Heather Sakely, PharmD, BCPS, Director of the Geriatric
Pharmacotherapy and PGY2 Geriatric Pharmacy Residency, presents on the
geriatric pharmacotherapy pearls. Dr. Sakely goes through several patient cases
and outlines vaccine regimens, therapeutic options, and medication information
resources.
Educational objectives:
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be
able to:
- Design vaccine regimens using the latest pneumococcal
vaccine schedule.
- Identify therapeutic options for venous thromboembolism
(VTE) prophylaxis in skilled nursing facility (SNF) residents.
- Identify and critically appraise the usefulness of
medication information resources.
Reading Resources:
Disclosures:
Dr. Sakely has financial interests with the following any
entity or entities producing health care goods or services as indicated below:
Grant/Research Support: Practice Change Leadership Program
All presenters disclosure of relevant financial
relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or
distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients
is listed above. No other planners,
members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content
reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this
education activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Accreditation Statement:
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is
accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education
(ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates
this enduring material for a maximum of .75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their
participation in the activity. Other health care professionals are awarded
(0.075) continuing education units (CEU) which are equivalent to .75 contact hour.
For your credit transcript, please access our website 4
weeks post-completion at http://ccehs.upmc.edu and follow the link to the
Credit Transcript page. If you do not provide the last 5 digits of your SSN on
the next page you will not be able to access a CME credit transcript. Providing
your SSN is voluntary.
Release Date: 10/30/15 | Last Modified On: 11/8/16 |
Expires: 11/8/17
