🚨ICYMI - UBC TI Patient Experience video: Dr. Tom Perry: What #akathisia feels like www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoxQ... #MedEd #PatientVideos #medsafety

🚨 UBC TI #BestEvidence webinar recording Evidence-based approaches to #menopause: Overcoming #misinformation ti.ubc.ca/2026/05/05/e... #MedEd #WomensHealth

❤️ #ExercisePrescriptions: How much activity should people get? It depends on their age. 👉🏾See the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology activity guidelines for different age groups: csepguidelines.ca 🏊🏾‍♂️🏃🏾‍♀️🚶🏾 #Exercise #prescribing #ExerciseRx #BetterHealth

‼️We need to talk about #Tramadol 💊 ICYMI: Our #BestEvidence webinar recording featuring the TI's Dr. Jessica Otte Practical info for clinicians considering tramadol for pain: bit.ly/3onIs05 👉More here: ti.ubc.ca/letter131 #MedEd #deprescribing #pain

ICYMI: HOW OFTEN... should #A1c tests be used to monitor patients with #T2DM? 🤔 Find out in our #BestEvidence webinar recording: 👉 ti.ubc.ca/a1c-testing-webinar See also: 👉TI Therapeutics Letter 161 + patient handout: ti.ubc.ca/letter161 #MedEd #diabetes #labtesting

ICYMI: TI #BestEvidence webinar recording youtu.be/vXhWbRXvGpM Dr. Davie Wong: Antimicrobial durations in practice: a product of magical thinking in medicine ✅ How we choose #antibiotics durations ✅ Recognize limitations of how we select durations ✅ Determining optimal duration #BetterPrescribing

🆕 Examining #HbA1c in Frail Older Adults: A Linked Data Cohort Study www.ti.ubc.ca/2026/04/22/e... For frail people with #diabetes, there are important management lessons, including the possibility that HbA1c is not a useful metric & that #overtreatment with hypoglycaemic agents must be considered

🚨 ICYMI: UBC TI #ResearchMethods recording What is the role of regulatory documents & individual patient data in drug assessments? 👉 www.ti.ubc.ca/2023/05/10/r... #medsafety #RIAT #OpenResearch #ResearchTransparency

HOW OFTEN... should #A1c tests be used to monitor patients with #T2DM? 🤔 Find out in our latest #BestEvidence webinar recording: 👉 ti.ubc.ca/a1c-testing-webinar See also: 👉TI Therapeutics Letter 161 + patient handout: ti.ubc.ca/letter161 #MedEd #diabetes #labtesting

⌛️TODAY (Apr 22 @ 11:45 PDT) ⌛️ UBC TI #BestEvidence Webinar: Dr. David Juurlink - Treating #pain is harder than it looks ✅ Why the goal of treating pain is not simply pain relief ✅ Myths & hidden harms of analgesics REGISTER: www.ti.ubc.ca/2026/03/24/t... #MedEd #prescribing

🚨ICYMI: UBC TI #BestEvidence webinar recording Oral vs IV Antibiotics ti.ubc.ca/antibiotics-... See also: TI Therapeutics #antibiotics Letter ti.ubc.ca/letter155 Patient handout: When are oral ABX the right choice? ti.ubc.ca/antibiotics-... #MedEd #BetterPrescribing #ABX

Medication side effects can be mistaken for new conditions, leading to prescribing cascades & polypharmacy. Carollo et al. identified 84 adverse drug reactions linked to cascades, an essential step to support the development of tools to help clinicians identify & manage them. 🔗 tinyurl.com/msb9jza7

🚨ICYMI - UBC TI Patient Experience video: Dr. Tom Perry: What #akathisia feels like www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoxQ... #MedEd #PatientVideos #medsafety

ICYMI - #Deprescribing webinar recording! 😍 When making decisions about 🛑 #statins, consider: ✅ Patient values, preferences ✅ Health status ✅ Current evidence Watch as the TI's Dr. Wade Thompson summarizes current evidence: tiny.cc/StatinDepres... #MedEd #ptsafety #medsafety

‼️We need to talk about #Tramadol 💊 ICYMI: Our #BestEvidence webinar recording featuring the TI's Dr. Jessica Otte Practical info for clinicians considering tramadol for pain: bit.ly/3onIs05 👉More here: ti.ubc.ca/letter131 #MedEd #deprescribing #pain

🚨 ICYMI - #Opioids prescribing webinar recording featuring pharmacologist Dr. David Juurlink 💊 What have we learned about #prescribing? 💊 How should we treat pain when opioids overdoses have become an intractable epidemic? 👉🏽 www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr46... #pain #MedEd #medsafety #deprescribing

⌛️TODAY (Apr 8 @ Noon PDT)⌛️ UBC TI #BestEvidence Webinar Appropriate HbA1c testing frequency to monitor pts with #T2DM ✅ Practical tips on optimal frequency of A1c testing ✅ Using TI #PrescribingPortaits to optimize your test ordering REGISTER www.ti.ubc.ca/2026/03/24/a...

