General information:

"Education should not be the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire" - William Butler Yeats

For over two decades we have been offering this highly interactive annual course on common and new drug therapy issues from an evidence-based perspective. The scope of information is broad, practical and often controversial, thus appealing to professionals in family practice, internal medicine and pharmacy. The format is primarily didactic but 30-50% of the available time is allocated to questions from the audience. The scope of information is broad, practical and often controversial, thus appealing to professionals in family practice, internal medicine, pharmacy and nurse practitioners. In addition, and this is always mentioned in the reviews, humour is used to facilitate the educational experience. Typically, there are around 300-325 registrants of which 2/3 are family physicians and 1/3 are pharmacists with a few nurses/nurse practitioners and specialists. In addition, we strongly encourage the attendance of trainees – residents and students – by subsidizing 20-30 each year. This year's course meets the accreditation criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada for 12 Mainpro M1 credits. This year's program has also been submitted to UBC Continuing Pharmacy Professional Development for consideration of continuing education credits for pharmacists.

2012 Venue

Fairmont Waterfront Hotel, 900 Canada Place Way, Vancouver, BC  Map

2012 Program Information

Topics

• 5 things I’ve learned and actually remembered
• The WHO, what, why, where and when of therapeutics – top 10 things you can count on
• The 11 out of 10 pain of acute gout

• “Toe” – phaceous gout – more deposits than in your bank account
• RA – making joint counts, count?

• IBS not just another 4 letter word
• IBD – the clue is in number “2”

• H pylori treatment – is 4 better than 3?
• Hepatitis C – ABC 123
• Covering HPV strains – 2, 4 or maybe more
• Acetaminophen in children – is Tylenol a #1, 2, or 3?

• Zoster vaccine – counting the chicken pox before they hatch
• Delirium – what to do if it’s “relative”

• Delirium – making the relative absolutely better
• Drugectomy – count on a 90% success rate
• Can you count on new anticoagulants?
• Headaches – can you reduce a 10 to a 1?

• Macular degeneration – “I’d rather have needles in my eyes”
• Menopause therapeutics – when 1 hot flash is 2 many

• Diabetes is a condition, not a disease or number

• BP – Accurate diagnosis, targets and choices

• Hypothyroid and TSH – what to do with asymptomatic numbers
• Insomnia – Count the sheep’s legs and divide by 4
• What antibiotics can family docs count on and for how long?

Download the brochure here. 

Registration

To register download the form: Registration Form 

For questions call: 604 685 4888

Fees

• Before February 15, 2012 = $495
• Between February 16 - March 31, 2012 = $515
• After April 1 - April 15, 2012 = $535
• April 15, 2012 participants must call for registration availability - Onsite Fee: $625.
• Onsite registration is not guaranteed, upon availability only. The course sold out in advance last year!
• Students & Residents: $250 Spaces are limited. 

Questions? Contact:

PORTFOLIO Conference Planning
Phone: 604 685 4888
Fax: 604 685 5787
Email: registration@portfolio-inc.com
Mail: Drug Therapy Course
   c/o Portfolio Conference Planning
   1383 Homer Street
   Vancouver, BC V6B 5M9