This ECHO Network has now concluded.

Below you will find the meeting recordings, presentations and resources discussed and presented during the series.

Please note, only the didactic presentations are recorded during the meetings. Group discussion and case presentations are not recorded. 

Meeting resources 

Meeting # 1 (Tuesday 5th May): Clinical Triggers and Early Palliative Approach 

• Presentation
• Recording 

Meeting # 2 (Tuesday 2nd June): Pain Management in Palliative Care

• Presentation
• Recording
• STOPP Frail tool
• STOPP Frail Consensus Validation
• Understanding patient Mental Health at End-of-Life Toolkit
• Pain Management Brochure
• Facts about morphine and other opioid medicines for pain in palliative care
• Distinguishing Demoralization and Depression in Patients with serious illness 

Meeting # 3 (Tuesday 30 June): Respiratory Failure & Breathlessness Management 

• Presentation
• Recording 

Meeting # 4 (Tuesday 4 August): Dementia and a palliative approach 

• Presentation
• Recording
• Resources

Meeting # 5 (Tuesday 8 September): Framing Hard Conversations 

• Presentation
• Recording 

Meet the Palliative Care ECHO expert panel

Dr Gerard Considine
General Practitioner – Clare Medical Centre & Vice President – Rural Doctors Association of South Australia

Dr Chloe Furst
Geriatrician and Palliative Care Consultant / Co-Head of Unit, Department of Geriatrics and Rehabilitation Medicine – RAH

A/Prof David Holden
Palliative Care Consultant – Northern Adelaide Palliative Care Service

Dr Peter Allcroft
Palliative Care Consultant – Southern Adelaide Palliative Care Service

Dr Chirag Patel
Rural Generalist and Palliative Medicine Physician – Whyalla Hospital

Linda Mervart
Palliative Care Nurse Consultant – Central Adelaide Palliative Care Service

Jason Gabriel
Palliative Care Nurse Educator – Rural Support Service

Brianna Kinnear
Palliative Care Pharmacist – Southern Adelaide Palliative Service 

Liz Wright 
Psychosocial Lead – Central Adelaide Palliative Care Service 

CPD eligibility 

• GP participants will receive 1 CPD hour under the Reviewing Performance category with RACGP/ACRRM for each meeting attended.
• GPs presenting a case for discussion, will receive 1 CPD hour under the Measuring Outcomes category (to be self-claimed). 

The Statement of Attendance and CPD hours will be provided at the end of the ECHO series.

Learn more about how ECHO sessions work here.

Find other ECHO networks here.

For questions and enquiries, please contact the ECHO Coordinator at ECHO@sapmea.asn.au.

This program has been made possible through funding from Adelaide PHN and Country SA PHN

Greater Choice for At Home Palliative Care – an Australian Government initiative