PHRM 850 Geriatric Pharmacotherapy
Copyright 1998, 2002 The University of Kansas Medical Center

  1. Introduction

    Medication review and evaluation of patients' understanding of their medication regimens is central to good care of older adults.  Aging-related differences in pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics are reviewed in this module, as are issues related to drug interactions, adherence, polypharmacy, and adverse drug reactions in older adults.

  2. Pre-Test *

  3. Objectives

    • Knowledge: Students will be able to
  • Describe aging-related changes in pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics.
  • Estimate creatinine clearance for older adults.
  • Identify factors that increase the risk for adverse drug effects, including polypharmacy.
  • Understand common drug-drug and drug-disease interactions among older primary care patients.
  • Skills: Students will be able to
  • Review an actual patient medication list and identify problem areas.
  • Attitudes
  • Students will maintain an appropriately high index of suspicion for potential adverse drug effects among older patients.

  1. Module Content

  2. Case

  3. Post-Test *

  4. Student Feedback Evaluation *

* The Pre-test, Post-test, and Student Feedback Form are required for credit.

Originally developed by Sally Rigler, MD and Melissa Webb, PharmD (1998)
Revised by Sally Rigler, MD, MPH (2002)

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