Webinar resource

This 1 hour and 27-minute webinar is the first in a series of three webinar talking about deprescribing.

Primary Health Tasmania, along with Consultant Pharmacy Services, have recently updated a series of deprescribing guidelines for commonly used medicines. The aim of the guidelines is to reduce the potential for inappropriate use of medication, minimise polypharmacy and improve overall patient outcomes. You can access the guidelines here.

GPs and allied health professionals are invited to attend a series of webinars in which a panel of healthcare professionals will speak to a case study and their approach to deprescribing in their field of discipline.

Webinar 1: A guide to deprescribing in multi-morbidity

4 July 2023 6.30pm – 8.00pm

This is a discussion of deprescribing for patients with multi-morbidity. This webinar covered deprescribing of common medications including antihypertensives, hypoglycaemic agents and antiplatelet therapy and how to use the appropriate deprescribing guides when managing patients. The panel included Dr Blair Adamczewski (Geriatrician – Tasmanian Health Service), Dr Jonathan Choong (GP – Glebe Hill Family Practice Nurture) and Angus Thompson (Pharmacist).