Deprescribing for Older Adults

Purpose: Increasing the capacity of primary care clinicians and community care teams to optimize medication use, appropriately prescribe, and apply strategies for deprescribing medications for older adults

Audience: Primary care teams, including prescribing clinicians, nurses, social workers, pharmacists, nurse care managers, behavioral health specialists, administrators, and quality improvement specialists

Sample topics: Evidence-based guidelines and resources for deprescribing; communication strategies; tapers and microtapers; safer alternatives to risky meds; collaborating with team members and specialists on deprescribing

Schedule: 12 sessions. Thursdays, 7:30 - 8:30 a.m., PT, January 7 - March 25, 2027

Faculty:

  • Laura Byerly, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, OHSU

  • Erin Jobst, PT, PhD, Clinical Associate Professor, Oregon State University, Cascades

  • Lynne Shinto, ND, MPH, Professor of Neurology, OHSU

  • Suki Kuboterra, PharmD, BCPS, Clinical Pharmacist and Coordinator, Providence Health and Services

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