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Date: Aug 26, 2023 09:00 AM - 11:00 AM
CE Hours
2.00
CE Units
0.200
Registration closes on Oct 10, 2023 11:55 PM
Activity Type
- Knowledge
Target Audience(s)
- Pharmacists
- PHARMACY TECHNICIANS
Accreditation(s)
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The Colegio de Farmacéuticos de Puerto Rico is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
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Objectives
- At the conclusion of the activity pharmacists should be able to: Identify risk factors for falls in the geriatric patient.
- Explain the STEADI algorithm.
- Identify common medications that can increase the risk of falls.
- Mention non-pharmacologic and pharmacologic strategies to decrease the risk of fall.
- Describe the most common sleep disorders in the geriatric individual.
- Outline the nonpharmacologic recommendations to address sleep disorders in the elderly.
- Compare the pharmacotherapy used to treat common sleep disorders in terms of efficacy and safety.
- At the conclusion of the activity pharmacy technicians should be able to: Identify risk factors for falls in the geriatric patient.
- Identify common medications that can increase the risk of falls.
- Mention non-pharmacologic and pharmacologic strategies to decrease the risk of fall.
- Describe the most common sleep disorders in the geriatric individual.
- Outline the nonpharmacologic recommendations to address sleep disorders in the elderly.
Speaker(s)/Author(s)
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Jeannette Mejias-Arroyo, PharmD |
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Yaritza López, Pharm D |
Activity Number
0151-0000-23-033-L01-P/T
Date:
08/26/23
Time:
09:00 AM - 11:00 AM
CE Hours
2.00
Registration Closed