Responsible Medication Prescribing for Older Adults is a comprehensive course offered by Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. This course aims to equip healthcare professionals with essential knowledge and skills to ensure safe and appropriate medication prescribing for older adults. The course delves into the physiological changes that occur with aging and their implications on medication management. Participants will explore key concepts in pharmacology, evidence-based frameworks, and interdisciplinary practical strategies to optimize prescribing practices and enhance patient care across care sites.
Key learning objectives include recognizing physiologic changes of aging as it relates to medication management, defining and discussing concepts & strategies related to medication prescribing and inappropriate prescribing practices in older adults, and identifying system-based practice resources like interprofessional teams and EMR optimization to improve safe medication management.
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This course comprises five engaging modules that cover medication management and physiology of aging, key prescribing concepts, tools to reduce inappropriate prescribing, role of interdisciplinary teams in safe prescribing during care transitions, and integrating geriatric prescribing principles using evidence-based frameworks.
Module I: Medication Management and Physiology of Aging
This module provides a foundational understanding of the physiological changes that occur with aging and their implications on medication management. Participants will explore the key concepts in pharmacology and gain insights into evidence-based frameworks.
Module II: Key Concepts in Prescribing for Older Adults
Participants will delve into essential prescribing concepts specifically tailored for older adults, gaining valuable knowledge and skills to ensure safe and appropriate medication prescribing.
Module III: Tools and Strategies to Reduce Inappropriate Prescribing
This module equips participants with practical tools and strategies to identify and reduce inappropriate prescribing practices in older adults, ensuring safe medication management.
Module IV: Role of Interdisciplinary Teams and System-based interventions
Participants will explore the vital role of interdisciplinary teams and system-based interventions in improving safe prescribing during care transitions, optimizing patient care across different care sites.
Module V: Integrating Geriatric Prescribing Principles Using Evidence-Based Frameworks
This module focuses on integrating geriatric prescribing principles using evidence-based frameworks, ensuring safe and appropriate medication prescribing for older adults.
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