STEADI: The Pharmacist’s Role in Older Adult Fall Prevention is a free, online, application-based activity built out from the CDC’s Stopping Early Accidents, Deaths & Injuries initiative. It is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education.
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“The training emphasizes that pharmacists are uniquely positioned to work with both patients and prescribers to identify risk factors and perform appropriate fall prevention interventions,” said Grant Baldwin, PhD, director of the Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention in the CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.
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