Palliative Care in General Practice

Workshop Outline

Are you a Doctor in Victoria?  You are invited to join us in an interactive workshop about palliative care in general practice.

Topics:

• Recognising patients who need a palliative approach to care
• Communicating about end of life issues
• Pain and symptom management
• Voluntary assisted dying in Victoria
• Advance care planning

Target audience: This workshop is for General Practitioners based in Victoria (Australia) who care for people with a life-limiting illness. Practice Nurses are also welcome to attend.

Facilitator: Dr Greg Mewett

Palliative Care Physician | Ballarat Health Services, Grampians Regional Palliative Care Team. Greg was a GP in Eaglehawk (Bendigo) for 22 years during which time he developed a special interest in palliative care and was an educator & advisor in the Loddon-Mallee Regional Palliative Care Team. He left general practice in 2004 and retrained as a palliative care physician in Melbourne, completing his Fellowship in 2007. After a year as a locum consultant in the north-west of Tasmania, he commenced as a palliative care physician at Ballarat Health Services and the Grampians Regional Palliative Care Team. He has been in this role for the past 11 ½ years.

Enquires: PEPA Administration Officer: pepa@svha.org.au

If you have registered and find you are unable to attend, please advise us as soon as possible, as these workshops are in high demand and we can offer your place to another participant. If you do not advise us and don't attend, you will incur an administration fee. Thank you for your understanding.

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Placements: Would you like to see first hand what specialist palliative care providers do?

Clinical placements are available for doctors, nurses, allied health and Aboriginal health professionals who are employed in health fields (e.g. hospitals, community, residential aged care facilities, general practice).

You can apply through our website at this link: PEPA Education