ICYMI: TI #BestEvidence webinar recording: Do your (es)citalopram prescriptions cost more than they're worth? 👉 Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWUi... #citalopram #escitalopram #prescribing

🚨ICYMI - UBC TI Patient Experience video: Dr. Tom Perry: What #akathisia feels like www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoxQ... #MedEd #PatientVideos #medsafety

🚨ICYMI: How should we diagnose and treat skin + soft tissue infections (#SSTIs)? Watch our UBC TI #BestEvidence webinar recording featuring Dr. Davie Wong 👉 bit.ly/3bh40b5 #MedEd #antibiotics #diagnosis #prescribing

🆕 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: www.ti.ubc.ca/2026/03/24/t... #MedEd

Pharmacy associations still taking sponsorship from pharma...not sure what to say except is it worth it? I don't think so

ICYMI: UBC TI Therapeutics Letter 160 Surge in doses of proton pump inhibitors: a sleight of handedness? ti.ubc.ca/letter160 #PPIs #prescribing #ptsafety #CostAnalysis #AcidReflux

🚨TI #ResearchMethods webinars page Find ALL of our Methods Speaker Series webinars in one place: ti.ubc.ca/research-met... Topics include: #AI, #KnowledgeTranslation, #GuidelineDevelopment, #StatisticalMethods, ➕ much more!

🆕 UBC TI #BestEvidence Webinar recording! "GLP-1 RA and SGLT2i in type 2 diabetes" Speaker: The TI's @guillaume-grenet.bsky.social 👉 View recording: youtu.be/JUCIfScMqGY #MedEd #CME #diabetes #CVD

ICYMI: TI #BestEvidence webinar recording! 🚨 #ADHD and other disability diagnoses: the seven sins of clinicians www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0Of... Speaker: Dr. Allyson Harrison #MedEd #diagnosis #BetterPrescribing #BetterHealth

🆕 UBC TI #SystematicReview: Comparative Analysis of the Efficacy & Safety of Various Single Enantiomer & Racemic Mixture Pairs 👉 www.ti.ubc.ca/2025/11/13/c... #dexlansoprazole #escitalopram #esomeprazole #prescribing #costanalysis

🆕 UBC TI publication: Nearly 30% of older adults with type 2 #diabetes in BC may be over-treated, despite already having A1C ≤7% 😮 ⚠️ bmjopen.bmj.com/content/16/3... #OverTreatment #T2DM #LTC #prescribing

2/ PPIs should not be prescribed at high doses over many years until better long-term evidence of safety is available Prescribing omeprazole or lansoprazole rather than single-enantiomers would potentially save over 21 million dollars per year in British Columbia #BetterPrescribing #BetterHealth

🚨 UBC TI #Deprescribing webinar (May 6th) "Optimizing Medications for Patients with Major Polypharmacy and Multiple Morbidities: Evidence and How to Apply It" Speaker: Dr. Anne Holbrook 👉 REGISTER NOW: ti.ubc.ca/deprescribin... #MedEd #CME #polypharmacy #BetterPrescribing

❤️Tips and tricks for patients starting new #exercise habits 🕺🏾🏓🧘🏾‍♂️ 3 Step changing behaviour model from @bjfogg and other healthy activity tips from the TI's Dr. Josh Levin #ExercisePrescriptions #prescribing #ExRx

2/ PPIs should not be prescribed at high doses over many years until better long-term evidence of safety is available Prescribing omeprazole or lansoprazole rather than single-enantiomers would potentially save over 21 million dollars per year in British Columbia #BetterPrescribing #BetterHealth

🧵UBC TI Therapeutics Letter 160 1/ Surge in doses of proton pump inhibitors: a sleight of handedness? ti.ubc.ca/letter160 #PPIs #prescribing #ptsafety #CostAnalysis #AcidReflux

🧵UBC TI Therapeutics Letter 160 🆕 1/ Surge in doses of proton pump inhibitors: a sleight of handedness? ti.ubc.ca/letter160 #PPIs #prescribing #ptsafety #CostAnalysis #AcidReflux

