Pharmacists play a critical role in patient care by identifying opportunities to safely reduce or discontinue medications. This course explores key patient characteristics and high-risk medication classes, introduces a step-by-step deprescribing process, and provides practical communication strategies to effectively engage both patients and providers in deprescribing interventions.

Learning Objectives:

At the completion of this activity, the pharmacists and technicians will be able to:

1. Identify opportunities for deprescribing, including patient characteristics and medication classes.
2. List a systematic process for deprescribing.
3. Determine communication steps for patients and providers for deprescribing interventions. 

Texas Pharmacy Association (154) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. Continuing education will be provided to participants who completed all course requirements.
ACPE 0154-0000-26-003-H01-P
ACPE 0154-0000-26-003-H01-P
1 Contact Hour (0.1 CEU)
Knowledge-based