Managing Pain: A Team Approach

This interactive accredited activity provides opportunities for
collaboration and an understanding of a variety of professional
perspectives on pain assessment and management.
Participants invited to this event include GPs, practice nurses,
occupational therapists, physiotherapists, addiction counsellors,
psychologists, pharmacists and neurological nurses.

Learning Objectives

• Create a communication strategy that promotes patient
  self-efficacy.
• Describe chronic pain and management principles to
  engage the patient in active self-management.
• Construct a comprehensive chronic pain management plan
  which includes allied health and multidisciplinary care.
• Evaluate the role and limitations of opioids in chronic pain
  and understand how to taper opioids.
• Use course materials and specialist information to identify
  effective referral pathways and options to ensure continuity
  of patient care.

To register, email: sirch@ecu.edu.au