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ForwardRecorded The 2023 Beers Criteria: No Longer Just a Draft
Providing care for older adult patients requires many considerations for safe medication use. Several tools are available to help utilize the most appropriate medications in older adults. The American Geriatrics Society Beers Criteria is one of the most commonly utilized tools and has been updated in 2023. This presentation will review the changes made to the criteria and discuss the appropriate use of the criteria in practice.
Target Audience
This knowledge-based program is intended for pharmacists and nurses.
Learning Objectives
- Define potentially inappropriate medications in older adults.
- Recognize the appropriate use and application of the American Geriatrics Society Beers Criteria.
- Outline the changes between the 2019 and 2023 version of the AGS Beers Criteria.
- Given a patient case, determine therapeutic recommendations based on the application of the AGS Beers Criteria.
Recorded The Beers Criteria No Longer Just a Draft Program Packet.pdf
A copy of the presentation slides are located within the course content. Once you have registered for the course, please navigate to the 'Take Course' tab and click the navy blue 'Take Course' button. Navigate to the 'Course Materials' section of the course using the left-hand menu and download a PDF version of the program presentation.
Amber M. Hutchison, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP
Dr. Amber Hutchison is a 2007 graduate of Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy. She is currently an Associate Clinical Professor at HCOP where she serves as a skills lab coordinator in the second and third professional years. Her practice site is at the Skilled Nursing Facility at East Alabama Medical Center and is an internal medicine preceptor for fourth year pharmacy students.
Auburn University is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education; credits are recognized nationwide. The Universal Activity Number for this application-based program is 0001-0000-23-029-H01-P and is intended for pharmacists. The initial release date for this home-study program is July 5, 2023, and the intended expiration date is July 5, 2026.
Auburn University Harrison School of Pharmacy is a Board approved provider of continuing nursing education in Alabama by the Alabama Board of Nursing. Provider Number: ABNP1515.
Available Credit
- 1.20 ABNAuburn University Harrison School of Pharmacy is a Board approved provider of continuing nursing education in Alabama by the Alabama Board of Nursing. Provider Number: ABNP1515
- 1.00 ACPE PharmacyAuburn University is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education; credits are recognized nationwide.
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