Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:

1. Describe key stakeholders involved in the deprescribing process
2. List at least 2 barriers to deprescribing and describe strategies to overcome those barriers
3. Identify at least 1 tool to aid in deprescribing in older adults

Faculty

Megan Carr, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP

Geriatric Clinical Pharmacy Specialist

Acute Care for the Elderly (ACE) Unit Pharmacist

Baystate Medical Center

759 Chestnut St, Springfield, MA 01199

Faculty Disclosure

The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education ( CE ) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options.  Faculty or planner conflicts of interest are resolved before the educational activity.

None of the members of the faculty and planning committee for this educational event have commercial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods and services consumed by or used on patients.