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Slow and Patient Centered: A new Clinical Practice Guideline on Benzodiazepine Tapering
June 24, 2025 at 2PM ET | 11AM PT
Presenters: Drs. Maureen Boyle & Donovan Mause
Description: Benzodiazepines are critical medications, but they are often overused and challenging to discontinue. Ten medical and professional societies collaborated to develop the new Joint Clinical Practice Guideline on Benzodiazepine Tapering, which aims to help clinicians in diverse practice settings determine whether and how to taper BZDs. This seminar will discuss the clinical recommendations in the Guideline and how healthcare systems and policy makers can support effective implementation of the guideline and avoid potential harms.
Past Webinars
Personalized Medication Deprescribing for Older Adults: Leveraging AI and Building Trust in AI-Driven Clinical Guidance.
March 4, 2025 at 2PM ET | 11AM PT Presenter: Dr. Juliessa Pavon Description: This webinar highlighted an innovative approach to personalized medication deprescribing, using
Research and Implementation on Deprescribing from the VA Center for Medication Safety in Aging
February 4, 2025 at 2PM ET | 11AM PT Presenter(s): Drs. Ken Boockvar & Amy Linsky Description: The VA Center for Medication Safety in Aging aims
Designing randomised controlled trials of deprescribing: learnings from the OPTiMISE trial
December 10, 2024 at 2PM ET | 11AM PT Presenter: Prof. James Sheppard, Professor of Applied Health Data Science·University of Oxford, Nuffield Dept of Primary Care Health
USDeN-Funded Pilot Award Application Information Session (2025-2026 Cycle)
October 15, 2024 | 2:00 – 3:00 PM Eastern / 11:00 – 12:00 PM Pacific Presenter(s): Drs. Amanda Mixon & Sandra Simmons Description: This webinar covers the
N-of-1 Trials to Promote Deprescribing
October 1, 2024 at 2PM ET | 11AM PT Presenter: Dr. Parag Goyal, Associate Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, Division of Cardiology and the
RCCN Webinar: Stories of Successful K Awards
Speakers: Nicholas Chavkin, Lauren Ferrante, Abbi Hernandez, & Lauren Hunt July 18, 2024 Current and previous K awardees will share their experiences of applying and
RCCN Webinar: NIH/NIA Grant Review Process
Presenter: Ramona Dumitrescu, Section Chief, Clinical Sciences Section, NIA Scientific Review Branch May 24, 2024 This webinar discussed the K award review process, including an
Strategies for Preparing Strong Career Development Applications
Presenter: Jamie Lahvic, Training Officer, NIA Office of Strategic Extramural Programs April 2, 2024 This webinar shared tips and advice to help at every stage
Career Development Awards at NIA/NIH
Presenter: Laura Major, Training Officer, NIA Office of Strategic Extramural Programs March 22, 2024 This webinar provided an overview of the different Mentored Career Development
Antihypertensive Deprescribing in Nursing Home Residents: A Target Trial Emulation
March 5, 2024 at 3PM ET | 12PM PT Presenter: Dr. Michelle Odden Michelle Odden, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Epidemiology in the Department
FDA Regulatory Review: Implications for Evidence-Based Prescribing
January 16, 2024 at 3PM ET | 12PM PT Presenter: Dr. Joseph Ross Description: This webinar, presented by Dr. Joseph Ross (Yale School of Medicine),
Overcoming challenges in de-implementing low-value care: Routines, asymmetry of outcomes, and psychological reactance
December 19, 2023 at 2PM ET | 11AM PT Presenter: Dr. Christian Helfrich Christian D. Helfrich, MPH, PhD (he/him) is an implementation scientist and core investigator
Tackling Deprescribing in Skilled Nursing Facilities
October 24, 2023 at 2PM ET | 11AM PT Presenter: Sarah Berry Sarah Berry, M.D. is a geriatrician and clinical researcher at the Hinda and Arthur
Strategies to Improve Care in Older Adults with Diabetes: An Integrated Approach with Deprescribing
September 5, 2023 at 2PM ET | 11AM PT Presenter: Dr. Medha Munshi Description: De-prescribing medications in the management of older adults with diabetes requires a nuanced
EQUIPPED for Age-Friendly Prescribing in the Emergency Department
July 18, 2023 at 2PM ET | 11AM PT Presenter: Dr. Camille Vaughn Description: Dr. Vaughan discussed the evaluation of the EQUIPPED medication safety program from its
Results of the MedSafer Study: Deprescribing Trials and Tribulations
April 4, 2023 at 2PM ET | 11AM PT Presenter: Dr. Emily McDonald Description: Dr. McDonald will present the MedSafer Study which tested a software that
Creating a stakeholder engagement plan: Perspectives Learned from the USDeN
March 14, 2023 at 2PM ET | 11AM PT Presenter(s): Drs. Nicole Brandt, Catherine Sarkisian, and Ms. Carmen Reyes Description: Hear first-hand from the USDeN Stakeholder Engagement
Complex challenges in pain and opioid management: Relevance to deprescribing
February 27, 2023 at 2PM ET | 11AM PT Presenter: Jessica S. Merlin, MD, PhD, MBA Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School
USDeN-Funded Pilot & Grant Planning Award Application Information Session (2023-2024 Cycle)
October 21, 2022 | 2:00 – 3:00 PM Eastern / 11:00 – 12:00 PM Pacific Presenter(s): Drs. Amanda Mixon & Sandra Simmons DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION POWERPOINT (PDF) »
USDeN-Funded CIH Interventions to Support Deprescribing of Benzodiazepine Receptor Agonist Pilot Award Application Information Session
October 11, 2022 | 2:00 – 3:00 PM Eastern / 11:00 – 12:00 PM Pacific Presenter(s): Drs. Amanda Mixon & Sandra Simmons DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION POWERPOINT (PDF) »
