Medication in Pain Management Online

Course Outline

Are you aggravated by Amitriptyline? Troubled by Tramadol? Well, worry no more – this one-day course is designed to give clinicians working in community MSK settings a grounding in how the various analgesics work, their effects – both good and bad, and exploring the role of the non-prescriber in having conversations around medication.

Delivered by a GP and Advanced Physiotherapist Practitioner with over 40 years of combined experience in managing pain in a community setting this unique combination provides practical tips and tricks to support day to day practice.

Aims & Learning Objectives

We will cover a range of topics that will include;

• A comprehensive review of the main groups of analgesics and where they have their effects within nociceptive pathways and beyond

• An overview of individual factors that influence medication effects including polypharmacy, multimorbidity and old age.

• Reviewing the evidence base on where and when medications are prescribed.

• Exploring the role of the non-prescriber supporting conversations with patients around the role of medication in pain management

Format

This will be an interactive teaching approach making use of short presentations and clinical case/problem-based approach to enhance learning, with opportunity for discussion and use of a delegate workbook with relevant resources contained within.

Morning

• How analgesics work

• Review of nociceptive pathways interspersed with descriptions of how each category of analgesic works
• Description of other effects of medication throughout the body
• Overview of pharmacokinetics and individual variation in metabolism

• Risks and benefits of medications

• Review of the evidence base
• The guidelines for prescribing analgesia

Afternoon

• The role of the non-prescriber in advice around medication

• National guidance
• Consulting skills – case studies/small group work

• How to answer questions, addressing patients concerns and queries around medication

• Resources/signposting

• When (and where) to refer for advice – including pharmacists, signposting information for patients