Psychotropic Safety & Regulatory Updates in Long-Term Care

Speaker: Bill LeGallee, PharmD, BCGP
Moderator: Fatima Sheikh, MD, CMD
1-hour CME/CMD
Recorded: September 16, 2024
Released: December 5, 2024
Expiration: December 4, 2027

This session aims to enhance understanding of psychotropic medication use in long-term care by identifying commonly used medications, recognizing potential adverse effects, ensuring proper administration and monitoring, and addressing regulatory considerations.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of this program, attendees should be able to:

  1. Identify psychotropic medications commonly encountered in long-term care.
  2. Recognize the potential adverse effects related to psychotropic medication use.
  3. Understand appropriate administration and monitoring of psychotropic medications.
  4. Take regulatory considerations into account when using psychotropic medications in long-term care.

Financial Disclosure: None of the planners, faculty, or others in control of content disclosed a relevant financial relationship with an ineligible company.

Credit Statements

Accreditation
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association (PALTmed) and MMDA – The Mid-Atlantic Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine. PALTmed is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
PALTmed designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

CMD Credit
This self-study activity has been pre-approved by PALTmed for up to 1 clinical hour toward certification or recertification as a Certified Medical Director (CMD) in post-acute and long-term care medicine. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit actually spent on the activity.

Physician Assistants
The NCCPA accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ towards recertification. Visit the NCCPA website for more information.

Nurse Practitioners
The ANCC accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ towards recertification. 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ = 1 contact hour. For more information visit the ANCC FAQs.