Description
These Face 2 Face or virtual workshops provide an opportunity for medicines optimisation team members and / or practice-based pharmacists and technicians, GPs and nurse prescribers to:
- update clinical knowledge
- be aware of the latest national guidance
- network with colleagues
- consider local implementation to support best practice and patient care
The workshops include a mix of lecture-style presentations and case studies plus plenty of opportunities for interaction. It also supports your professional revalidation.
Workshop content:
- Polypharmacy and deprescribing – the theory
– Definitions and evidence base
– International and national resources
– Frailty, multimorbidity and end of life - Polypharmacy and deprescribing – practical issues
– Agreeing treatment goals
– Shared decision making and patient decision aids
– Medication review and tools to help - Anticholinergic burden
– Evidence base for cognitive impairment
– ACB scales
– NICE guideline 67 – use of anticholinergics in people with dementia - Medicines Optimisation Polypharmacy Prescribing Comparators
If you’re interested in attending or hosting a workshop, please contact elearning@prescqipp.info.
