BCGP Prep Course (BCGP)

What you will learn

• By the end of this course, learners will be able to:
• Explain the major competency areas relevant to BCGP preparation and how to organize study by domain, without relying on invented or unofficial blueprint weightings.
• Apply core geriatric pharmacy principles to medication-related decision-making in older adults, including age-related pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic changes, multimorbidity, frailty, cognition, function, prognosis, and goals of care.
• Perform comprehensive medication review to identify inappropriate therapy, duplicate therapy, prescribing cascades, adherence barriers, regimen complexity, and deprescribing opportunities.
• Select, adjust, monitor, and when appropriate deprescribe pharmacotherapy for common conditions in older adults while prioritizing safety, function, quality of life, and patient-centered outcomes.
• Recognize and manage high-yield medication safety issues in geriatrics, including adverse drug events, drug-drug and drug-disease interactions, falls, delirium, bleeding, orthostasis, hypoglycemia, constipation, urinary retention, and sedation.
• Apply medication reconciliation, transitions-of-care, and medication-use-system principles to reduce discrepancies, administration problems, and preventable harm across settings.
• Use patient-centered communication and shared decision-making strategies that appropriately incorporate caregivers, surrogate decision-makers, treatment burden, and individualized goals of care.