BSPHN - ACP & VAD Education Dinner (Jindalee)

Event organiser

This is a Brisbane South PHN event

Event description

Professor Liz Reymond and Dr Fabian Jaramillo from QVAD at Metro South Health will facilitate an engaging education dinner designed for GP’s working in Brisbane south. The aim is to improve GP knowledge, confidence and skills regarding individualised palliative and end-of-life care including discussions of voluntary assisted dying and advance care planning.

AUDIENCE: General Practitioners

SPEAKERS:

• Professor Elizabeth Reymond, Director QVAD Support and Pharmacy Service, Metro South Health
• Dr Fabian Jaramillo, Director MSH VAD Support Unit, Metro South Health
• Dr Wendy Burton, General Practitioner, MBBS, FRACGP (Hon)

TOPICS:

• A framework of care for the last 12 months of life
• ACP documents used in Queensland
• Introduction to VAD - eligibility criteria, VAD processes, GP’s legal responsibilities

TIME:
Registration: 6:00 pm
Start: 6.30 pm
Finish: 8.30 pm

COST: Free, Dinner will be provide

LOCATION: Jindalee Hotel, Sinnamon Room, 225 Sinnamon Road, Jindalee, QLD 4074

This will be an RACGP-approved CPD activity under the RACGP Program.