How to Implement and Sustain Deprescribing into Your Clinical Practice: Module 1 – Design Your Deprescribing Intervention

Course Overview

In the post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) setting, managing medications effectively is crucial for optimizing patient outcomes and minimizing harm. Despite the importance of deprescribing, many providers face challenges in this area. This interactive course is designed to equip you with the skills and knowledge necessary to implement effective deprescribing practices in your facility.

Areas of Focus

This module introduces the relationship between medication optimization and deprescribing, providing you with the tools to design an effective deprescribing intervention using the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) model. Future modules in this series will expand on these concepts by covering advanced communication strategies, including techniques for effectively engaging with residents and families, as well as tailored approaches for deprescribing specific classes of medication.

Learning Objectives

Upon completing this module, you will be able to:

• Assess the impact of deprescribing on managing medication overload
• List the four steps of the PDSA model and apply them to a deprescribing intervention
• Develop a comprehensive deprescribing plan, considering key design components and strategies

Faculty

Jennifer A. Pruskowski, PharmD, MS, BCPS, BCGP (Chair)
Judith L. Beizer, PharmD, BCGP, FASCP, AGSF
Cheryl Huckins, MD, CMD
Arif Nazir, MD, CMD
Kim Ratliff, RN, CNDLTC
Sabine von Preyss-Friedman, MD, FACP, CMD
Chad Worz, PharmD, BCGP, FASCP

Background and Development

Since May 2021, the Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association (PALTmed) and the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP) have been developing resources to optimize medication use in PALTC as part of the Drive to Deprescribe initiative. This course is one of these key resources, created to support health care professionals in providing safe, effective, and patient-centered care.

Support

This activity was supported in part through a contribution by the Foundation for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine.

Credit Information

• 0.5 CME
• 0.5 CMD Management

Release Date: 8/14/2024
Expiration Date: 8/14/2026

Credit Statements:

CME: The Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

CMD: This CME activity has been pre-approved by the American Board of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (ABPLM) for a total of 0.5 management hour(s) toward certification or recertification as a Certified Medical Director (CMD) in post-acute and long-term care medicine.

The CMD program is administered by the ABPLM. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit actually spent on the activity. For further information, contact ABPLM at 410-992-3117 or at cmd@paltc.org.

Disclosures

None of the planners, faculty, speakers, or anyone else in control of content disclosed a relevant financial relationship with an ineligible company.