Table 1 Structure of ALS sessions
Session | Focus |
|---|---|
• | Introduced polypharmacy by using lecture and video format to depict issues associated with inappropriate polypharmacy. Group work involved discussing participants reflections of the challenges to stopping inappropriate medicines within their own practice. As homework, participants were encouraged to apply learning from the session to their practice before the next session |
• | Focused upon participant experiences of undertaking a medication review and guidance on shared decision making as well as introducing different tools to assist in stopping inappropriate polypharmacy. Homework involved applying learning to a consultation with a patient |
• | Involved a review of participants experiences of shared decision making and discussion with a Consultant Geriatrician about what went well and how this could be improved |