BCGP Clinical Session — Inappropriate Medications: Let's Kick the Habit!

This session will use the AGS Beers Criteria® and the companion alternatives to prepare pharmacists to evaluate a medication regimen for inappropriate medications that have a poor risk to benefit ratio along with alternative options for the patient. Furthermore, the session will incorporate tools that will empower health care providers to develop a successful plan and communicate with patients/caregivers to achieve buy-in for deprescribing these inappropriate agents. Case examples will give participants an opportunity to learn how to use these tools in practice.

This activity is approved for Board Certified Geriatric Pharmacist (BCGP) recertification credit.

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 continuing pharmacy education credit, and pass the associated posttest(s). Access to the Clinical Session posttests will be available on December 16, 2026, at www.accp.com/myaccount to anyone who has purchased access to the BCGP posttests. For participants who have not purchased access to the posttests, access can be purchased until 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 20th, at the ACCP Registration Desk. The deadline to submit posttests for these sessions will be December 14, 2027.

Speaker: Lisa C. Hutchison, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCPS Professor University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Pharmacy Little Rock, Arkansas   View Biography