Adult/Geriatric Drug Therapy 2020 | All Modules
On-Demand Program
Course Description
This On-Demand lecture series is designed as an adult and geriatric pharmacology update at the advanced practice level. Sessions focus on current recommendations and controversies regarding drug therapy for common adult and geriatric health issues and include appropriate pharmacotherapeutic principles and recommendations for patient and family education. Teaching methods include lecture, discussion and case analysis.
Target Audience
Advanced practice nurse practitioners, especially adult, geriatric and family nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, nurses, pharmacists and other interested healthcare professionals.
Objectives for Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this program, participants will be better able to:
- Evaluate newly approved medications and their role in therapy for older adults.
- Counsel patients on current evidence regarding smoking cessation medications.
- How to perform an in-depth clinical evaluation of insomnia and select most the appropriate drug therapy with understanding of mechanism and side effects.
- Identify three commonly used medications and their indications and side effects in palliative care.
- Appropriately use non-statin cholesterol lowering medications and identify the role of triglycerides in cardiovascular risk.
- Identify first line antiviral therapies for patients with hepatitis C previously untreated with/without cirrhosis.
Featured Topics
To register for just one or a few modules, click on the topic:
- What’s New in Geriatrics: An Update on Medications – Carol Crawford
- Kicking Butts: Smoking Cessation Update – Matthew Perez
- Pharmacologic Management of Insomnia – Ken He
- Update on Medications in Palliative Care – Darrell Owens
- Pharmacologic Management of Difficult Lipid Cases – Savitha Subramanian
- Hepatitis C: A New Era of Treatment in the Geriatric Population – Paula Cox-North
Speakers
- Paula Cox-North, PhD, ARNP, Nurse Practitioner, The Liver Clinic, Harborview Medical Center; Senior Lecturer, UW School of Nursing
- Carol Crawford, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP, Clinical Pharmacist – Senior Care, UW Medicine/Harborview Medical Center, Seattle
- Ken He, MD, PharmD, Staff Physician, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle; Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, UW
- Darrell Owens, DNP, ANP, GNP, ACHPN, Section Head Palliative and Supportive Care, UW Medical Center – Northwest; Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine and Nursing, UW
- Matt Perez, MD, Family Physician/Site Medical Director, Neighborcare Health, Seattle
- Savita Subramanian, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine/Metabolism and Endocrinology, UW; Medical Director, Lipid Clinic at South Lake Union
Adult/Geriatric Drug Therapy 2020
What’s New in Geriatrics: An Update on Medications
On-Demand Program
Speaker
Carol Crawford, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP
Clinical Pharmacist – Senior Care, UW Medicine/Harborview Medical Center, Seattle
Target Audience
Advanced practice nurse practitioners, especially adult, geriatric and family nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, nurses, pharmacists and other interested healthcare professionals.
Objectives for Learning Outcomes
At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be better able to:
- Evaluate newly approved medications and their role in therapy for older adults.
- Evaluate new dosing safety updates, including new doses and indications for older medications used in
the care of older adults. - Review current guidelines for disease states associated with the medications discussed today.
Adult/Geriatric Drug Therapy 2020
Hepatitis C: A New Era of Treatment in the Geriatric Population
On-Demand Program
Speaker
Paula Cox-North, PhD, ARNP
Nurse Practitioner, The Liver Clinic, Harborview Medical Center; Senior Lecturer, UW School of Nursing
Target Audience
Advanced practice nurse practitioners, especially adult, geriatric and family nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, nurses, pharmacists and other interested healthcare professionals.
Objectives for Learning Outcomes
At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be better able to:
- Identify first line antiviral therapies for patients with hepatitis C previously untreated with/without cirrhosis.
- Identify treatment options for those with hepatitis C that have previously failed treatment with and without cirrhosis.
- Know the basic understanding of hepatitis C treatment regimens for unique populations
Adult/Geriatric Drug Therapy 2020
Pharmacologic Management of Difficult Lipid Cases
On-Demand Program
Speaker
Savita Subramanian, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine/Metabolism and Endocrinology, UW; Medical Director, Lipid Clinic at South Lake Union
Target Audience
Advanced practice nurse practitioners, especially adult, geriatric and family nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, nurses, pharmacists and other interested healthcare professionals.
Objectives for Learning Outcomes
At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be better able to:
- Identify and treat individuals with high cardiovascular risk.
- Understand how to appropriately use non-statin cholesterol lowering medications.
- Identify the role of triglycerides in cardiovascular risk.
Adult/Geriatric Drug Therapy 2020
Pharmacological Management of Insomnia
On-Demand Program
Speaker
Ken He, MD, PharmD
Staff Physician, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle; Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, UW
Target Audience
Advanced practice nurse practitioners, especially adult, geriatric and family nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, nurses, pharmacists and other interested healthcare professionals.
Objectives for Learning Outcomes
At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be better able to:
- Describe insomnia definitions and core concepts.
- How to perform an in-depth clinical evaluation of insomnia.
- Select most appropriate drug therapy with understanding of mechanism and side effects.
Adult/Geriatric Drug Therapy 2020
Kicking Butts: Smoking Cessation Counseling and Medications
On-Demand Program
Speaker
Matt Perez, MD
Family Physician/Site Medical Director, Neighborcare Health, Seattle
Target Audience
Advanced practice nurse practitioners, especially adult, geriatric and family nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, nurses, pharmacists and other interested healthcare professionals.
