Date: This live activity took place on October 11, 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
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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
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-H01-P
Credits: 1.5 Contact Hours (1 hour of recorded content, 0.5 hours for post-test assessment)
Expiration: December 11, 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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