Date:This live activity took place on August 1, 2018 from 1:00 – 2:00 pm ET. Participants who attended the live activity cannot receive credit for this home-study version.

Cost: Free for ASCP Members, $10 for Non-Members

*If you are looking for BCGP version, please click here **

Speaker:
Demetra Antimisiaris, PharmD, BCGP, FASCP
Associate Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology and Toxicology
University of Louisville

Financial Disclosure:
The speaker discloses no relevant financial conflicts of interest with regard to this activity.

Target Audience:
This activity has been developed for senior care pharmacists and other pharmacists caring for older adults or younger patients living with multiple comorbidities, multiple medication use, and vulnerability resulting from decline in physiological reserve.

Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this application-based activity, participants should be able to:

• Explain why polypharmacy is considered a geriatric syndrome.
• Describe health science, and healthcare system factors resulting in polypharmacy.
• Identify patient factors contributing to the syndrome of polypharmacy.
• Describe the difference between polypharmacy management and deprescribing.
• Create an approach to polypharmacy management for your practice
  setting.

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:0203-0000-18-050-H01-P
Credits:1.5 Contact Hours (1 hour of recorded content, 0.5 hours for post-test assessment)
Expiration:August 1, 2021 by 11:59 pm ET

*Each user has 365 days of access post-purchase*

How to Earn Credit:
Post-Test: You will have unlimited attempts to achieve a 70% or higher on the post-test assessment.

CPE Credit:You must complete the post-test and evaluation within 365 days post purchase 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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