3a. Opioids, chronic pain and the ROOM tool
Track 1
| Thursday, November 21, 2024 |
| 1:40 PM - 2:40 PM |
| Meeting Room 7 (Level 2) |
Details
60min clinical workshop | GPs commonly see patients prescribed opioids long-term for chronic pain. There is growing evidence of harm with long-term opioid use, and GPs can find consultations about this risk conflictual and difficult.
This interactive workshop will briefly overview the ROOM Tool and relevant validation research. It will assist GPs with a practical framework to support their assessment of chronic pain patients and opioids. Using case studies and hands-on activities, the workshop will build confidence and understanding of the tool and its integration into opioid reviews, providing GPs with a straightforward and patient-centred approach that can support ongoing review, including the 12-month PBS opioid review.
This interactive workshop will briefly overview the ROOM Tool and relevant validation research. It will assist GPs with a practical framework to support their assessment of chronic pain patients and opioids. Using case studies and hands-on activities, the workshop will build confidence and understanding of the tool and its integration into opioid reviews, providing GPs with a straightforward and patient-centred approach that can support ongoing review, including the 12-month PBS opioid review.
Speaker
Mr James Flynn
State Manager, RACGP Queensland
RACGP
Session chair
Biography
Dr Louisa Picco
Research Fellow
Monash Addiction Research Centre, Monash University
Making ‘a difficult journey’ easier: Opioids, chronic pain and the ROOM tool
Biography
Dr Louisa Picco is an NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow. Her research predominantly focuses on identifying and responding to prescription opioid-related risks and harms, particularly via prescription drug monitoring programs and clinical screening tools.
Dr Hester Wilson
Expert Advisory Group member for supporting smoking cessation
UNSW
Making ‘a difficult journey’ easier: Opioids, chronic pain and the ROOM tool
Biography
A GP and Addiction Medicine Specialist, Dr Hester Wilson, is the chair of the RACGP Addiction Special Interest Group. She is the Chief Addiction Specialist for NSW, the Clinical Director for Murrumbidgee Drug and Alcohol Service for Murrumbidgee Local Health District, and a GP in private practice. She has long championed the issues GPs face when providing care to people experiencing AOD harm. She is keen to support access to care for people with complex needs and multimorbidity, as well as person-centred care and quality prescribing. She is currently undertaking a part-time PhD focused on GPs’ experience of patients with chronic pain and prescription opioid use disorder.
