GP Pain Management 1 - Knowing your patient!

Join NWMPHN in attending the upcoming GP management webinar to better prepare yourself to perform a holistic biopsychosocial assessment for patients with chronic pain.

This one-and-half hour interactive chronic pain webinar will provide a framework for GPs and allied health professionals to comprehensively assess chronic pain patients using evidence based information, assessment tools and case discussion.

The session will cover information on:

• Biopsychosocial assessment of patients with chronic pain
• The 5 ‘P’s of chronic pain assessment.
• The use of Opioid Risk Tool.
• The multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary pain management team
• Specialist physiotherapy and psychology assessment of patients with chronic pain.

There will be opportunity for discussion and interaction to be facilitated using break out rooms.

Speakers:

• Dr Aston Wan – Clinical Director, Barbara Walker Centre for Pain Management (BWCPM) 
• Ms Zoe Harper – Senior Physiotherapist, Barbara Walker Centre for Pain Management (BWCPM) 
• Ms Daisy Aitken – Acting Senior Psychologist, Barbara Walker Centre for Pain Management (BWCPM) 

Learning outcomes:

By the end of the session, the participants will be able to:

• Recall the essential framework for a biopsychosocial assessment for chronic pain patients.
• Demonstrate the application of the 5 'P' framework to assess chronic pain patients.
• Recall and use the Opioid Risk Tool for the assessment of chronic pain patients.
• Identify the role of the inter-disciplinary team in the assessment and management of people with chronic pain.
• Apply the core principles involved in a physical, functional and psychological assessment for people with chronic pain