Chronic persistent non-cancer pain managing it and having tricky conversations about opioid

Event details:

Title: Chronic, persistent non-cancer pain: managing it and having tricky conversations about opioids
Date: Tuesday 10 November 2020
Time: 7.00pm - 8.30pm
Where: Zoom Webinar- dial in from your PC/laptop/mobile phone/tablet
Program: 7.00pm-8.15pm presentations | 8.15pm-8.30pm Q&A

Topics | Speakers

• Pain education as a treatment modality, Ms Alison Sim, Osteopath
• Managing lower back pain and lumbar spine issues in the elderly,  Mr Girish Nair, Neurosurgeon
• Managing chronic pain and opioid use, Dr Diarmuid McCoy, Specialist Pain Medicine Physician

Learning Outcomes

• Use pain education as a treatment modality for patients with chronic pain.
• Identify which patients are suitable to refer to a pain physician or a neurosurgeon.
• Recognise when a patient has chronic persistent non-cancer pain, and possible options for treatment.
• Explain how to have the conversation that opioids are causing harm and what to do next.

RACGP

• 3 CPD Activity points

Event Registration

• https://epworth.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bgFM5uIWTMKwqM7xvM0tcA

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