Organised by Reckitt
Introduction:
1. 20-25mins presentation from Prof Rebeccah Slater on the pain undertreatment in children.
2. A short film describing the importance of not under appreciating pain and the messages from the HCP.
3. A 20-25mins panel discussion and Q&A session with the audience to further discuss how to bring this to life in the Pharmacy landscape
Programme:
| 13:00 – 13:05 | Chair introduction |
| 13:05 – 13:30 | Pain Undertreatment in Children |
| Prof. Rebeccah Slater, Professor, Paediatric Neuroscience at University of Oxford, UK | |
| 13:30 – 13:55 | Panel Discussion: How Pharmacists can Help by providing Holistic Treatment. |
| Dr Jack Collins Lecturer, The University of Sydney, Australia | |
| Prof. Aline Hajj, Professor, Laval University, Canada | |
| 13:55 – 14:00 | Closing |
Learning objectives:
1. As Health Care Professionals, there are ways to enhance pain treatment with young patients:
- Examples of behavioral signs and available assessment tools to help identify pain
- Examples of pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions.
2. Other ways Pharmacists can help to achieve better pain treatment, especially at the Pharmacy landscape.
Take home messages:
• Pain in children is often underdiagnosed and undertreated.
• Pain matters, as untreated pain has adverse consequences.
• Children have the right to receive appropriate pain relief. A multi-modal approach, including pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions, is effective.
• Assessing pain requires your specialist skills as an HCP; Infants and Kids need advocates, and Pharmacists have a key role to play to enhance pain treatment.
