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SCHEDULE

BCGP Clinical Session -- Watch Your Step! Navigating Polypharmacy to Minimize Fall Risk

Monday, October 17, 2022 from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM PDT at Imperial Ballroom A

Available for 1.00 hours of CPE credit
Activity Number: 0204-9999-22-302-L01-P
Activity Type: An Application-Based Activity

This session will provide attendees with fall prevention strategies and tools they can use in their clinical practice. Examples of fall prevention clinics and services will be provided as well as a dive into the literature regarding medications that increase the risk of falls. Furthermore, strategies for reducing use of these medications such as example tapering regimens will be offered as well. After this session, attendees will be equipped to be proactive in their approach to fall prevention rather than reactive. The BCGP Clinical Sessions are part of the professional development program for the recertification of board-certified geriatric pharmacists by the Board of Pharmacy Specialties and jointly provided by ACCP and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP). In order to earn the BCGP recertification credit, participants must attend the session, claim the continuing pharmacy education credit, and pass the associated posttest. Access to the BCGP Clinical Sessions posttests will be available on December 14, 2022, at www.accp.com/myaccount to anyone who has purchased access to the BCGP posttests. For participants who have not purchased access to the posttest, access can be purchased until 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 18, at the ACCP Registration Desk. The deadline to submit posttests for these sessions will be December 12, 2023.
Danielle Fixen, Pharm.D., BCGPSpeaker: Danielle Fixen, Pharm.D., BCGP
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Learning Objectives
1. Using the CDC STEADI algorithm, develop a falls prevention process that incorporates pharmacists.
2. Based on a review of the literature, assess medications with an increased fall risk in older adults.
3. Recommend medication strategies to decrease falls in older adults.