Blue Cross NC
Onsite and Webinar Options
Identifying & Reducing Polypharmacy in Older Adults Utilizing Beers Criteria Workshop
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Center for Learning & Development, Charlotte NC and Online Webinar
Earn 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™/ 2.0 ACPE
Co-sponsored by Charlotte AHEC and The University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy
DESCRIPTION:
This continuing education activity will provide health care professionals a review of current guidelines for the selection of medications for the elderly population, along with a better understanding of strategies to improve medication regimens to reduce the potential for patient harm.
PARTICIPANTS AND OBJECTIVES
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
Pharmacists, Physicians, Physicians Assistants, and Nurse Practitioners
OBJECTIVES:
By the end of this activity, participants should be able to:
1. Identify factors associated with & consequences of polypharmacy in older adults.
2. Review best practices for taking a full medication history.
3. Discuss strategies to reduce polypharmacy, including the Beers Criteria.
4. Highlight updates made in the 2012 Beers Criteria.
5. Identify strategies for treating geriatric patients without the use of Beers Criteria
medications.
INSTRUCTOR
Courtenay Gilmore Wilson, PharmD, CDE, BCPS, CPP Associate Director of Pharmacotherapy, Mountain Area Health Education Center & Assistant Professor of Clinical Education, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Asheville NC
REGISTRATION AND FEES
REGISTRATION:
Download the informational brochure here and register online at .
The course begins promptly at 6:30 p.m. and ends at 8:30 p.m. with the course schedule as follows:
|6:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. |Registration, check-in by attendees in Charlotte and Webinar participants |
|6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. |“Identifying and Reducing Polypharmacy in Older Adults Using Beers Criteria” presented by |
| |Courtenay Gilmore Wilson, PharmD, CDE, BCPS, CPP |
FEES:
$50.00 (if preregistered before April 16, 2014) for both Center for Learning & Development Center and Webinar participants
$65.00 (if registering after April 16, 2014)
***Registration for Webinar must be completed by April 21, 2014***
BCBSNC Network Providers:
Limited scholarships are available for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) network providers.
Providers interested in attending this free-of-charge workshop must obtain a registration code, along with special instructions for registering by sending an email to Paula.Alston@ or Suzanne.Conner-Applegate@.
Please note that BCBSNC will not reimburse network providers who fail to obtain the unique registration code prior to registering.
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