*
Please list entire course title
Ex: Benzodiazepines: Appropriate Prescribing & Alternative Treatments
*
Please provide a comprehensive activity description
Ex: This course provides knowledge and skills to prescribe alternatives to benzodiazepines as the first-line treatment for anxiety, insomnia, PTSD, and other common conditions, along with when and how to prescribe benzodiazepines as a first-line treatment for epilepsy, burning mouth syndrome, withdrawal management from alcohol/benzos, and other indicated conditions. This course discusses the components needed to gain patient-informed consent to receive a benzo prescription.
*
Please list 3 SMART learning objectives
HOW TO WRITE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Learning objectives should:
• Be congruent with the identified gaps
• Reflect the continuing medical education (CME) mission of the Iowa Healthcare Collaborative Office of CME, with a
minimum of improving competence
• Be in a learner-centric format versus a faculty- or instruction-centric format
• Be measurable (e.g., do not use “understand,” “know,” etc., as these are not measurable verbs)
• Consist of only one action or outcome
Examples
Upon completion of this learning activity, participants should be able to:
1. Identify all essential equipment needed when managing a patient with a difficult or potentially difficult airway.
2. Utilize the Benzodiazepine Action Work Group prescribing guide and informed consent guide to more safely prescribe
benzodiazepines.
3. Examine neuropharmacology of benzodiazepines.
*
Please list target Audience
Ex:
Target Audience: All Prescribers of Controlled Substances MD/DO NP, PA, and Advanced Practice Clinicians, RNs, Dentists
*
Please enter speaker Bio
*
Please enter 3 multiple choice questions (Same for both pre and post) Please notate the correct answer
Ex:
Please choose which pharmacotherapy should be prescribed first to address PTSD symptoms in patients:
a. MAOIs
b. Serotonergic antidepressants (Correct Answer)
c. Benzodiazepines
d. Antipsychotics
e. Barbiturates
*
Please list any evaluation questions you are interested in including
*
If you have any specific Demographics you would like to collect please list here
Ex:
Demographics:
1. Name (Open Text)*
2. Date (Open Text) *
3. Clinical Practice Name (Open Text) *
4. Clinical Practice Address: (Open Text) *
5. Clinical Practice 5-Digit Zip Code: (please list the 5-digit zip code of your primary practice location): (Open Text) *
6. Please provide your specialty
