General Practitioners
Welcome
Welcome to the Pancreatic cancer pathways: coordinating pain management and palliative care activity.
This activity aims to strengthen your understanding and skills in managing pancreatic cancer pain and coordinating timely access to pain specialists. It highlights best-practice approaches for holistic, patient-centred care, including culturally safe pathways for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Participants will explore strategies for effective communication, multidisciplinary collaboration, and proactive symptom management to support optimal outcomes for people living with pancreatic cancer.
Preamble
The National Pancreatic Cancer Roadmap (Roadmap) was developed by Cancer Australia to improve outcomes and survival for Australians affected by pancreatic cancer. The Roadmap identifies 33 key priority areas and 60 strategies for collective action to 2027, across the continuum of pancreatic cancer care, and sets a shared agenda to drive improvements in pancreatic care experience and outcomes.
For more information regarding the Roadmap, please visit: https://pancreaticroadmap.canceraustralia.gov.au/
Learning outcomes
By the end of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Outline the importance of timely identification of patients with pancreatic cancer who are appropriate for referral to palliative care and pain management within supportive care.
- Discuss the role of interventional pain strategies, such as coeliac plexus block and splanchnic nerve neurolysis in the management of pancreatic cancer and when these might be implemented.
- Explore procedures that might be undertaken and the benefits and potential complications of these procedures for patients with pancreatic cancer and their carers.
- Develop referral pathways for patients with pancreatic cancer that are responsive to the patient's pain and symptom needs.
Other healthcare professionals can still enrol and complete this course.
You will receive a certificate upon completion.
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If you do not already have an account with Arterial Education, you will be equired to create one. This verifies that you are a healthcare professional and allows you to log your learning activities.