ICYMI: TI #BestEvidence webinar recording Using your TI Portrait & mysleepwell.ca for optimal #insomnia management 🎤 Speakers: Dr. Aaron Tejani + Dr. David Gardner 👩🏽‍💻 Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC9g... #PrescribingPortraits #MedEd #deprescribing #BetterPrescribing

TI #BestEvidence webinar recording youtu.be/vXhWbRXvGpM Dr. Davie Wong: Antimicrobial durations in practice - a product of magical thinking in medicine ✅ How we choose #antibiotics durations ✅ Recognize limitations of how we select durations ✅ Determining optimal duration

🆕 UBC TI #BestEvidence Webinar 🆕 "GLP-1 RA and SGLT2i in type 2 diabetes" 🔉 Speaker: The TI's @guillaume-grenet.bsky.social 🗓️ Date: 11 February @ Noon Pacific 👉 Register now: www.ti.ubc.ca/2026/02/03/g... #MedEd #CME #diabetes #CVD

ICYMI: TI #BestEvidence webinar recording! 🚨 #ADHD and other disability diagnoses: the seven sins of clinicians www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0Of... Speaker: Dr. Allyson Harrison #MedEd #diagnosis #BetterPrescribing #BetterHealth

🚨UBC TI #Deprescribing webinar (May 6th) "Optimizing Medications for Patients with Major Polypharmacy and Multiple Morbidities: Evidence and How to Apply It" Speaker: Dr. Anne Holbrook 👉 REGISTER NOW: ti.ubc.ca/deprescribin... #MedEd #CME #polypharmacy #BetterPrescribing

Case: Deprescribing multiple psychotropic medications Presenter: Cara Mills, Clinical Pharmacist Lessons learned during the #deprescribing process

BC family #physicians & NPs: Are you interested in reviewing + assessing your prescribing practices? 👩🏽‍⚕️👨🏼‍⚕️💊 Sign up to receive your confidential, personalized prescribing portrait from our TI Prescribing Portraits program: ti.ubc.ca/portrait #MedEd #PrescribingPortraits #BetterPrescribing

🎺🎺 WEBINAR: #Deprescribing multiple psychotropic medications Our deprescribing webinar series returns January 28! 😍 REGISTER NOW: ti.ubc.ca/deprescribin... #MedEd #CME #antidepressants #mentalhealth #BetterPrescribing

🎺🎺 Our popular UBC TI #Deprescribing webinar series returns January 28! 😍 REGISTER NOW: ti.ubc.ca/deprescribin... Case: Deprescribing multiple psychotropic medications Presenter: Cara Mills, Clinical Pharmacist #MedEd #CME #antidepressants #mentalhealth #BetterPrescribing

💡 Large retrospective study finds approximately 1 in 20 nursing home residents who start #gabapentinoids go on to receive a loop diuretic within 3 months. The study highlights the prevalence of an often overlooked prescribing cascade! Read the full article here: buff.ly/5u5O3qh

Un nouvelle étude de notre partenaire Mieux-Dormir.ca révèle qu'au N-B, près de 1/4 (22%) des aînés prend des sédatifs pour dormir: presque 3x la moyenne nationale (8%). Visionnez le reportage du Téléjournal Acadie de @info.radio-canada.ca pour en savoir plus: tinyurl.com/msw9uhbn

ICYMI - #Deprescribing webinar recording! 😍 When making decisions about 🛑 #statins, consider: ✅pt values, preferences ✅health status ✅current evidence Watch as the TI's Dr. Wade Thompson summarizes current evidence: tiny.cc/StatinDepres... #MedEd #ptsafety #medsafety

We are delighted to share that our feasibility study results are now published in Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy! 🎉 📄 Read here: doi.org/10.1016/j.sa... A huge thank you to everyone who contributed to this work! #Research #Pharmacy #Deprescribing #HealthcareInnovation

🚨 ICYMI: UBC TI Therapeutics Letter 156: Antidepressant withdrawal syndrome – Update 👉 ti.ubc.ca/letter156 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

🩺 A brief (100 seconds!) video intro to TI Portraits: youtu.be/ZCoDcz98LgA ⏱️Quick+easy sign-up 🔄Personal #PrescribingPortraits 📄Compare w/ peers 🏆CME credits Sign up & receive confidential, personalized #prescribing recommendations: ti.ubc.ca/portrait #MedEd

This project was a part of our multi-year DIAL Study to investigate, "Deintensifying Diabetes Management for Older Adults Living in Long-Term Care". Learn more about the DIAL study here: buff.ly/x6o51mW Find deprescribing.org's antihyperglycemic #deprescribing resources here: buff.ly/TaViSam