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Vignette: Your 23-year-old male primary care patient went to a walk-in clinic after watching a TikTok video about ADHD. He was referred to a family physician with a special interest in ADHD. Now in yo
We invite you to watch the keynote address: Is Screening Misunderstood? given at the October 2023 TI Annual Course by Dr. Guylène Thériault MD, CCFP – a family practice physician, educator, and ad
In an online article published on September 12, 2023 in UBC CPD’s ‘This Changed My Practice‘ series, Dr. Jill Norris (biography and disclosures) and Dr. Jessica Otte (biography and d
An individual Portrait on prescribing the non-opioid pain medications gabapentin, pregabalin, and cyclobenzaprine was sent to approximately 6000 family doctors in BC. Physicians have been randomly div
MS Therapeutic Review Date: July 2020 Relative Efficacy of Drugs for Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis The Pharmaceutical, Laboratory and Blood Services Division of the British Columbia Ministry
When challenged by complex cases involving people taking too many medications, we may ask: Can I stop any of these? Which should I stop first? Do I need to taper this drug? If so, how?...