PEPA workshop | Pain management in palliative care for doctors in Victoria

This workshop is for General Practitioners based in Victoria (Australia) who care for people with a life-limiting illness. Practice Nurses are also welcome to attend.

Topics:

• Holistic pain assessment & management in palliative care

• Pharmacological & Non-Pharmacological Management of Pain

• Management of pain – routes of administration

• Principles of opioid use: titration, prescribing, breakthrough dosing and rotation of opioids

Facilitator – Indrajith Jayasinghe