Check out our @YouTube channel to view our library of #MedEd, #BetterPrescribing & #PatientExperience videos 🤩🧑🏾‍💻 👉🏽Watch+Subscribe: youtube.com/@drug_evidence #BetterHealth #ResearchMethods

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

A recent RCT published in @jamanetworkopen.com finds #pharmacist-led outreach guided by an evidence-based hypoglycemia-prevention algorithm was more likely to lead to safer diabetes prescribing compared to a control group. Read the full study here: buff.ly/0uBaX11

🚨 ICYMI: UBC TI #Deprescribing series webinar #8 👉Watch the recording here: ti.ubc.ca/deprescribin... Case: Deprescribing multiple psychotropic medications Presenter: Cara Mills, Clinical Pharmacist #MedEd #CME #antidepressants #mentalhealth

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

❤️#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

The OPERAM Trial was a multi-country RCT investigating the effects of hospital pharmacotherapy optimization on drug-related hospital admissions in multimorbid, older adults with polypharmacy. A longitudinal secondary analysis of the trial revealed many interesting findings: buff.ly/9hehjjb

🚨 TI #BestEvidence Webinar The good, the bad & the ugly – rational PPI choices Presenter: Dr. Aaron Tejani REGISTER: www.ti.ubc.ca/2026/02/10/r... 🆕: BC family physicians + NPs signed up for our Prescribing Portraits www.ti.ubc.ca/portrait/ can claim an extra 1.0 Mainpro+ credits! #MedEd #CME

🧵NEW CFPC assessment credits + how the TI can help 1/ BC family physicians, do you know about the 🆕 CFPC Mainpro+ certified assessment credits requirements? www.cfpc.ca/en/education... #MedEd #CME

🚨 More UBC TI Educational events are on the way! SAVE THE DATES + watch our Events and Webinars page for more details: www.ti.ubc.ca/continuing-e... Registration is now open for our next #Deprescribing webinar: ti.ubc.ca/deprescribin... #CME #MedEd #BetterPrescribing

ICYMI - UBC TI #BestEvidence webinar: The TI's Dr. Anshula Ambasta provides practical pearls to clinicians to improve the use and value of lab testing ti.ubc.ca/drugevidence24 #labtesting #diagnosis

🚨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

🚨 TI #BestEvidence Webinar The good, the bad & the ugly – rational PPI choices Presenter: Dr. Aaron Tejani REGISTER: www.ti.ubc.ca/2026/02/10/r... 🆕: BC family physicians + NPs signed up for our Prescribing Portraits www.ti.ubc.ca/portrait/ can claim an extra 1.0 Mainpro+ credits! #MedEd #CME

A review of 31 medico-legal cases involving #deprescribing across Canada 🇨🇦 highlights that we still have much to learn on how to improve deprescribing practices in primary care in older adults: link.springer.com/article/10.1... @cmpa-acpm.ca @springernature.com

Check out our @YouTube channel to view our #MedEd, #BetterPrescribing & #PatientExperience videos 🤩🧑🏾‍💻 👉🏽Watch+Subscribe: youtube.com/@drug_evidence #BetterHealth #Deprescribing #ResearchMethods

🆕 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

🚨 TI #BestEvidence Webinar The good, the bad & the ugly – rational PPI choices Presenter: Dr. Aaron Tejani REGISTER: www.ti.ubc.ca/2026/02/10/r... 🆕: BC family physicians + NPs signed up for our Prescribing Portraits www.ti.ubc.ca/portrait/ can claim an extra 1.0 Mainpro+ credits! #MedEd #CME

🚨TI #BestEvidence Webinar Non-opioid pain meds: What’s the lowest effective dose? Presenter: Dr. Aaron Tejani REGISTER: www.ti.ubc.ca/2026/02/10/n... 🆕 BC family physicians/NPs signed up for our Prescribing Portraits www.ti.ubc.ca/portrait/ can claim an extra 1.0 Mainpro+ credits! #MedEd #CME

🚨TI #BestEvidence Webinar Non-opioid pain meds: What’s the lowest effective dose? Presenter: Dr. Aaron Tejani REGISTER: www.ti.ubc.ca/2026/02/10/n... 🆕 BC family physicians/NPs signed up for our Prescribing Portraits www.ti.ubc.ca/portrait/ can claim an extra 1.0 Mainpro+ credits! #MedEd #CME

🆕 TI #BestEvidence Webinar 🆕 The good, the bad & the ugly – rational PPI choices Presenter: Dr. Aaron Tejani REGISTER: www.ti.ubc.ca/2026/02/10/r... NEW: BC family physicians + NPs signed up for our Prescribing Portraits www.ti.ubc.ca/portrait/ can claim an extra 1.0 Mainpro+ credits! #MedEd #CME

🆕 More UBC TI Educational events are on the way! SAVE THE DATES + watch our Events and Webinars page for more details: www.ti.ubc.ca/continuing-e... Registration is now open for our next #Deprescribing webinar: ti.ubc.ca/deprescribin... #CME #MedEd #BetterPrescribing

