Eastern Palliative Care workshop series for GPs: workshop 4 - opioids in palliative care

This session will provide information about currently available opioids in Australia, their use in patients with palliative care needs in managing distressing symptoms of pain and dyspnoea, and what guides our selection of opioids for individual patients. Discussions about medicolegal aspects of opioid prescriptions will also occur.

Learning outcomes:

Participants will be able to:

• select appropriate opioids for management of pain and dyspnoea in palliative care patients
• confidently navigate medicolegal aspects to provide appropriate opioid prescriptions for palliative care patients.

Presenters:

• Dr Chien-Che Lin – Palliative Care Specialist
• Dr Charmaine Foo - Palliative Care Specialist
• Tanakorn Tapekumkun (Aeh) – Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner.

Other session in the series:

• Dying well at home - Tue 24 May
• Managing Urgent Palliative Care Issues in the Community - Tue 31 May 2022
• Decision Making at End of Life - Thu 30 June 2022

GPs may self-record this event for CPD points. A certificate of attendance will be issued after the webinar/face-to-face session.

Supported by Eastern Melbourne PHN.