Pharmacist Geriatrics On-Demand 1h

Polypharmacy in older adults leads to significant health risks and increased costs. Learn how to effectively engage in deprescribing, using patient-centered and evidence-based approaches to reduce unnecessary medications. Enroll in this course to enhance your skills in facilitating safer medication practices, become a leader in deprescribing, and improve patient outcomes!

Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion of this application-based CPE course, pharmacists should be able to:
1. Describe the importance of deprescribing to address polypharmacy among older adults.
2. Summarize the steps of patient-centered deprescribing.
3. List medications that may be appropriate targets for evidence-based deprescribing.
4. Identify facilitators and barriers to deprescribing across pharmacy practice settings.
5. Apply deprescribing principles to a clinical case for appropriate medication reduction.

Faculty

Sarah Vordenberg, PharmD, MPH

Associate Chair and Clinical Associate Professor
University of Michigan College of Pharmacy

Disclosures:

Sarah Vordenberg has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.

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