Medication Adherence: A Guide for Health Care Providers

Medication Adherence

A Guide for Health Care Providers

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This educational module is designed to educate healthcare providers about medication adherence. The module explores key concepts, risk factors, measurement methods, and interventions to improve adherence among patients.

Authored by Dr. Tejal Patel, Dr. Bincy Baby, and Dr. Sadaf Faisal, this project was funded by the Aging in Place (AiP) program by the National Research Council (NRC) and Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR - Funding Reference Number (FRN)-184372) by the Government of Canada.

Course curriculum

1. About the course
2. How to use the course
3. Grading and assessment
4. Glossary
5. Copyright
1. Learning objectives
2. Case: Ann's medication management
3. Defining medication adherence
4. Types of medication non-adherence
5. Key terminology in medication adherence
6. Adherence, compliance, and concordance
7. Prevalence of medication non-adherence
8. Takeaways
9. Case: Ann's medication management
1. Impact of medication non-adherence
2. Takeaways
3. Case: Ann's medication management
1. Factors associated with medication non-adherence
2. Patient-related factors 
3. Condition-related factors
4. Therapy-related factors
5. Social and economic factors
6. Health system-related factors
7. Takeaways
8. Case: Ann's medication management
1. Measurement of adherence
2. Multimodal approach - combining methods for accuracy
3. Considerations when choosing adherence measures
4. Takeaways
5. Case: Ann's medication management
1. Interventions to address medication non-adherence
2. Educational interventions
3. Behavioral interventions
4. Medication dosing and management interventions
5. Technology interventions
6. Combining and tailoring interventions
7. Takeaways
8. Case: Ann's medication management
9. Module 1 References
1. Learning objectives
2. Case: Ann's medication management capacity
3. Managing medications and chronic conditions
4. Why medication management in older adults matters
5. Takeaways
6. Knowledge check: chronic disease and medication management
1. Exploring medication management capacity
2. Takeaways
3. Case: Ann's medication management capacity
1. Factors Influencing Medication Management Capacity
2. Cognitive Factors
3. Physical factors
4. Vision
5. Hearing
6. Medication Regimen Complexity
7. Takeaways
8. Case: Barriers to Ann's medication management
1. Tools to measures barriers to MMC
2. Drug Regimen Unassisted Grading Scale
3. Medication Management Instrument for Deficiencies in the Elderly
4. Validated tools
5. Tools and type of factors assessed
6. Takeaways
7. Case: Assessment tools for Ann
1. Practical Considerations, Limitations, and Clinical Relevance of MMC Tools
2. Takeaways
3. Knowledge check: Which MCC should you use?
4. Module 2 References
1. Learning objectives
2. Case: Ann's medication management
3. Introduction to MATs
4. Takeaways
5. Case: Ann and MATs
1. Definitions, types, and classification of MATS
2. Exploring MAT options
3. Takeaways
4. Case: Which MAT is best for Ann?
1. Effectiveness, Challenges and Limitations of MATs
2. Takeaways
3. Knowledge check
4. Case: Ann and limitations of MATs
1. Considerations in Selecting MATs for Older Adults
2. MATs Selection: Behaviour Considerations
3. MATs Selection: Product-related Considerations
4. MATs Selection: User Factors
5. MATs Selection: Environment and Social Context
6. Development and Evaluation of Effective MATs
7. Takeaways
8. Case: Ann's existing conditions
1. Usability and User Experience (UX) of MATs
2. Takeaways
3. Module 3 References
1. Digital Decision-making guide
1. Final Assessment
2. Feedback survey
1. Study 1 review
2. Study 2 review
3. Study 3 review
4. Study 4 review
5. Study 5 review

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