Therapeutics Initiative

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...

10/22/2025

🎺 TI Annual Course - REGISTER NOW!
https://www.ti.ubc.ca/2025/10/15/bringing-best-evidence-to-clinicians-annual-course-2025/

GUEST SPEAKER: Dr. Allyson G. Harrison
"ADHD & other disability diagnoses"

✅ ID common errors in disability assessments
✅ Apply evidence-based assessment practices
✅ Critically evaluate diagnostic conclusions

10/22/2025

Check out our latest TI Blog update!
https://www.ti.ubc.ca/2025/10/15/ti-blog-update-october-2025/

Featuring updates on:

✅ Register for our TI Annual Course - offered virtually this year
✅ treatment duration webinar
✅ UBC CME/CPD Innovation Award for TI Prescribing Portraits



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

10/20/2025

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

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

✅ Why the goal of treating pain is not simply
✅ Hidden harms of analgesics
✅ Some myths about common analgesics



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

10/16/2025

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!

Bringing to Clinicians, our TI annual course, tackles common + new drug therapy issues from an evidence-based perspective & is designed to inform physicians, NPs, pharmacists, students, & residents

Register now: https://ti.ubc.ca/annual-course-2025

10/15/2025

🎺🎺REGISTRATION NOW OPEN! 🎺🎺

Bringing to Clinicians, our TI annual course, tackles common + new drug therapy issues from an evidence-based perspective & is designed to inform , , , students, & residents

REGISTRATION + MORE DETAILS:
https://www.ti.ubc.ca/2025/10/15/bringing-best-evidence-to-clinicians-annual-course-2025/

Join us virtually on November 28 + 29!

Discussions will cover recent research on menopause, diagnosing disabilities, post-MI preventive treatments, new drugs, challenges in treating pain, comparison of treatment benefits/harms in clinical trials, racemic mixtures, & optimal

Like all TI events, our Annual Course does not receive any sponsorship from the device or pharmaceutical industry.

The TI Annual Course is accredited and participants can claim up to 6.5 Mainpro+ Certified Activity credits.

REGISTER NOW:
https://www.ti.ubc.ca/2025/10/15/bringing-best-evidence-to-clinicians-annual-course-2025/



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

10/14/2025

ICYMI - webinar recording! 😍

When making decisions about 🛑 , consider:

✅patient values, preferences
✅health status
✅current evidence

Watch as the TI's Dr. Wade Thompson summarizes current evidence: https://www.ti.ubc.ca/2024/01/24/statin-deprescribing-for-older-adults/

10/10/2025

🆕Review update: Pharmacotherapy for in adults 60 years or older https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD000028.pub4/full

"Treating healthy adults 60 years or older with moderate to severe systolic or diastolic hypertension, or both, with antihypertensive drug therapy reduced all-cause mortality and probably reduced cardiovascular mortality and morbidity, cerebrovascular mortality and morbidity, and coronary heart disease mortality and morbidity."

10/09/2025

🚨ICYMI - TI webinar

Addressing medications that are ineffective & potentially harmful for patients with alcohol & other substance use disorders 💊🍻🚬
https://www.ti.ubc.ca/2025/01/29/ineffective-harmful-medications-alcohol-use-disorder/

Speaker: Dr. Evan Wood

10/08/2025

🚨 ICYMI: UBC TI Therapeutics Letter 156: Antidepressant withdrawal syndrome – Update
👉 https://www.ti.ubc.ca/2025/06/18/156-antidepressant-withdrawal-syndrome-update/

Antidepressants can be helpful for some people; but starting or
stopping requires care

Knowing about types of possible withdrawal problems helps prescribers guide patients in 🛑 more safely