Safety First: Prescribing for Co-Morbidities

Course Content:-

To update participants in relation to potential issues associated with prescribing for co-morbidities to improve safe and effective prescribing.

This update will utilise lectures and group work on MS Teams to enhance participants' understanding of what drug interactions are, why they occur and their impact on elderly patients.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the session participants will have an increased understanding of

• The classification of adverse drug reactions and interactions and how they occur
• The physiological changes which occur in the elderly - impact on drug handling The significance of drug interactions with particular respect to the elderly
• The nature of polypharmacy and the groups of patients most affected
• The factors which result in polypharmacy and how they may be avoided
• Undertaking a medication review