Deprescribing for Older Adults
Purpose: Increasing the capacity of primary care clinicians and community care teams to optimize medication use, appropriately prescribe, and apply strategies for deprescribing medications for older adults
Audience: Primary care teams, including prescribing clinicians, nurses, social workers, pharmacists, nurse care managers, behavioral health specialists, administrators, and quality improvement specialists
Sample topics: Evidence-based guidelines and resources for deprescribing; communication strategies; tapers and microtapers; safer alternatives to risky meds; collaborating with team members and specialsts on deprescribing
Schedule: 12 sessions. Thursdays, 7:30 - 8:30 a.m., Pacific time, January 9 - March 27, 2025
Faculty:
Laura Byerly, MD, Associate Professor, Division of Geriatrics, OHSU
Erin Jobst, PT, PhD, Clinical Associate Professor, Oregon State University, Cascades
Lynne Shinto, ND, MPH, Professor of Neurology, OHSU
Suki Kuboterra, PharmD, BCPS, Clinical Pharmacist and Coordinator, Providence Health and Services
