Ed., ESSAM
Professional Services Manager
Ortran Self Management Solutions

Face to Face CDSM Support workshops have been conducted in:-
Rockhampton
Brisbane
Sydney
Wollongong
Canberra
Melbourne
Adelaide
Hobart
.... with more than 400 Allied Health and Medical Professionals attending.

Sue and Owen provide mentoring support for workshop attendees, supported by a number of other leading Allied Health Professionals.

The Aunty Jean's Good Health Team, an initiative with local indigenous members of the community has been runnning now for 8 years in the Wollongong and Shoalhaven regions of NSW. Owen and Sue were intimately involved in this project and influenced its design and excellent outcomes.

In 2008/9 Owen and Sue were involved in an ABHI funded project focusing on improving knowledge and skills related to Chronic Disease Self Management Supportin 100 Accredited Exercise Physiologists in South East Australia. The project included on-line and face to face components and was very well received by the AEPs and their clients.

For more details as to how Sue and Owen have developed their CCSM Support Tools kit and workshops, have a look at this document.

For more information about Sue and her mentoring, visit the Ortran Web Site


Owen has been involved in tertiary education for many years, working in the Exercise Rehabilitation program at University of Wollongong.Owen is a founding member of AAESS (now ESSA), has been National Vice President and is now a member of the nation-wide university course assessment committee (NUCAP).

Owen was team leader in two DoHA funded projects targeting Falls in the Elderly, one project focused on people over 65 yrs of age living with chronic disease and at increased risk of falls, and the second project targeted people living with chronic kidney disease, on dialysis and at risk of falls.