We welcome you to the 2025 webinar program with our first session on Wednesday 5 February. This was a FREE session, open to all to attend.

Join us as Joshua Cohen, Nurse Practitioner Specialist Palliative Care, Northern NSW Local Health District leads a conversation about navigating Tricky Pain: Pancreatic Cancer Pain.

Sarah Begley, Clinical Nurse Educator, PCNA Committee Member and PCA Board member will be moderating this session.

This session will be conversation style, and areas of discussion could include:

  • An explain the mechanisms and pathophysiology of pancreatic cancer pain?

  • Clues from a client's history, imaging, or pain examination indicate that their pain might be related to pancreatic cancer?

  • Why is pancreatic cancer pain often resistant to traditional pain treatments?

  • What pharmacological treatments or regimens are recommended for managing pancreatic cancer pain?

  • Are there interventional therapies that may help with this type of pain? Which patients might be eligible?

  • How do you balance the goal of pain relief with the potential impact on a patient's quality of life, especially when higher doses or aggressive treatments might limit their functionality or alertness?

    Download the slides here

A little bit about Joshua (Josh):

Josh Cohen has been a specialist palliative care nurse for the 15 years. During this time Josh has completed his Master in Palliative Care at Flinders University and completed his Master of Nursing, Nurse Practitioner at The University of Sydney.

Josh was a part of an international teaching faculty for the Lien collaborative teaching palliative care in Sri Lanka. Josh was the vice president of Palliative care Nurses Australia (PCNA) for 6 years and remains an active member.

Josh was president of Palliative Aged Care Network (PACN) NSW for 3 years where his passion for aged palliative care was developed. Josh has been a casual tutor in palliative care at both UTS and Flinders University.

In 2024, Josh was part of the conference committee for the PCNA conference in Melbourne which was a hybrid delivery of face to face and virtual attendance. Josh is now working as a palliative care nurse practitioner in Northern NSW (NNSWLHD) for the local community palliative care team in Lismore and surrounds.

We thank Josh for his time and look forward to the conversations that will stem from this webinar.