Continuing Education

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN! Best Evidence for Clinicians: annual UBC Therapeutics Initiative course WHEN: Saturday, October 21, 2017 – full day course 08:30 - 17:15 [Add to calendar] WHERE: Surrey Memorial Hospital in Surrey, BC [map] Overview Join us for this popular conference designed to provide physicians, pharmacists, and other health professionals with up-to-date, … [Read more...]

Best Evidence for Clinicians: special course oriented to geriatrics and long term care - offered in collaboration with the Nanaimo Division of Family Practice WHEN: Friday, October 20, 2017 - full day course: 0900-1545 hrs. Registration: 0830-0900 hrs. WHERE: Coast Bastion Hotel: 11 Bastion St, Nanaimo, BC COST: Free for all Nanaimo Division members. $150 fee will apply to … [Read more...]

Does cyclobenzaprine work for pain?  Should we use statins in the elderly? Presenter: Dr. Aaron M Tejani, UBC Therapeutics Initiative When: Tuesday, September 12, 2017. Time: 8:00 - 9:00 am. Where: VGH Eye  Care  Centre  Auditorium, 1st Floor,  2550 Willow Street, Vancouver The presentation is about 45 minutes with 15 minutes for discussion and questions.  Family Practice Rounds have … [Read more...]

FREE EVENT Dr. Joel Lexchin will speak about how Purdue Pharma promoted OxyContin which helped trigger the opioid crisis and the wave of drug overdoses that currently plague our society. WHEN: 7:30pm Thursday, August 10, 2017 WHERE: Unitarian Church of Vancouver, 949 West 49 Avenue [map] Dr. Joel Lexchin is an internationally-recognized expert in pharmaceutical policy and Professor … [Read more...]

DRUGS, DINOS & DINNER (“3D”) BRINGING BEST EVIDENCE TO CLINICIANS When: Wednesday, May 10th, 2017 Where: Dinosaur Discovery Gallery, Tumbler Ridge, BC Presenters: Tom Perry, MD (general internist / clinical pharmacologist) Aaron Tejani, PharmD (Fraser Health & Vancouver Coastal Health drug evaluation) Audience: physicians, pharmacists, nurse practitioners, nurses, … [Read more...]

Rational therapy for the management of hypertension Presenter: Dr. Aaron M Tejani, UBC Therapeutics Initiative When: Thursday, May 4, 2017. Time: 12:00 noon. Where: Pender Health Care Centre, Vancouver By invitation only. … [Read more...]

Burnaby Hospital Grand Rounds: What's all the huffing and puffing about? (combination inhalers for COPD) Presenter: Dr. Aaron M Tejani, UBC Therapeutics Initiative When: Wednesday, May 3, 2017. Time: 12:00 noon Where: Burnaby General Hospital, 3935 Kincaid Street, Burnaby, BC This is an open educational event, everyone welcome! … [Read more...]

Wednesday, April 19, 2017 | 18:30-21:00 h Special “Journal Pub” Canada’s New Opioid Guideline 2017 Medical Student Alumni Centre (Hardwick Hall) 2750 Heather St. (at West 12th Avenue), Vancouver Presentation by: Dr. Jason Busse, DC, PhD, Assoc. Prof., Depts. of Anesthesia & Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact McMaster University Commentator: Pippa Hawley B. Med, … [Read more...]