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Join us for this online webinar and hear practical advice on pain management for palliative patients, including assessing common types of pain and the management of opioid analgesics.

Presented by Dr. Corey Lau, Community Palliative Care Staff Specialist at RPA

Learning outcomes:

• Demonstrate how to perform pain assessment and determine what type of pain the patient is experiencing 
• Describe how to start patient safely on opioid analgesics  
• Identify appropriate opioid for patient’s circumstances 
• Describe how to titrate the dosage 
• Describe how to switch to a different opioid if required 
• Demonstrate how to manage other common Palliative Care symptoms such as nausea/vomiting 

Target audience: GPs, nurses and specialists

*Please note GP Registrars who wish to register for CPD events and do not have a member number will need to contact the CPD Department on 1300 986 991