Privileged to be back on Warumungu country this month, on placement at Tennant Creek Hospital thanks to @NTGPE ACRRM and @JohnFlynnPP, learning so much from the amazing hospital staff and community. What a difference some rain makes.. outskirts of TC a year ago vs today.

A new national study shows most patients in Australia are not getting suitable end-of-life care. bit.ly/3A91UVm

Looking forward to seeing strong #rural representation in #OPERAS 👉 a wide range of surgical specialities to be included! Be sure to fill out the EOI: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… TASMAN Collaborative Australasian Students' Surgical Association (ASSA) #collaborativeresearch

Ping Croakey News Melissa Sweet larryirving

📢Announcement 📢 We will be opening OPERAS up to international centers! This is an awesome opportunity to collaborate on the global health issue of opioid over-prescription after surgery🌏💊 📄 anzsurgsocs.org/tasman/operas-… 📌Register interest here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

📣TASMAN are excited to be looking for new members to join our team ‼️ Please see below for further information 👇 Role descriptions: docs.google.com/document/d/1AO… Google form for expression of interest: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Incredible to see Lorane Gaborit deliver #OPERAS AT RACS SRS!! Practice changing research delivered by students and trainees!! TASMAN Collaborative #collaborativeresearch

Exciting updates: 1⃣ #OPERAS protocol published in BMJ_Open! dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjope… 2⃣ #OPERAS presented by Lorane Gaborit wins #DCAS award at #SAS2022 #NAASC2022 RACSurgeons 3⃣ Data analysis underway for the #OPERAS dataset! Thank you to all the collaborators!!! 🌎

Fantastic talk from @Scalpel_Deborah at CTANZ meeting today on “parenting” collaborative research and servant leadership- can’t overstate the importance of selfless mentorship and support from our scientific advisory group especially Deb and Peter Pockney TASMAN Collaborative #OPERAS

Melissa P announcing the #APOLLO study at the #CTANZ meeting which TASMAN Collaborative will be facilitating in Australia 2023!

Prof Jonathan Koea “Surgery should not lead to disparity; disparity should lead to surgery.” A message that rings true across so many aspects of healthcare #RACS2023

Impact of opioid-free analgesia on pain severity and patient satisfaction after discharge from surgery: multispecialty, prospective cohort study in 25 countries ➡️doi.org/10.1093/bjs/zn… This international, multicentre, prospective cohort study of 4273 patients from 25 countries

🎥Join TASMAN Collaborative, Lorane Gaborit and Chris Varghese next Thursday 9th May at 0900 to discuss their new prospective cohort study on patterns of opioid use after surgical discharge... 4273 patients, 144 hospitals and 25 countries! youtube.com/watch?v=2axK0k…

Donna Freer notes 75 million 'bluey' absorbent sheets are used in Australia every year. Trials of reusable 'bluey' (which she has brought to the podium and is green 💚) show they perform just as well *and* decrease usage by 50% 🤯 #sustainability #RACS24

The primary outcome was the discrepancy between what is prescribed on discharge and consumed following discharge. TASMAN Collaborative Lorane Gaborit Chris Varghese x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

We are prescribing DOUBLE what patients consume in the week following discharge from hospital following surgery. These opioids likely end up in peoples homes and in the community... Massive implications! TASMAN Collaborative Lorane Gaborit Chris Varghese x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

The worry is often that patients go home without adequate analgesia, but this study provides reassurance that this is not the case. TASMAN Collaborative Lorane Gaborit Chris Varghese x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

This is a practice-changing paper and research like this does not come around often. The paper will be online later today! TASMAN Collaborative Lorane Gaborit Chris Varghese x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

⚠️🛑STOP PRESCRIBING SO MANY OPIOIDS AT DISCHARGE🛑⚠️ Excellent study from the TASMAN Collaborative Lorane Gaborit Chris Varghese 🔗…-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/an…

➡️30.7% of patients are prescribed opioids at discharge ➡️Less than half of the opioids prescribed were consumed w/i 7 days of discharge ➡️AND the more opioids prescribed, the more opioids were consumed TASMAN Collaborative Lorane Gaborit Chris Varghese 🔗…-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/an…