Events Calendar

• Update on Cannabis – does it help for Chronic Pain
• Update on Real Time Prescription Monitoring

Dr Amanda Johns is a Pain and Rehabilitation Medicine Specialist.  Dr Johns will be discussing current prescribing practice of patient with Chronic Pain and looking at the realistic expectations with patients when undertaking medication trials for chronic pain patients.  She will also discuss medicinal cannabis evidence in chronic pain so information can be communicated to patients to allow them to make an informed decision.  Mr David Monck is a Clinical Nurse Consultant with 20 years of experience in acute and chronic pain.  

Ms Susan Rogers, Pain Network Manager from the ACI will be giving an ACI update that will include status of the Pain Network Evidence review, Pain Services Audit and the real time prescription monitoring system.

Program

7.00pm   Registration, networking and light refreshments

7.20pm   Welcome, Acknowledgement of Country & Introduction

7.30pm   Education session

8.30pm   Case study & interactive panel discussion / Q&A

8.55pm   Evaluation

9.00pm   Close

Learning outcomes

• Critically analyse their current prescribing practice in chronic pain patients
• Communicate realistic expectations with patients when undertaking discrete medication trial for chronic pain patients
• Better able to discuss medicinal cannabis evidence in chronic pain with patients to allow patients to make an informed decision

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