Monday, October 20, 2025 from 9:45 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. CDT at Greenway FGHIJ, 2nd Floor
This session is being recorded.
Learn MoreAvailable for 1.50 hours of CPE creditActivity Number: 0204-9999-25-322-L01-PActivity Type: An Application-Based Activity
Blood pressure goals for older adults in the last two decades have varied. This session will examine the history of blood pressure goals in older adults and tie these goals to literature and examine blood pressure goals in terms of lowering major adverse cardiac events. This session will explore the use and selection of specific medication classes and agents in older adults and discuss the BRACE tool to aid in selection of anti-hypertensives.
This activity is approved for Board Certified Ambulatory Care Pharmacist (BCACP) and Board Certified Geriatric Pharmacist (BCGP) recertification credit.
The BCACP and BCGP Clinical Sessions are part of the professional development program for the recertification of board-certified Ambulatory Care or 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 BCACP, BCGP recertification credit, participants must attend the session, claim the continuing pharmacy education credit, and pass the associated posttest. Access to the Clinical Sessions posttests will be available on December 17, 2025, at www.accp.com/myaccount to anyone who has purchased access to the BCACP/BCGP posttests. For participants who have not purchased access to the posttests, access can be purchased until 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 21, at the ACCP Registration Desk. The deadline to submit posttests for these sessions will be December 15, 2026.
Learning Objectives
1. Discuss guidelines and clinical trials related to the optimal blood pressure goal in older adult patients.
2. Compare and contrast blood pressure goals and their influence on MACE and other pertinent outcomes.
3. Identify an appropriate blood pressure goal for an older adult using patient-specific factors, including frailty.
4. Select an antihypertensive regimen for an older adult using the BRACE acronym and weighing the risk of medications against the risk of future events.
 | | Speaker: | Zachary Klick, Pharm.D., BCACP, BCCP, BCPS | | Cardiology Pharmacist
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
Winston-Salem, North Carolina | | View Biography |
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 | | Speaker: | Maria Shin, Pharm.D., BCGP | | Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner, Home-Based Primary Care
Robley Rex Louisville VA Medical Center
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Sullivan University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Louisville, Kentucky
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