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

🚨UBC TI #BestEvidence Webinar "GLP-1 RA and SGLT2i in type 2 diabetes" Speaker: The TI's @GrenetGuillaume 👉 Register now: www.ti.ubc.ca/2026/02/03/g... #MedEd #CME #diabetes #CVD

Check out a Virtual Seminar on "Resetting the DIAL on diabetes management in long-term care homes" on Tuesday, February 17 from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. ET with @lisamccarthy.bsky.social & @ilianalega.bsky.social ⛓️‍💥 Register here: buff.ly/bP3POSt

🚨UBC TI #BestEvidence Webinar "GLP-1 RA and SGLT2i in type 2 diabetes" Speaker: The TI's @GrenetGuillaume 👉 Register now: www.ti.ubc.ca/2026/02/03/g... #MedEd #CME #diabetes #CVD

❤️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

🚨 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

🆕 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

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

A Clinical Trial published in @jama.com finds Electronic Health Record (EHR) prompts informed by behavioural-science can significantly increase the rates of #deprescribing of potentially inappropriate medications used by older adults: buff.ly/uF489QP

🚨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

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 series webinar 🆕 👉Watch the recording here: ti.ubc.ca/deprescribin... Case: Deprescribing multiple psychotropic medications Presenter: Cara Mills, Clinical Pharmacist #MedEd #CME #antidepressants #mentalhealth

La prescripción inadecuada para personas mayores con función renal reducida es común en atención primaria, con una prevalencia media de alrededor del 25 % de los pacientes. Revisión exploratoria en BMJ Quality & Safety qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/earl... #SegPac

Great editorial in @bmj.com written by our deprescribing.org Co-Director Wade Thompson, along with Anton Pottegård! buff.ly/DfygbLS While PPI use without an indication is a recognized problem, we should also avoid using low-quality evidence to justify #deprescribing decisions.

Join Choosing Wisely Canada and @cmadocs.bsky.social for #ClimateRounds on February 25 at 12 p.m. ET. to hear about active implementation projects that can help hospitals improve sustainable practices and reduce waste: https://loom.ly/2vBjOlQ#ClimateRounds🌎🏥

🆕 More UBC TI Educational events are on the way! SAVE THE DATES + watch our Events and Webinars page for more details: www.ti.ubc.ca/continuing-e... Registration is now open for our next #Deprescribing webinar: ti.ubc.ca/deprescribing-webinar-9/ #CME #MedEd #BetterPrescribing

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

🆕 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

Happening RIGHT NOW! Our UBC TI #Deprescribing webinar series REGISTER: ti.ubc.ca/deprescribin... Case: Deprescribing multiple psychotropic medications Presenter: Cara Mills, Clinical Pharmacist #MedEd #CME #antidepressants #mentalhealth

🕕TODAY (Jan 28 @ Noon Pacific) 🕕 Our popular UBC TI #Deprescribing webinar series returns! REGISTER: ti.ubc.ca/deprescribin... Case: Deprescribing multiple psychotropic medications Presenter: Cara Mills, Clinical Pharmacist #MedEd #CME #antidepressants #mentalhealth

🆕 Drug Coverage Policy and Legacy #Prescribing: A Cross-Sectional Analysis in British Columbia onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Policymakers should reconsider indefinite coverage for meds with potential harm to: ✅ ensure tx is regularly reassessed ✅ reduce risk of problematic polypharmacy

How should antidepressants be tapered? Slowly and with support linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii...

💡 In older adults, deprescribing benzodiazepines is associated with a reduced mortality risk (-41%) 6 months post-hospitalisation. Those RXed BZDs at discharge had a x1.64 higher risk of all-cause mortality than BZD non-users. 🔗 Read the full research paper here: tinyurl.com/n4skbst3

New JAMA study: High-risk CNS drugs continue to be prescribed to older adults, with higher rates in people with cognitive impairment/dementia, raising concerns around delirium, falls and adverse outcomes. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... #Geriatrics #Deprescribing #PatientSafety

🕕TOMORROW (Jan 28 @ Noon Pacific) 🕕 Our popular UBC TI #Deprescribing webinar series returns! REGISTER: ti.ubc.ca/deprescribin... Case: Deprescribing multiple psychotropic medications Presenter: Cara Mills, Clinical Pharmacist #MedEd #CME #antidepressants #mentalhealth

Register to the next Int'l Deprescribing Journal Club on Feb 26! Hosted by the Portuguese Deprescribing Network, Dr. Teixeira Rodrigues presents the design & implementation of C-SENIoR, an interprofessional (GP & pharm) deprescribing model to optimise PPI use in older adults. tinyurl.com/bdhh5kpp

Out of those with dementia, a significant portion suffer from inappropriate #polypharmacy, putting older adults at risk of medication-related side effects. Visit deprescribing.org to find resources on how to #deprescribe these medications safely: deprescribing.org/resources/de...

ICYMI: #Deprescribing review! Deprescribing antihypertensive medications in older people: a systematic review and a meta-analysis pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41491674 Congratulations to the TI's Dr. Wade Thompson, Dr. Carole Lunny and co-authors