[May 29-30] Campbell River: Rational Prescribing & Deprescribing

[May 29-30] Campbell River: Rational Prescribing & Deprescribing

What: Journal Pub – Rational Prescribing & Deprescribing

When: Tuesday May 29, 2018 – Campbell River Maritime Heritage Centre 621 Island Hwy, Campbell River, BC


What: Family Practice Rounds

When: Wednesday May 30th, 2018 – Campbell River General Hospital, Campbell River, BC


Presenters: UBC TI Education Working Group:

  • Thomas L. Perry MD, FRCPC
  • Aaron Tejani PharmD
  • Cait O’Sullivan, PharmD, BScPh, BA, Clinical Pharmacist 
  • Lorri Puil, MD, PhD

AGENDA 

Tuesday May 29th: 

1730: Dinner/Socialize 

1815: Start Time 

Video Presentation 

Brief presentations to challenge what we think we know about drug therapy: 

• Inhaler combinations for COPD: what purposes, what evidence? 

• What to expect from drugs for pain (tricyclics, gabapentin/pregabalin, duloxetine, venlafaxine)? 

• Cyclobenzaprine and other drugs for back pain? 

• Do antidepressants “work” for depression? 

• Recognizing and resolving statin toxicity. 

• How to think about surrogate markers when looking at evidence for drugs 

• Rational Deprescribing – are you as prepared to STOP as to START drugs? 

• Domperidone and its use in Canada for breast feeding augmentation

Wednesday May 30th: 

Family Practice Rounds 

07:30-08:30 Tom Perry MD, FRCPC and Aaron Tejani PharmD 

• Do BP targets or glycemic targets in the elderly/frail/demented population make sense? 


Accreditation: 3.0 MainPro Credits

Please RSVP to Janet MacDonell by Friday May 25th at 250-203-6374 or jmacdonell@divsionsbc.ca 

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