Objectives for Learning Outcomes
At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be better able to:
- Utilize effective strategies to approach tobacco use.
- Counsel patients on current evidence regarding smoking cessation medications.
- Discuss clinical use of Varenicline, Bupropion & nicotine replacement.
Adult/Geriatric Drug Therapy 2020
Updates on Medications in Palliative Care
On-Demand Program
Speaker
Darrell Owens, DNP, ANP, GNP, ACHPN
Section Head Palliative and Supportive Care, UW Medical Center – Northwest; Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine and Nursing, UW
Target Audience
Advanced practice nurse practitioners, especially adult, geriatric and family nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, nurses, pharmacists and other interested healthcare professionals.
Objectives for Learning Outcomes
At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be better able to:
- Name the three most common symptoms in the palliative care population.
- Identify three commonly used medications and their indications and SE in palliative care.
- Identify three common misconceptions about sx management in palliative care.
Adult/Geriatric Drug Therapy 2021 | All Modules
On-Demand Program
Course Description
This On-Demand lecture series is designed as an adult and geriatric pharmacology update at the advanced practice level. Sessions focus on current recommendations and controversies regarding drug therapy for common adult and geriatric health issues and include appropriate pharmacotherapeutic principles and recommendations for patient and family education. Teaching methods include video, PDF handout and case analysis.
Target Audience
Advanced practice nurse practitioners, especially adult, geriatric and family nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, nurses, pharmacists and other interested healthcare professionals.
Objectives for Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this conference, participants will be better able to:
- Be able to state age-related risk factors for those with HCV.
- Discuss the approach to hypertension management in both outpatient and inpatient cases.
- Understand how to diagnose and identify the causes of iron deficiency.
- Discuss practical clinical decision-making strategies when incorporating the Beers Criteria into practice.
- Describe pharmacotherapy for ambulatory alcohol withdrawal management.
- COVID-19: Analyze current evidence based therapies being used in practice.
Featured Modules
To register for only one or a few courses, click on the topic:
- Update on HCV Therapy in Primary Care – Paula Cox-North
- Hypertension Management: Case Studies – Debra Laurent
- Iron Deficiency Anemia in Primary Care – Livia Hegerova
- Practical Application of the Beers Criteria in the Outpatient Setting – Pamela Davies
- Ambulatory Alcohol Withdrawal Management – Allison Yeh
- COVID-19 Therapy for the Hospitalized Patient – Christy Weiland & Jennifer Bohannan
Adult/Geriatric Drug Therapy 2021
Ambulatory Alcohol Withdrawal Management
On-Demand Program
Speaker
Allison Yeh
Dr. Yeh is a third-year resident at Swedish First Hill Family Medicine Residency with a particular interest in addiction medicine. Her continuity clinic is at the Ballard site and has a high volume of patients with chronic pain and substance use disorders.
Target Audience
Advanced practice nurse practitioners, especially adult, geriatric and family nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, nurses, pharmacists and other interested healthcare professionals.
Objectives for Learning Outcomes
At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be better able to:
- Describe signs and symptoms of alcohol withdrawal.
- Review risk assessment tools and criteria to stratify patients to ambulatory versus inpatient care of alcohol withdrawal.
- Describe pharmacotherapy for ambulatory alcohol withdrawal management.
- Discuss monitoring protocols following initiation of treatment and criteria to escalate to next level of care.
- Review local and online resources for psychosocial support.
Adult/Geriatric Drug Therapy 2021
COVID-19 Therapy for the Hospitalized Patient
On-Demand Program
Speakers
Christy Weiland, PharmD, BCPS
Faculty Pharmacist, East Pierce Family Medicine Residency, MultiCare Health System, Puyallup
Jennifer Cherry Bohannan, MD, MS
Family Medicine Chief Resident, East Pierce Family Medicine, Multicare, Puyallup
Target Audience
Advanced practice nurse practitioners, especially adult, geriatric and family nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, nurses, pharmacists and other interested healthcare professionals.
Objectives for Learning Outcomes
At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be better able to:
- Analyze current evidence based therapies being used in practice.
- Discuss antidotal and investigational therapies used in practice.
- Identifying patient specific markers for appropriate utilization of therapies.
Adult/Geriatric Drug Therapy 2021
Hypertension Management: Case Studies
On-Demand Program
Speaker
Debra Laurent, BSN, MS, ARNP, ACNP
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Washington School of Nursing; Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Swedish Heart and Vascular
Target Audience
Advanced practice nurse practitioners, especially adult, geriatric and family nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, nurses, pharmacists and other interested healthcare professionals.
Objectives for Learning Outcomes
At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be better able to:
- Review the categories of anti-hypertensive agents.
- Describe the appropriate work up of hypertension including labs, and studies.
- Discuss the approach to hypertension management in both outpatient and inpatient cases.
- List the possible side effects of the various anti-hypertensive agents.
Adult/Geriatric Drug Therapy 2021
Iron Deficiency Anemia in Primary Care
On-Demand Program
Speakers
Livia Hegerova, MD
Adult Hematologist, Swedish Center for Blood Disorders and Stem Cell Transplant
Target Audience
Advanced practice nurse practitioners, especially adult, geriatric and family nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, nurses, pharmacists and other interested healthcare professionals.
Objectives for Learning Outcomes
At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be better able to:
- Recognize the burden of iron deficiency.
- Understand how to diagnose and identify the causes of iron deficiency.
- Review the iron preparations to treat iron deficiency.