Learning Objectives

•  Illustrate an understanding that facilitates skillful and safe management of opioid therapy.
•  Illustrate an understanding of new analgesic and nonanalgesic agents, so as to appreciate their role in providing multimodal analgesia.
•  Identify behaviours that may exacerbate and perpetuate pain and have an effective plan for management.
•  Effectively plan and execute multidisciplinary management for a patient with complex biopsychosocial pain.
•  Differentiate causes for pain syndromes such as headache and back pain to allow better formulation of therapy.

Conveners

•  Dr. Kerry Mclaughlin
•  Dr. Mir Wais Sekandarzad

Sessions

Reduce your opioid use for non-cancer pain

•  Chair Dr Chris Woodgate
•  Chronic back pain Dr Carolyn Arnold
•  Non opioid analgesia Dr Alex Konstantatos

Improve the safety of opioid prescribing for chronic non cancer pain

•  Chair Dr Weiss Selandarzad
•  Managing opioid medication in the community Dr Chris Woodgate
•  Epidemic of prescription opioid use Dr Kerry McLaughlin

Challenging behaviours to reduce opioid associated risk

•  Chair Dr Alex Konstantatos
•  Opioids and addiction Ms Megan McKechnie
•  Pain related agendas from a psychiatry perspective Dr Evan Symons

Format

•  Lectures
•  Interactive Case based Clinical Discussions.

What is the cost?

•  $220 for Fellows / Consultants
•  $160 for Trainee / Nurse / Other
•  Morning tea and lunch provided