06 Sep Deprescribing is patient-centered care
My name is Ashley Perreault, and I am now starting my third year of medical school at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, based in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. I have no conflicts of interest...
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30 Aug Medical student questions how Health Canada licensed OxyContin
Medical student questions how Health Canada licensed OxyContin By Jessie Pappin Students at Dalhousie Medical School must pass a mandatory longitudinal course, Research in Medicine, to graduate. This course has a double focus to: Help medical students...
22 Aug 1st International Conference on Deprescribing
An entire conference on deprescribing? Yes, you heard right! Older people from countries across the world commonly end up taking a lot of medications. In Canada, 2 out of 3 adults over the age of 65...
15 Aug Prescribing cascades: Are you concerned?
We are finalizing an upcoming Therapeutics Letter on the topic of "Prescribing Cascades", and wonder whether any readers know how to use office or hospital electronic medical record systems (EMRs) to detect possible prescribing cascades,...