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ForwardOAPP Psychiatric Meds - what every provider should know
Many APPs across both medical and surgical specialties routinely encounter patients on psychiatric medications but may lack the comfort or expertise to manage side effects, recognize interactions, or understand when to adjust or escalate care. This leads to fragmented management, missed safety considerations (e.g., QT prolongation, serotonin syndrome), and over-reliance on psychiatric consultation for issues that could be managed independently. At the team level, this contributes to communication gaps, delayed care, and unnecessary consult burden.
Learning Objectives
Increase patient outcomes by utilizing outcomes based measurement for psychiatric medication trials.
Improve patient experience by identifying and choosing medications with least potential side effects.
Improve outcomes by identifying when therapy should be combined with medications. Identify risks and benefits of prescribing psychiatric medications.
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Physician Assistant (AAPA)
The University of Pittsburgh has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 1 AAPA Category 1 CME credit. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
Nursing (CNE)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 1 contact hour.
Other Healthcare Professionals
Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity
Available Credit
- 1.00 AAPA Category I CME
- 1.00 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 1.00 Attendance
This event is full and we cannot accommodate additional registrations at this time. We have a limit on how many participants can be logged in to our virtual software at a given time. If you weren’t able to register for the live event, you can watch the recording on wiser.pitt.edu. The lecture will be posted there after the event date has taken place. If you have questions, please contact OAPP at [email protected].