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Ageing, medication and nutritional management

Assess nutritional risks and associated symptoms in the elderly and develop an approach to assess and manage nutrient needs of individual older patients on polypharmacy.

Ageing, medication and nutritional management
CPD 10.5 hours accredited learning
Learning format Self-paced online, start anytime
Recognition Digital badge upon completion

Overview

The "Ageing, Medication, and Nutritional Management" course offers a comprehensive understanding of the complex interplay between the ageing process, polypharmacy, and nutritional requirements. Participants will learn to assess the physiological changes in older adults, recognize the impact of medications on nutrient absorption, and develop strategies to manage malnutrition in elderly patients. Through real-life case studies, the course provides practical insights into optimizing patient care, ensuring better health outcomes, and improving quality of life for ageing individuals.

What you will learn

  • Recognise key clinical features and subtypes
  • Develop practical treatment plans using topical, systemic and procedural options
  • Identify triggers, patient factors and long-term management strategies
  • Apply evidence-based approaches in everyday clinical practice

Course contents

Meet your presenter

Dr Treasure Mcguire

Dr Treasure Mcguire

PhD BPharm BSc

GradDipClinPharm, GCHEd, CertIVTAE, Adv Prac Pharm, FACP, FPS, MSHP

Assistant Director of Pharmacy (Practice and Development), Mater Health

Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Bond University

Dr Treasure McGuire is a passionate medicines information pharmacist, pharmacologist, educator and researcher. She is an Assistant Director of Pharmacy (Practice and Development), Mater Health, Brisbane and holds two senior conjoint academic appointments between Mater, the School of Medicine, Bond University and School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland (UQ). She is also currently national president of the Australian College of Pharmacy.

As Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Bond University, Dr McGuire aims to transform medical students from ‘doctor as scientist’ to ‘prescriber ready clinicians’. For her work in education at UQ, she was a member of the Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Program Team that received the 2016 UQ Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences Award for Programs that Enhance Learning (APEL) and a 2017 UQ Commendation for these programs.

Dr McGuire collaborates with academic GPs in patient centred research, in the domains of medicines information, evidence-based practice, medication safety, reproductive health and complementary medicines.

CPD hours

Education hours4.5
Reviewing performance hours6.0
Total CPD hours10.5

Accreditations

Royal Australian College of General Practitioners

Accreditation number: 485109

Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine

Accreditation number: 38568

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