Current Concepts in Medication Therapy 2024

Current Concepts in Medication Therapy 2024 is organized by University of Washington School of Medicine (UWSOM) Continuing Medical Education (CME) and will be held from Dec 09 - 10, 2024.

Overview:
As primary care providers, you are constantly encountering a dizzying array of medication options and patient questions regarding advertised medications. You are responsible for managing complex medication regimens including treatments you may not be intimately familiar with. In addition, safety concerns and new indications for old medications arise regularly. Through the use of a case-based format, speakers will highlight innovations in drug therapies, review new indications for old medications, and discuss medication side effects and drug interactions. Individual presentations will be followed by Q&A during which participants will be able to ask questions.

Objectives:
Upon completion of this activity, attendees should be able to:

• Evaluate the risks and benefits of new inpatient and outpatient drug therapies.
• Discuss new developments in the drug treatment of selected clinical conditions.
• Make more informed drug treatment decisions in the outpatient setting.
• Identify and educate about new FDA approved medications.
• Review seminal articles supporting changes to prescribing practices.
• Discuss important drug interactions and medication side effects.