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Vancouver Island Health Authority Pharmacy Conference March 3, 2012

Vancouver Island Health Authority Pharmacy Conference March 3, 2012

February 27, 2012 Education Leave a Comment

  Date: March 3, 2012NOTE: Closed registrationPlace: Tigh-Na-Mara Resort Conference Centre, Parksville, BCTopicDr. Popper's black swans and the tale of misconstrued targets (blood pressure targets, and statins for primary prevention)Presented by:     Aaron M Tejani, Therapeutics Initiative (UBC)    … [Read more...]

Surrey Memorial Hospital grand rounds Feb 28, 2012

Surrey Memorial Hospital grand rounds Feb 28, 2012

February 27, 2012 Education Leave a Comment

 Topics: “Bisphosphonates for Osteoporosis (Therapeutics letter #83)”Date: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 Time: 1200-1300 Hours Place: Charles Barnham BuildingPresented by:     Aaron M Tejani, Therapeutics Initiative (UBC)    … [Read more...]

Chilliwack General Hospital grand rounds Feb 28, 2012

Chilliwack General Hospital grand rounds Feb 28, 2012

February 23, 2012 Education 1 Comment

Topics: “Bisphosphonates for Osteoporosis (Therapeutics letter #83)”Date: Tuesday, February 28, 2012Time: 0800 to 0900 HoursPlace: ICU Conf Rm #2Learning ObjectivesDistinguish between evidence for bisphosphonates in primary versus secondary prevention of osteoporosisQuantify the effect of bisphosphonates in osteoporosis based on evidence from a critical appraisal of … [Read more...]

Pharmaceutical Sales Representatives and Patient Safety: A workshop/consultation on the implications for policy and practice

Pharmaceutical Sales Representatives and Patient Safety: A workshop/consultation on the implications for policy and practice

January 12, 2012 Education Leave a Comment

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Friday, February 10, 2012 9:00 am to 3:30 pm* Lillooet Room, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre University of British Columbia, 1961 East Mall, Vancouver, BC  *Webinar participation is available for the morning session (9 am to 12 pm) Co-Principal Investigators of the Pharmaceutical Sales Representatives and Patient Safety study, Dr. Barbara Mintzes (UBC) and Dr. Joel Lexchin (York U), … [Read more...]

Best Evidence & Optimal Medication Use

Best Evidence & Optimal Medication Use

December 9, 2011 Education Leave a Comment

UBC Therapeutics Initiative (TI) in partnership with UBC Continuing Professional Development (CPD) are proud to deliver a 2-day course on combining evidence & clinical pharmacology to improve drug therapy on 23-24 October 2015 at Surrey Memorial Hospital. The course will provide up-to-date, evidence-based practical information on prescription drug therapy for family physicians, pharmacists and … [Read more...]

ISDB General Assembly 2012 – Schedule

ISDB General Assembly 2012 – Schedule

December 8, 2011 Education Leave a Comment

  Saturday 24 11:00 - 15:00Pick up from Airport18:00 - 19:30Dinner19:30 - 21:30Welcome words by Jim Wright, DIrector of TI Jörg Schaaber, ISDB President - Introduce new membersFun Activity + Socializing  Sunday 25 07:30 - 09:00Breakfast09:00 - 10:3025 years ISDB: success stories, challenges- The first decade – nurturing ISDB: Andrew Herxheimer (former chief … [Read more...]

ISDB General Assembly Meeting – 2012

ISDB General Assembly Meeting – 2012

November 9, 2011 Education Leave a Comment

March 25 - 28, 2012Vancouver, BC, Canada ProgramView preliminary program here.Participants will be picked up on March 24 either at the Vancouver Airport (YVR) or Downtown Vancouver and taken by bus to the conference venue. More details will be provided to the registrants two weeks advance.Fees (in Canadian dollars)Fees include accommodation, meals, snacks, program, handouts and transportation … [Read more...]

The Changing Face of Psychosis: Implications for Treatment

The Changing Face of Psychosis: Implications for Treatment

February 28, 2011 Education, News 1 Comment

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Professor David Healy MD.  - Cardiff University, UK UBC Therapeutics Initiative & CHSPR Public Seminar Wednesday, March 2, 2011 @ 4-5 pm 491 – 2206 East Mall, UBC Point Grey Did schizophrenia only emerge in the 19th century? Could it disappear again?  If schizophrenia were only of recent onset, what implications would this have for the management of psychosis? Can social stresses … [Read more...]

24th ANNUAL DRUG THERAPY DECISION MAKING COURSE: Spring 2013

24th ANNUAL DRUG THERAPY DECISION MAKING COURSE: Spring 2013

December 20, 2010 Education Leave a Comment

General information:"Education should not be the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire" - William Butler YeatsFor 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 … [Read more...]

2011 Health Policy Conference BOOMERANGST: Myths and Realities about health care for an aging population

2011 Health Policy Conference BOOMERANGST: Myths and Realities about health care for an aging population

November 19, 2010 Education Leave a Comment

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February 22-23, 2011 Sheraton Wall Centre, Vancouver BC [ Download Save the Date Postcard ] Conference Overview The Canadian population is aging. In 2011, the leading edge of the baby boom turns 65 – with the great bulge of that generation to follow. That simple fact has focused important attention on some key realities such as the likely major increase in Canada's dependency ratio. But it has … [Read more...]

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