Therapeutics Initiative

05/15/2026

💊ICYMI - How well do you know your dopamine antagonists?

TI Letter https://www.ti.ubc.ca/2022/11/29/139-how-well-do-you-know-your-dopamine-antagonists/
Patient videos https://youtu.be/nrM8Az7RHKU

Patients briefly explain why it's important for prescribers, pharmacists, patients, carers to recognize early occurrence of adverse effects

Video 1 of 7: Drug-induced Parkinsonism from quetiapine. This 85 year old woman was hospitalized briefly for suspected overuse of alcohol or withdrawal, whil...

05/13/2026

❤️ : How much activity should people get? It depends on their age.

👉🏾See the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology activity guidelines for different age groups:
https://csepguidelines.ca
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Make Your Whole Day Matter. Move More. Reduce Sedentary Time. Sleep Well. Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines: An Integration of Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, and Sleep  Early Years 0-4 Years Infants, toddlers and preschoolers need to Move, Sleep and Sit the right amounts. Read More Chi...

05/11/2026

🚨 ICYMI: UBC TI recording

What is the role of regulatory documents & individual patient data in drug assessments?
👉https://www.ti.ubc.ca/2023/05/10/riat/

05/06/2026

⌛ TODAY (May 6) @ Noon Pacific 🕛

UBC TI webinar

"Optimizing Medications for Patients with Major Polypharmacy and Multiple Morbidities: Evidence and How to Apply It"

Speaker: Dr. Anne Holbrook

👉 REGISTER: https://www.ti.ubc.ca/2026/01/27/deprescribing-webinar-series-9/

05/05/2026

⌛️TOMORROW (May 6) @ Noon Pacific

UBC TI webinar

Dr. Anne Holbrook: Optimizing Medications for Patients with Major Polypharmacy and Multiple Morbidities: Evidence and How to Apply It

👉 REGISTER: https://www.ti.ubc.ca/2026/01/27/deprescribing-webinar-series-9/

04/28/2026

🆕 WEBINAR RECORDING 🆕

Dr. David Juurlink: Treating pain is harder than it looks 🤕

✅ Why the goal of treating pain is not simply pain relief
✅ The many hidden harms of analgesics
✅ Myths about common analgesics

👉 https://www.ti.ubc.ca/2026/03/24/treating-pain-is-harder-than-it-looks/

04/28/2026

🆕 How Are Clinical Practice Guidelines Disseminated and Implemented? A Cross-Sectional Study of International Organisational Stakeholders

"Although deprescribing guidelines have gained international attraction, organisations frequently overlook the need for implementation evaluation & the sustainment of implementation"

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC13092885/

04/21/2026

🆕 HOW OFTEN... should tests be used to monitor patients with ? 🤔

Find out in our latest webinar recording:
👉 https://www.ti.ubc.ca/2026/04/08/appropriate-hba1c-testing-frequency/

See also:
👉TI Therapeutics Letter 161 + patient handout:
https://www.ti.ubc.ca/2026/03/31/161-appropriate-hemoglobin-a1c-testing-frequency-to-monitor-patients-with-type-2-diabetes/



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

04/20/2026

HOW OFTEN... should A1c tests be used to monitor patients with ? 🤔

👉 UBC TI Letter + patient handout: https://www.ti.ubc.ca/2026/03/31/161-appropriate-hemoglobin-a1c-testing-frequency-to-monitor-patients-with-type-2-diabetes/

"For patients with stable type 2 diabetes meeting glycemic goals, monitoring HbA1c every 6 months is as effective as every 3 months"

04/20/2026

🚨UBC TI Best Evidence Webinar 🚨

Dr. David Juurlink: Treating pain is harder than it looks 🤕
⏰ Weds 22 April @ 11:45 PDT

✅ Why the goal of treating pain is not simply pain relief
✅ The many hidden harms of analgesics
✅ Myths about common analgesics

REGISTER: https://www.ti.ubc.ca/2026/03/24/treating-pain-is-harder-than-it-looks/

04/13/2026

🚨ICYMI - UBC TI Patient Experience video:

Dr. Tom Perry: What feels like
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoxQHU0LEM4

Interview: What akathisia feels like. Presented by Dr. Tom Perry.