• Activity INFORMATION

  Overview

  Hopefully we’ll all end up being a geriatric patient at some point in our lives, right? So, why not start specializing in geriatric care ahead of time? Or, at least start reviewing what the experts recommend, of course! Welcome to the room: The recent AGS Beers Criteria Update (released in 2023, ironically enough). As a primer, we will review the differences among generations with regards to sociological and psychological factors, and then the changing physiology of a typical geriatric patient, which is the driving force for the changes in medication selection and dosage. We will first review the pertinent updates since the last 2019 Beers List update, and certainly discuss overall general suggestions, including potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) for utilization with geriatric patients, disease state-specific recommendations (particularly kidney function decline), drug-drug interactions of highest concern, and much more.
  

  Handouts

  • Slide Document :   23177H05_2pp.pdf Download

  • Slide Document :   23177H05_6pp.pdf Download

  Financial Support By

  PharmCon

• Learning OBJECTIVES

  Pharmacist

  Identify potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) for utilization in older adults based on the most recent AGS Beers Criteria update

  Recall common anatomical and physiological aging changes that can affect the safety and efficacy of medications

  Recognize potentially inappropriate drug interactions for older adults, based on the most recent AGS Beers Criteria update

  Pharmacy Technician

  Recall common anatomical and physiological aging changes that can affect the safety and efficacy of medications

  Recognize potentially inappropriate drug interactions for older adults, based on the most recent AGS Beers Criteria update

  Identify potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) for utilization in older adults based on the most recent AGS Beers Criteria update

  Nurse

  Recognize potentially inappropriate drug interactions for older adults, based on the most recent AGS Beers Criteria update

  Recall common anatomical and physiological aging changes that can affect the safety and efficacy of medications

  Identify potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) for utilization in older adults based on the most recent AGS Beers Criteria update

• Activity ACCREDITATION

  Activity Type

  Knowledge

  CE Broker

  20-1136022

  Universal Activity Number

  Pharmacist 0798-0000-23-177-H05-P
  Pharmacy Technician 0798-0000-23-177-H05-T
  Nurse 0798-0000-23-177-H05-N
  

  PharmCon is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

  PharmCon is an approved course provider for continuing education for nurses by the Florida Board of Nursing. PharmCon is also recognized by the California Board of Nursing as a provider of nursing programs.

  In order to obtain a Statement of Credit, participants must score no less than a 70% on the activity's test and complete a program evaluation.

• Activity INSTRUCTION

  Faculty

  Mark  Garofoli, PharmD, MBA, BCGP, CPE, CTTS Assistant Professor, West Virginia University School of Pharmacy

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