GeriMedRisk Virtual Rounds

GeriMedRisk - Geriatric Clinical Pharmacology Rounds

GeriMedRisk offers free monthly webcast accredited educational rounds on topics related to safe prescribing for older adults. For more information please join our mailing list. Registration is required to attend.

GeriMedRisk May Rounds 

May 6, 2025  | 12:00-1:00 PM EST

Title: 
Brexpiprazole in People Living with Dementia: Weigh the Evidence, Inform Your Practice

Presenter:

Dr. Sophiya Benjamin MBBS, FRCPC, DABPN Geriatric Psychiatrist

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Objectives:

At the end of this learning session, the audience will be able to:

1. Understand the pharmacology of brexpiprazole
2. Appraise the primary studies of brexpiprazole for the treatment of agitation in Alzheimer’s dementia
3. Integrate this information into the existing landscape of knowledge on antipsychotics in older adults with dementia
4. Synthesize findings to facilitate shared decision-making with patients and care partners

Presenter:

Dr. Sophiya Benjamin MBBS, FRCPC, DABPN Geriatric Psychiatrist

Dr. Benjamin is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster University and the Schlegel Chair for Mental Health in Aging. She is the Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director of GeriMedRisk. Dr. Benjamin’s work focuses on implementing and integrating evidence informed solutions at a system level for common challenges in older adults such as polypharmacy and insomnia.  She was the inaugural Co-Medical Director at the Provincial Geriatrics Leadership Ontario and serves as a system leader in geriatric psychiatry. She completed her training in general adult and geriatric psychiatry at Duke University Medical Center in North Carolina and her master's in health sciences through the Duke-National Institute for Health (NIH) Clinical Research Training Program. Her clinical practice is in the Waterloo region of Ontario.

Missing May 6th Rounds?

We will be hosting an additional webinar session that will broadcast a recording of Dr. Sophiya Benjamin's presentation: "Brexpiprazole in People Living with Dementia: Weigh the Evidence, Inform Your Practice". Please register to attend the replay session.

Replay session: May 14 at 7 pm EST

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Please note: this session will not be interactive.
 

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Accreditation Statement:

GeriMedRisk- Geriatric Clinical Pharmacology Rounds is a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

Frequently Asked Questions 

Do you share GeriMedRisk rounds presentation slides or archive presentation recordings? 

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