Learning Objectives:
At the end of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Recognize the reasons why the elderly population requires special medication precautions.
- Identify the potential drug-related problems with medications prescribed to the elderly.
- Define prescribing cascade and learn to detect it to prevent medication problems in older people.
- Describe the IGRIMUP and their role in the global effort to reduce inappropriate and polypharmacy prescribing practices in older adults.
- List the tools available to identify pharmacotherapy problems to modify and improve a drug regimen for older adults.
- Review the Beers Criteria and the rationale for use in preventing Potentially Inappropriate Medications (PIM) and other drugs to avoid in older persons.
- Explain the STOPP/START criteria and how it helps minimize potentially inappropriate prescribing in the elderly.
- Examine the reasoning behind Deprescribing and why it is an essential element of good prescribing practices.
- Evaluate the Medication Appropriateness Index (MAI) and its reliability as a quality measure for potentially inappropriate prescribing.
- Describe the ARMOR protocol along with its primary outcome goals, the functional status and mobility of elderly patients.
- Recognize the Good Palliative-Geriatric Practice Algorithm and how physicians use it to reduce polypharmacy.
- Recognize the FORTA method, a clinical tool designed to increase appropriateness of pharmacotherapy in older adults.
- Identify other supportive tools such as the Anticholinergic Risk Scale, Prescribing Optimization Method and the Drug Burden Index used to resolve polypharmacy, potentially inappropriate medications and potentially omitted drugs.
- Discuss the effect a CMR conducted by a pharmacist can make in decreasing medication related complications for the elderly.
- Categorize recommendations to give seniors on how to manage their medications safely to avoid drug related problems.
- Describe methods to prevent drug related problems, before prescribing and after prescribing medication for older adults.
Faculty: Elvia Sellountos, PharmD, RPh.
The CE faculty, reviewers and planning committee members have all reported no relationships with ineligible companies in relation to this program.
Fees:
FREE for NPTA CE+/Elite Members.
$20 for NPTA Insiders/Non-members.
Purchases are non-refundable and non-transferrable.
Contact Hour(s): 4
Activity Type: Knowledge-Based
Target Audience: Certified Pharmacy Technicians
ACPE UAN(s): 0384-9999-21-106-H05-T
Activity Format: On-Demand Home Study
Release Date: 08/23/2021
Planned Expiration Date: 08/23/2024
CPE Credit Requirements: To receive credit for this ON-DEMAND program, participants must complete the post-test with a passing score of 70%. Participants are given two opportunities to achieve a passing score and receive CPE credit.
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