Webinar: Preventing drug-related harm among older adults

Posted Le 10 mars 2023

Hello, 

 

Please join Parachute for an upcoming webinar, "Preventing drug-related harm among older adults" on March 21, 2023 at noon to 1p.m. EDT 

 

You can register for this free event at: https://parachute.ca/webinar-drugs

 

Please feel free to share the details of this webinar with any colleagues or networks who may be interested. 

 

Event description

 

Older adults are at risk for poisoning primarily due to polypharmacy (the use of multiple drugs or more drugs than are medically necessary) and adverse drug events.

Hosted by Stephanie Cowle from Parachute, this webinar will feature a presentation by Dr. Joanne Ho, the founder and Co-Executive Director of GeriMedRisk. During this webinar, Dr. Ho will provide an overview of trends in drug-related harm among older adults in Canada, pharmacologic changes to older adults that put them at risk and how these injuries can be prevented.

Learning objectives include:
- Reviewing epidemiology of drug-related harm among older adults in Canada
- Understanding age-related pharmacological changes to older adults
- Understanding differences in the identification, management and prevention of drug-related harm for older adults

About Dr. Joanne Ho, MD, FRCPC, MSc, Internal medicine, Geriatric medicine, Clinical pharmacology

Dr. Ho completed medical school at the University of British Columbia and residencies in internal medicine, geriatric medicine and clinical pharmacology at the University of Toronto. She obtained her Masters of Science in clinical epidemiology at the Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. Dr. Ho also completed the CIHR Drug Safety and Effectiveness Cross-Disciplinary and University of Toronto Department of Medicine Eliot Phillipson Clinician Scientist training programs. She is an active medical staff member of Grand River Hospital and St. Mary’s General Hospital in Kitchener, Ontario, where she provides inpatient geriatric medicine, internal medicine and clinical pharmacology consultation services. She is an examiner with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology Examination Committee. Dr. Ho also created GeriMedRisk, an interdisciplinary telemedicine service available to clinicians who need geriatric clinical pharmacology and psychiatry consultations.

 

Register at https://parachute.ca/webinar-drugs

 

 

We hope to see you there! If you have any questions about this event, please contact Claire at cwestmacott@parachute.ca 

 

Thank you, 

 

Claire Westmacott 

Manager of Knowledge Translation and Programs at Parachute