Therapeutics Initiative

11/12/2025

11/04/2025

Register now for our Annual Course, offered virtually this year: https://www.ti.ubc.ca/2025/10/15/bringing-best-evidence-to-clinicians-annual-course-2025/

Featuring expert speakers including Dr. Aaron Tejani

"Highlights from TI Portrait"

TI Prescribing Portraits for BC clinicians:

⏱️ Timely evidence
📊 Personalized prescribing data
⚕️ Actionable recommendations to improve patient care

See how your prescribing patterns compare and discover opportunities to optimize therapy and outcomes for your patients.

11/04/2025

🚨 TI ANNUAL COURSE - SPECIAL PROMOTION FOR STUDENTS and RESIDENTS! 🚨

Our annual course is now almost full. For a limited time we're offering a number of complimentary (FREE) registrations to medical, pharmacy & nurse practitioner students/residents in BC.

Details + registration:
https://ti.ubc.ca/annual-course-2025

11/03/2025

🆕 TI webinar recording!
https://youtu.be/vXhWbRXvGpM

Dr. Davie Wong: Antimicrobial durations in practice - a product of magical thinking in medicine

✅ How we choose durations
✅ Recognize limitations of how we select durations
✅ Determining optimal duration

TI Best Evidence Webinar: Antimicrobial durations in practice - a product of magical thinking in medicine. Presented by Dr. Davie Wong on 31 October 2025.

11/03/2025

Register now for our Annual Course, offered virtually this year: https://ti.ubc.ca/annual-course-2025

Featuring expert speakers including Dr. Iliana Lega

"Evidence-based approaches to : Overcoming misinformation"

Learning Objectives:

✅ Provide overview of menopause + factors contributing to myths and misinformation

✅ Summarize current evidence on effective treatments + clinical approaches to menopause care

✅ Discuss approaches to individualizing care based on patient needs and risk profiles





BC Family Doctors Nurses and Nurse Practitioners of BC Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia Rural Resident Doctors BC - Resources

10/31/2025

🧵 Register now for our Annual Course, offered virtually this year: https://www.ti.ubc.ca/2025/10/15/bringing-best-evidence-to-clinicians-annual-course-2025/

Featuring expert speakers including Dr. Aaron Tejani

"One of these things is a lot like the other. Is the use of enantiomers versus racemic drugs rational in BC?"

Learning objectives:

✅ Understand how racemic drugs & single-enantiomer versions compare in real clinical outcomes by reviewing RCT evidence

✅ Critically evaluate manufacturer claims about superiority of single-enantiomer 💊 in light of study quality, risk of bias, pt-important outcomes

10/30/2025

Don't delay, spaces are filling quickly. Register now for our TI Annual Course: https://www.ti.ubc.ca/2025/10/15/bringing-best-evidence-to-clinicians-annual-course-2025/

Featuring expert speakers including Dr. Guillaume Grenet:

"Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists and sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors in type 2 diabetes"

This presentation summarizes the evidence about GLP-1 RA and SGLT2i for CVD prevention in type 2

Learning Objective:

To communicate the uncertainty around the cardiovascular effect of GLP-1 RA

10/29/2025

🧵 Spaces are filling quickly, register now for our TI Annual Course: https://www.ti.ubc.ca/2025/10/15/bringing-best-evidence-to-clinicians-annual-course-2025

Featuring expert speakers including Dr. Jamie Falk:

"Heart attack hacks: Translating evidence into everyday care"

Learning objectives:

✅ Evaluate recent clinical trials on post-MI care

✅ Apply evidence-based strategies to guide decisions on intensifying, maintaining, or de-escalating therapy for individual post-MI patients in primary care considering likelihood of long-term benefits/harms

Nurses and Nurse Practitioners of BC BC Family Doctors Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia

10/28/2025

🧵 TI Annual Course - REGISTER NOW!
https://ti.ubc.ca/annual-course-2025

Featuring expert speakers including the TI's Dr. Jessica Otte

"Drugs and edema: A not so ‘swell’ effect"

This session explores the problem of edema with a focus on its iatrogenic causes

We will review the mechanisms by which medications lead to fluid accumulation, highlighting how an understanding of these pathways can guide management. Practical treatment strategies will be discussed.

10/27/2025

🧵 TI Annual Course - REGISTER NOW!
https://ti.ubc.ca/annual-course-2025

Featuring expert speakers including TI Co-Director, Dr. Colin Dormuth:

"Overlooked challenges in comparing treatment benefits and harms in randomized trials"

Learning objectives:

✅ To clarify the role of relative & absolute measures of

✅ To explain how typical interpretations of data provide false sense of security

✅ To share some initial thoughts on how these comparisons might be re-imagined

10/24/2025

Est-ce que vous, ou quelqu’un dans votre entourage, prend plusieurs médicaments ?

C'est une situation commune au Canada : un adulte sur cinq âgé de 40 à 59 ans prend trois médicaments ou plus, et deux tiers des adultes de 65 ans et plus en prennent au moins cinq. Avec le temps, certains médicaments peuvent ne plus être nécessaires ou causer plus de tort que de bien. Poser des questions sur vos médicaments est essentiel pour rester informé et prévenir les effets néfastes.

À l’occasion de la Semaine nationale de la sécurité des patients, qui se tient du 27 au 31 octobre, soyez mieux informé au sujet des risques et des effets bénéfiques liés à la prise de plusieurs médicaments en vous joignant à Camille Gagnon et son équipe pour un webinaire gratuit en direct, le 29 octobre 2025 :

💊 Vous prenez plusieurs médicaments ? 5 questions à poser

• Mieux comprendre pourquoi la prise de plusieurs médicaments peut parfois comporter des risques ;
• Écouter le témoignage de Laurent, un patient ayant vécu des effets indésirables dû à la prise de plusieurs médicaments, et découvrir comment il a pris les choses en main ;
• Apprendre quelles questions poser à un professionnel de la santé au sujet des risques et des effets bénéfiques liés à la prise de plusieurs médicaments, et accéder à un nouvel outil gratuit pour débuter la conversation !

📅 Mercredi 29 octobre, de 14 h à 15 h (HE)
💻 Gratuit et ouvert à toutes et à tous

👉 Inscrivez-vous ici : reseaudeprescription.ca/5q-webinaire

10/24/2025

Are you, or someone you care for, taking multiple medications?

This is common: in Canada, one in five adults take 3 or more medications. Two thirds of older adults take at least 5. Over time, some medications may no longer be needed or can do more harm than good. Asking about your medications is key to staying safe and informed.

For this year’s Canadian Patient Safety Week, taking place from October 27th to 31st, learn about the risks and benefits of taking multiple medications by joining Dr. McDonald and team for a free live webinar on October 29th, 2025:

💊 Taking multiple medications? 5 Questions to Ask
• Explore the risks and benefits of taking multiple medications,
• Hear a real-life story from a patient, Laurent, who experienced side effects, and how he took action to address these issues, and
• Learn how to start a conversation about your medications with a health care provider –get access to a free new tool to help!

📅 Wednesday, October 29th, from 12 to 1 p.m. ET
💻 Free and open to the public

👉 Register here:

Français Taking multiple medications? 5 questions to ask Webinar | Wednesday, October 29, 2025 | 12-1 PM ETIn recognition of Canadian Patient Safety Week 2025 (taking place from October 27 to 31st), join Dr. Emily McDonald — physician specializing in patient safety and Director of the Canadian Me...