Pharmacy Resident Grand Rounds Novant Health Care: Geriatric Depression Treatment Review

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*Registration payment includes Credit Cards and Interfund Transfers ONLY.

Target Audience

Pharmacists

Description

Webinar registration for this program has closed. To participate, you can attend onsite at the CLD Airport location.

This knowledge-based CPE activity will provide a comprehensive review of current recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of depression in the elderly population.

Webinar Information

Participants who are interested in taking this workshop as a webinar, please go to our webinar requirements page for more information and to test your computer and network your computer will be on prior to the class.

Continuing Education Credit For Pharmacists:
The University Of North Carolina Eshelman School Of Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. The program ACPE#0046-9999-20-016-L01-P(Pharmacist) provides 1.0 contact hours of continuing pharmacy education credit. To receive CE credit, you must complete the CE attendance form and the online evaluation of the program (instructions to be emailed). Statement of credit can be viewed and printed in CPE Monitor. Statements of CE Credit will be processed in approximately 2 to 3 weeks. **No partial credit will be available**

Objectives

• Discuss the appropriate diagnosis and management of depression in the elderly
• Review guideline directed pharmacotherapy options for the treatment of depression in the elderly
• Identify relevant changes from the 2019 American Geriatrics Society Beers Criteria for potentially inappropriate medication use in older adults
• Discuss relevant clinical data comparing the effectiveness of available antidepressant agents in the geriatric population.

Contact

Sarah Ashcraft BA

Sessions