Webinar Recording: Pills and Spills: An Assessment of Medications and Fall Risk in Older Patients

Recorded on May 20, 2020 LEARNING OBJECTIVES: This webinar will address the following topics: • Describe common mechanisms by which medications can increase fall risk • Access and utilize scoring tools and decision making guides to assess a medication’s fall risk • When presented with a patient case, identify medications with a high fall risk potential • Top 200—Which Drugs Cause Falls • Available Tools —What Can Clinicians do to Prevent Falls? CME CREDIT PT: This webinar will quality for 1.0 hour of PT CME credit in AL, AR, AZ, CO, DE, GA, HI, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MD, MI, MN, NE, NH, NC, ND, NM, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WY OT: This webinar will quality for 1.0 hour of OT CME credit in AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, GA, IA, IL, KS, KY, MN, MS, MO, NC, NE, NV, NH, ND, NM, OH, OR, PA, RI, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY SPEAKER: Kelly Covert, PharmD, BCPS, Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy. Dr. Covert received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree in 2014 from the University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy. She joined the faculty at the Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy in 2016 as an Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice, and she precepts third- and fourth-year pharmacy students, as well as pharmacy residents, on an Adult Medicine rotation at Johnson City Medical Center.