Strategies To Reduce Polypharmacy – 2 Hours

Description

With the increase in the elderly population and comorbidities, the prevalence of polypharmacy has significantly risen. This activity focuses on identifying and evaluating polypharmacy and emphasizes the importance of the interprofessional team in its management.

Upon completion of this course, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians will be able to: 

• Review how polypharmacy becomes a problem in elderly patient populations.
• Review the prevalence of polypharmacy in older adults.
• Discuss patient and system-related factors that contribute to polypharmacy.
• Discuss the consequences of polypharmacy
• Identify medications that should be used carefully in elderly populations.
• Discuss Steps to identify and deprescribe the medications posing more harm than benefit.
• Summarize the possible strategies to reduce polypharmacy.
• Implement the available screening tools to identify and assess the safety of polypharmacy
• Outline how an interprofessional team can coordinate managing polypharmacy and deprescribing medications if needed.

Author: Philip Gregory Pharm D

Contact Hours: 2 Hours 

Activity Type: Knowledge-Based Home Study 

Instructional Methods:  Online Independent Self-Study (Training + Post-Test)

Target Audience: Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioners (ARNP), and Nurse Practitioners (NP) 

Cost: $15 / Participant

UAN: Pharmacist: 0384-9999-23-008-H04-P Technicians: 0384-9999-23-008-H04-T

Release Date: 03/09/2023               Expiration Date: 03/09/2026

Course Completion Certificate:  A minimum passing score of 70% is required for course completion. A Printable (PDF) Certificate By Email. Credit will be reported to the CPE monitor within 30 days of completion.

The National Pharmacy Technician Association (NPTA) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing education.

NPTA approves Biologix Solutions LLC as a Joint Provider of continuing pharmacy education. Approval

Disclaimers: Philip Gregory has no actual or potential conflict of interest in relation to this program. This program received no commercial support and has been peer-reviewed to ensure non-commercialization.

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