24 Mar 2026 UPCOMING [Apr 22]: TI Best Evidence Webinar: Treating pain is harder than it looks
This TI Best Evidence webinar is an encore presentation, originally delivered as part of the TI Best Evidence for Clinicians 2025 Annual Course on Friday, November 29, 2025 by Dr. David Juurlink, a general internist and clinical pharmacologist/toxicologist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and the Hospital for Sick Children. This presentation frames the treatment of pain as an experiment on the patient, and details how this experiment can be upended by common misconceptions about analgesics and by occult harms, particularly with NSAIDs and opioids. The 45-minute presentation will be followed by a 30-minute interactive questions & answers session with Dr. Juurlink.
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TITLE: Treating pain is harder than it looks
WHEN: 11:45 AM to 1:00 PM PDT on Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026 [convert to your local time]
WHERE: This is a free virtual event. Anyone can attend but registration is required. After submitting your registration you will receive a confirmation email, which will include connection details.
SPEAKER: Dr. David Juurlink, General Internist and Clinical Pharmacologist/Toxicologist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario.
REGISTRATION: https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/Eh5FMwTfRdGHXbPBWBMvkg
CME CREDITS: The Division of Continuing Professional Development, University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine (UBC CPD) is fully accredited by the Continuing Medical Education Accreditation Committee (CACME) to provide CPD credits for physicians. This activity meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been certified by UBC CPD for up to 1.0 Mainpro+ Certified Activity credit. Each physician should claim only those credits accrued through participation in the activity.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES (by the end of this session, participants will be able to):
- To understand why the goal of treating pain is not simply pain relief.
- To appreciate the many hidden harms of analgesics.
- To dispel some myths about common analgesics.
About the topic: This presentation frames the treatment of pain as an experiment on the patient, and details how this experiment can be upended by common misconceptions about analgesics and by occult harms, particularly with NSAIDs and opioids.
About the speaker: Dr. David Juurlink is a Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics and Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto and a Senior Scientist at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences. In addition to his clinical and teaching responsibilities, he maintains an active research program in the field of drug safety.
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