Workshop 2: Wound Care 4:00pm - 5:30pm

There are many factors that affect wound management, including correct patient and wound assessment, cleansing, appropriate dressing of the wound and patient education and referral, where appropriate. This session will discuss the TIME clinical decision tool for assessment and explore factors and their impact on management, while also providing you with a hands on experience of the various types of wound dressings. Wounds such as, skin tears and minor burns, including epidermal and superficial dermal burns will be discussed. With scope of practice changes now is the time to make sure you're up to date with the latest in wound management.

Workshop 2: Long Acting Injectible Buprenorphine 6:30pm - 8:30pm

Join us for a 2 course sit down dinner (included in your $49 registration price) as we embark on an interactive panel discussion on LAIB. Long-acting injectable buprenorphine (LAIB) is recommended for opioid dependence, due to an improved safety profile, simpler regimen and greater convenience and accessibility for patients with pharmacist administration of LAIB. This session will explore how to operate and set up this service, ensuring appropriate links are built with relevant prescribers of opioid treatment. We will also discuss appropriate communication methods with patients who are opioid dependant as well as providing a hand's on practical administration workshop, stepping through any differences between the available products.