BCGP Pharmacists: In order for BCGP courses to post to the BPS Portal, your ASCP profile must be updated with your new 7-digit BCGP Credential Number and email address registered with BPS. **Email address must be identical in both accounts.
Date: This live activity will take place on October 11, 2018 from 1:00 – 2:00 pm ET. Participants must attend this live activity in its entirety to receive credit.
*Per ACPE, this live activity must be completed by December 10, 2018 at 11:59 pm ET. No exceptions or extensions permitted. *
Cost: Free for ASCP Members, $29 for Non-Members. To celebrate Senior Care Pharmacist Week, we are offering this BCGP webinar FREE to ASCP Members! Can't make the live program, the on-demand version will also be free to ASCP members and posted on November 1, 2018 for 6-months.
*If you are looking for CPE registration, please click here**
To Purchase: Make sure you are signed into you ASCP account. For paid courses, click “Buy-Now” and complete the checkout process. For free courses, click “Launch”. This course will now be listed in your “My Learning” tab inside “Active”.
To Pre-register: Launch the course. In the pop-up window, click the registration on the left. It may take 3-5 seconds to load. When successful, you will see a dialog for when the webinar will start and shortly receive an email confirmation. Check your SPAM folder if you do not receive the link to your email. You can also return to this course on the day of the registration and "Launch" the activity from here.
To Join Webinar: Launch the course. In the pop-up window, click the registration on the left. It may take 3-5 seconds to load. When successful, you should receive a download for GoToWebinar to start the webinar. Alternatively, you can also join the webinar from the email reminders or confirmation you should have received if you preregistered. To join from a mobile device, you should follow the “Join Webinar” link from the email reminders or confirmation. You may be asked to install an app to join the webinar.
Speaker:
Tessa Rife, PharmD, BCGP, CACP
Academic Detailing Program Manager; Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Addiction Consult and Prescription Opioid Safety Team; Clinical Assistant Professor, UCSF School of Pharmacy
San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System
Financial Disclosure:
The speaker discloses no relevant financial conflicts of interest with regard to this activity.
Target Audience:
This session will be delivered by a clinical pharmacy specialist on an Addiction Consult, Prescription Opioid Safety, and Benzodiazepine Taper Team. Participants managing older adults prescribed benzodiazepines seeking to improve safety in this vulnerable population may benefit from attending this session. Using a case-based approach, the presenter will discuss the prevalence and risks associated with benzodiazepine use in older adults and other special populations, examine the evidence and clinical care models for safe and effective tapering, discuss non-benzodiazepine alternatives, review techniques to assess willingness and motivation to taper, and offer strategies to design individualized and supported benzodiazepine taper care plans.
Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this application-based activity, participants should be able to:
- Describe the prevalence of benzodiazepine use and risks associated with adverse outcomes in older adults and other special populations
- Review the evidence and patient care models for safe and effective benzodiazepine tapers
- Discuss non-pharmacologic and pharmacologic alternatives to benzodiazepines
- Utilize the Ask-Tell-Ask approach and motivational interviewing techniques to assess patient willingness to taper benzodiazepines
- Design an individualized and supported benzodiazepine taper care plan
Continuing Pharmacy Education:
The American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
UAN: 0203-0000-18-051-L01-P
Credits: 1.5 Contact Hours (1 hour of live content, 0.5 hours for post-test assessment)
Expiration: December 10, 2018 by 11:59 pm ET
*A recorded version will be posted by November 1, 2018 with UAN: 0203-0000-18-051-H01-P
How to Earn Credit:
BCGP Credit: Per the Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS), all pharmacists seeking BCGP Recertification have ONE attempt to achieve a 70% or higher on the 10-question post-test.
CPE Credit: You must complete the post-test and evaluation by December 10, 2018 at 11:59 pm ET to receive credit. ASCP reports CPE attainment to ACPE and NABP via the CPE Monitor system. The course should be posted within 24-48 hours of evaluation completion. It is the responsibility of the participant to provide their correct date of birth (MMDD format) and NABP e-Profile ID on their member or guest profile on the ASCP Website.
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