Reducing Medication Risk in Older Adults
CPD
7m
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Lecture Overview
This follow-on talk from Dr Treasure McGuire provides a short and sharp look at some practical strategies that we can employ in our practice to reduce the risk medications pose to our older adults. As well as deprescribing and high risk medications, this talk also looks at the medication management pathway, and how individuals can affect change to the error rate at each step of the continuum.
Educators
Treasure McGuire
Dr Treasure McGuire is a medicines information pharmacist, pharmacologist, educator and researcher. As assistant director of pharmacy, Mater Health Services, she manages their academic practice unit. She is also a senior conjoint lecturer in the School of Pharmacy, University of Queensland and associate professor of pharmacology, Faculty of Health Sciences & Medicine, Bond University, where she lectures on complementary medicines, reproductive health, medication safety and communicable diseases. In recognition of her services to medicines information, she received the Lilly International Fellowship in Hospital Pharmacy and the Bowl of Hygeia of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia. See Educator Profile
Reviews
4.6
25 Total Rating(s)
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Louise Hogan
Good for students.
Erin Farquharson
Really good information
Stephanie Trebilcock
Very interesting and informative
Helen Bunnett
this was very interesting and extremely useful for me in particular as I work in aged care.
Andrea Bogart
Very informative and easy to understand.
Jennifer Kerr
I found this really interesting, and extremely useful to reflect on my practice
Janelle McIntosh
Great
wendy maggay
Informative
Jennifer Francis
Excellent
Eliza Brandmeier
Provided great insight into a growing problem.