• Activity INFORMATION

  Overview

  In a podcast style discussion, Mike Corvino, PharmD and Cole Swanson, PharmD review antipsychotic medications. A few new treatment options have come to market that may benefit certain patients. Pharmacists and nurses regularly encounter patients who are taking antipsychotic medications. It is important that pharmacists and nurses understand the benefits and risks associated with these medications and how to identify related side effects. This session seeks to explore these topics, focusing on how this information can best be incorporated into daily medical practice.

  Access the original podcast here.

  
  

  Handouts

  Financial Support By

  PharmCon

• Learning OBJECTIVES

  Pharmacist

  Recognize risks and mitigation options related to antipsychotics including extrapyramidal symptoms, tardive dyskinesia, metabolic syndrome, teratogenicity, and others

  Distinguish between first and second-generation antipsychotics

  Recognize the place in therapy for first-generation versus second-generation antipsychotics

  Identify the mechanisms of action involved in treating various psychiatric symptoms

  Nurse

  Distinguish between first and second-generation antipsychotics

  Recognize risks and mitigation options related to antipsychotics including extrapyramidal symptoms, tardive dyskinesia, metabolic syndrome, teratogenicity, and others

  Identify the mechanisms of action involved in treating various psychiatric symptoms

  Recognize the place in therapy for first-generation versus second-generation antipsychotics

• Activity ACCREDITATION

  Activity Type

  Knowledge

  CE Broker

  20-997004

  Universal Activity Number

  Pharmacist 0798-0000-23-067-H01-P
  Nurse 0798-0000-23-067-H01-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

  Coleman  Swanson, PharmD, CDCES Clinical Pharmacist - Neurology, MUSC Specialty Pharmacy Department

  Michael  Corvino, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP, CDCES Clinical Pharmacist, Fetter Health Care Network

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