Agenda

An agenda for "Pain in Older Adults and the End-of-Life: Opening Pandora's Box" is provided below for the convenience of seminar attendees.

The Board of Pharmacy has approved this event for 3.25 hours of CE credit. Attendees can download this printable agenda‌ for the event.

Video Recap -- Pain in Older Adults and the End-of-Life: Opening Pandora's Box

View this video for a complete recap of the presentations delivered during "Pain in Older Adults and the End-of-Life: Opening Pandora's Box," the inaugural medication safety seminar presented by the Peter Lamy Center on Drug Therapy and Aging.

Time	Activity
8:00-8:30 a.m.	Registration and Check-in
8:30-9:15 a.m.	Opioid Use and Medication Safety in Older Adults: Setting the Stage Nicole Brandt, PharmD, MBA Linda Simoni-Wastila, PhD University of Maryland School of Pharmacy Objectives: Increase participants awareness to the safety of opioids in older adults. Describe local and national initiatives to increase awareness to this public health concern. Downloadable Materials: Presentation Slides Evaluation Form
9:15-9:45 a.m.	Strategies in Establishing Patient-Centered Pain Management Goals Danielle Doberman, MD, MPH Johns Hopkins Medicine Objective: Determine strategies for developing appropriate pain management goals in older and end-of-life adults. Downloadable Materials: Presentation Slides Evaluation Form
9:45-10:15 a.m.	Pain Careplans and Monitoring: Role of the Interprofessional Team Barbara Resnick, PhD, RN, CRNP, FAAN, FAANP University of Maryland School of Nursing Objective: Delineate methods of identifying and monitoring pain in older adults and patients near the end-of-life. Downloadable Materials: Presentation Slides Evaluation Form
10:15-10:30 a.m.	Break
10:30-11:00 a.m.	Mitigating Risks While Optimizing the Benefits of Pharmacologic Agents to Manage Pain Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD, MA, MDE, BCPS, CPE University of Maryland School of Pharmacy Objective: Propose non-pharmacologic and pharmacologic avenues for optimizing pain management in older adults and patients near the end-of-life. Downloadable Materials: Presentation Slides Evaluation Form
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	Town Hall Moderated Discussion with Presenters Objectives: Diminish the risk of creating a medication misadventure while mitigating pain pharmacologically. Illustrate the importance of collaboration among the interprofessional team to address pain management. Downloadable Materials: Evaluation Form

Additional Resources:

Links to additional resources that seminar attendees might find valuable are provided below.

• Cognitive Disorders: The Journey on the Road to Informed Practice through Interprofessional Research and Evaluation
• Confronting Pain Management and the Opioid Epidemic: Strategies for Health Professional Organizations
• Examples of No-Cost Pain Management Apps and Additional Online Training Resources

The University of Maryland School of Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. Successful completion of this activity requires participants' signature on a signature sheet, participation in the entire activity, and completion of an online activity evaluation survey. Statements of credit will be posted to participants' CPE Monitor profile within three weeks of successful completion of this activity.