Dr Sue Curtis, PhD, MStudEd, CAHRI

Sue has more than twenty years experience in facilitating self-managed change for individuals, teams and strategic leadership groups within organisations. In her professional career, working with elite research groups in Higher Education, Sue developed a structured action learning system for identifying, measuring and managing the intangibles of quality practice and organisational success. 

Sue's earlier research and development experience has been substantially deepened and broadened by working with people from a wide range of occupational and professional environments including: Clinical and Community Health providers; Higher Education; Heavy Industry; Small Business; General Practice and Private Practice in self-managed change. 

By combining her rich background in teaching, mentoring, coaching and leadership practice, with qualifications and expertise in self-managed change, Sue has a unique capacity to both recognise and support individuals, leadership groups, teams and professional practitioners in achieving positive and sustainable change.  Sue specialises in tailor-made learning and growth programs. These individually-tailored programs are strengths-based and focus on self-understanding for enhanced well-being, improved practitioner-client partnerships, positive workplace relations and growth and sustainability of organisational success.

Sue is a Certified Professional member of the Australian Human Resources Institute, an Accredited Provider of: Chronic Condition Self-Management Programs; Team Management Systems; Australian Values Inventory; Action Profiles and Compatability Communication Systems.  Sue is also a current member of the: Australian Human Resources Institute; Australasian Evaluation Society;and the Australasian Association of Action Learning, Action Research and Process Management. 

Sue has published in the fields of Evaluation, Quality Assurance in Higher Education, Qualitative Health Psychology, Human Resources and Leadership Development and Program Evaluation.  Finally, Sue has a personal interest, experience and expertise in meditation, kayaking, painting and motor-bike riding.

 
Mr Owen Curtis MEd, BEd(P.E.), Dip PE, AEP, FAAESS

Owen has higher degree educational qualifications and has been a teacher-educator for the past 20 years. He has been heavily involved in developing the knowledge, skills and competencies required of an Exercise Physiologist, and has developed innovative educational processes for these emerging professionals. Owen played a major role in developing the profession and has been National Vice President of the Australian Association for Exercise and Sports Science and is a Fellow of that organisation.

Owen has worked collaboratively with the local community in developing strategic alliances for the benefit of the field of Exercise Science. Owen was awarded the Inaugural Vice Chancellor's Award for Community Engagement at the University of Wollongong in 2006 (UoW was voted Times Educational Supplement University of the Year for Community Engagement 2006) for his involvement with a wide range of community initiatives.  These initiatives have focused on projects benefiting the community by working with, among others, the local Divisions of General Practice, the Retirement Industry, Aboriginal Vascular Health, NSW Department of Health, the Federal Department of Health and Ageing.

Owen's professional work in the community has resulted in a significant number of projects which have yielded mutual benefit for both emerging professionals and individual service recipients. These projects have included: Renalrobics for people on dialysis; collaborative projects with local General Practitioners (GPEP) for individuals living with diabetes; the development and implementation of low intensity exercise interventions for people in supported care; post stroke activity interventions; and falls prevention in the elderly. These projects have provided Owen with particular insights into the way in which the current Health Care system can better support people with complex and chronic conditions, and in particular, how this support might be provided through the vehicle of 'self-management' for improved health outcomes.

Owen's expertise in establishing contexts of practice involving Allied Health Professionals and Higher Education is now a sought after resource for visioning and planning of strategic developments in the field of Exercise Science and Rehabilitation in Higher Education.

Self-management Solutions into the Future with Sue and Owen Curtis

Sue and Owen have combined their complementary expertise for the provision of Self-management Solutions.  With Self-management Solutions they have been able draw on their considerable knowledge and professional experience to design a ground-breaking Continuing Professional Development Program for the Australian Association for Exercise and Sports Science.

Sue and Owen are currently providing these workshops nationally for Exercise Physiologists and for other Medical and Allied Health professionals.

For further information about workshops, dates and times, contact us at Self-management Solutions go to Wkshp Enquiries And for information about the on-line learning workshops, go to On-Line learning

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