Description
Speaker:
Dr. Ivana Tadic, PharmD, PhD
- Postdoctoral Researcher – Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
Learning objectives
By the end of the webinar, participants should be able to:
- Increase awareness of anticholinergic burden tools (scales/indexes) and potentially inappropriate medication lists, highlighting their advantages and limitations when used to support medication reviews across various healthcare settings
- Critically evaluate the anticholinergic medicines’ potential
- Present the role of anticholinergic medications in prescribing cascades and identify challenges related to their deprescribing
Description
The aim of the webinar is to raise awareness of the problems encountered when using anticholinergic burden tools for the assessment of inappropriate medications, concerns related to prescribing cascades, and the process of deprescribing anticholinergic medicines in patients older than 65 years
Dr. Ivana Tadić, is a postdoctoral researcher in clinical pharmacy at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. After completing her PhD, she worked as a community pharmacist before moving to academia. Her research focuses on medication safety in prescribing anticholinergic medicines for patients over 65, as well as economic analysis of pharmacist-led services. She has published over 50 papers in international journals. Dr. Tadić serves on the General and Education Committee of the European Society of Clinical Pharmacy and chairs the Pharmaceutical Care Network Europe.
