Podcast: Help! Too Many Meds - The Rehab Therapists Role In Polypharmacy
Tracking # 20-925558
Course overview
Is your patient taking too many or the wrong type of medications? Polypharmacy is so common in post-acute care settings that we often are more surprised when a patient is NOT at risk of polypharmacy than when they are. Rehabilitation therapists typically perform medication reviews, but guidance on actions to take next when polypharmacy is present is often lacking. This podcast-style course discusses best practices in rehab therapists' management of polypharmacy with practical applications of concepts using real patient examples. The impact of polypharmacy on patient outcomes and necessary actions to take to address overuse, underuse, or misuse of medications, including how to communicate with healthcare providers is discussed.
Subject areas
This course counts toward the state boards and subject areas below.
Alabama State Board of Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapist
Occupational Therapy Assistant
Arizona Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners
Occupational Therapist
Occupational Therapy Assistant
Arizona State Board of Physical Therapy
Physical Therapist
Physical Therapy Assistant
Florida Board of Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapist
Occupational Therapy Assistant
Florida Board of Physical Therapy Practice
Physical Therapist
Physical Therapist Assistant
Georgia State Board of Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapist
Occupational Therapy Assistant
Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners - Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapist
Occupational Therapy Assistant
MSDOH Bureau of Professional Licensure - Occupational Therapists
Occupational Therapist
Occupational Therapy Assistant
Mississippi State Board of Physical Therapy
Physical Therapist
Physical Therapist Assistant
South Carolina Board of Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapist
Occupational Therapy Assistant
South Carolina Board of Physical Therapy
Physical Therapist
Physical Therapy Assistant
Tennessee Board of Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapist
Occupational Therapy Assistant
Disclosure statements
None of the planners/faculty, unless otherwise noted, for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.