This session will be online only.
Paid registration also provides access to the recording and resources post event. All recordings will be available until August 31, 2024.
Topics may include:
GLP1 Craze | Psychotropics | Deprescribing overused medications | Antibiotic stewardship | Pain and symptom management | Managing toxicities of novel treatment agents/evolving combination therapies | Topical therapies for pain/symptom management | SGLT2 inhibitors | Modifying med list for patients w/dementia – PPI’s, hypertensive, statins
Objectives
- Understand the importance of reevaluating the prescribed medication on renewal (Medical Expert, Scholar)
- Be effective and responsible prescribers by reevaluating treatment plans during every transition of care (Medical Expert, Collaborator, Communicator)
- Develop strategies for pain management at various stages (Medical Expert, Scholar)
- Develop strategies to prepare patients for initiation, maintenance, and monitoring for safe rheumatologic medication prescribing (Medical Expert, Communicator)
Be familiar with indications, dosing, and common side effects of GLP1 and SGLT2i inhibitors (Medical Expert, Communicator, Health Advocate
Agenda
0820 Welcome
0830 Deprescribing Common Medications – Karin Ens, BScPharm, MSc, CDE
0920 Pain Management- Jamie Falk, PharmD
1010 Monitoring and Preparing Patients who Require Rheumatologic Medications – Annaliese Tisseverasinghe, MD, FRCPC, MHSc
1100 Stretch Break
1130 Making a List & Checking it Twice: Medication Reconciliation – Jennifer Gibson, BSP, ACPR, EPPh
1220 How sweet it is: The GLP1 craze and other medications – Jennifer Gibson, BSP, ACPR, EPPh
1320 – Closing