Best Evidence Webinar: Which Medicines are Essential in Canada?

08 Dec 2021 Best Evidence Webinar: Which Medicines are Essential in Canada?

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Dr. Nav Persaud is the Canada Research Chair in Health Justice and Associate Professor at the University of Toronto, and a staff physician at St Michael’s Hospital in Unity Health Toronto. He is leading the first-ever trial providing people with free access to essential medicines – quantifying the links between medication cost and health outcomes, and bringing to light the unfair choices that millions of Canadians are forced to make about their health. His interests include health equity, essential medicines, clinical trials and racism in health care settings.

This webinar has already taken place. Scroll down to view a video recording of the event.

DATE: Wednesday, December 8, 2021

TIME: 12:00 – 13:00 Pacific Time PST [UTC -7 convert to your local time]

CME CREDITS: MainPro+/MOC Section 1 credits: 1.0. You must register, attend the webinar and complete the evaluation in order to receive your certificate.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this session, participants should be able to:

  • Select a short list of medicines for use in clinical practice
  • Find resources about essential medicines
  • Explain the likely effects of providing people with free access to essential medicines

2 Comments
  • Norm
    Posted at 10:29h, 05 November Reply

    An important issue since many of our health care workers were subjected to the highest risks of workplace related exposure and and reduced income from single siting. Many health care workers who do not have the luxury of working for a government funded institution have no employer benefits

    • Alan Cassels @ TI
      Posted at 10:31h, 08 November Reply

      Please attend this webinar and feel free to address any questions to Dr. Persaud.
      Cheers,
      Alan Cassels
      Therapeutics Initiative

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