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SUMMARY:Therapeutics Initiative: Bringing Best Evidence to Clinicians
DESCRIPTION:We are excited to bring the UBC Therapeutics Initiative annual educational event/half-day conference to you in both in-person and virtual format this year.\n\nJoin the discussions about new research on: back pain\, hypertension\, type 2 diabetes\, and optimal prescribing presented by new and veteran faculty members at the Therapeutics Initiative\, featuring presentations by Dr. Anshula Ambasta\, Dr. Wade Thompson\, Dr. Rita McCracken\, and Dr. Aaron Tejani. \nParticipate in an innovative session to design new communication pathways among healthcare providers. \nCan’t join us live on Oct 15?\nAll lectures will be recorded and available to watch on-demand for up to 3 months after the event. \n\n\n\nAgenda\n\n\n\n\nTIME\n(Pacific Time)\nPRESENTATION TITLE\n \nSPEAKER\n\n\n8:00\nRegistration opens\n \n \n\n\n8:30\nWelcome remarks \n \nDr. Rita McCracken\nDr. Aaron M. Tejani \n\n\n8:45\nMaking diabetes care fit for older persons\nIn this presentation\, Dr. Thompson will review considerations for managing diabetes in older persons (particularly frail\, older persons with multi-morbidity and/or functional limitations)\, including A1c targets\, and evidence on benefits and harms of specific medications. He will discuss how to individualize therapy among older persons according to their individual health context. Finally\, he will review when and how to consider deintensifying diabetes management for individual patients.\n \nDr. Wade Thompson\n\n\n 9:10\nMechanical back pain in primary care – which drugs “work”? \nA review of mechanical back pain for primary care clinicians\, including pearls for differentiating it from other causes of pain\, a review of populations most affected and the natural history of the condition. We will also review what is known about expected harms and benefits of pharmaceutical therapies.\n \nDr. Rita McCracken\n\n\n9:35\nBreak \n\n \n\n\n10:00\nConcurrent sessions\n \n \n\n\nStream A \nHow do we facilitate or improve collaborative medication reviews between pharmacists and prescribers? (group discussion)\n** More details coming soon\n \n Facilitators TBC\n\n\nStream B\nPractical tips to optimize collaborative medication reviews between pharmacists and prescribers\n**More details coming soon\n\n Facilitators TBC\n\n\n11:00\nNavigating complicated issues in hypertension management\nParticipants will be given tips on how to move new and existing hypertension patients towards the most evidence-informed treatment and targets. Topics covered are listed below: \n\nUnderstand the diagnostic approach to hypertension in adults and identifying drug-related causes for hypertension (e.g. possible prescribing cascades)\nDescribe ways to move patients toward evidence-informed management (e.g. deintensification\, changing drug classes)\nDescribe how to individualize the BP target goal for different types of patients (e.g. elderly\, non-elderly\, DM\, CKD)\n\n\n\nDr. Anshula Ambasta\n\n\n11:30\nOptimizing drug therapy with all the tools in the toolbox\nUsing pharmacology\, kinetics (e.g. half-life)\, and drug effect estimates\, participants will be given practical tips to help optimize drug therapy for individuals. Several examples will be used to explain when fast or slow dose titration might be required and when slow or fast tapering is safest.\n\nDr. Aaron M. Tejani\n\n\n11:55\nClosing Remarks \n\n \n\n\n12:15\nLunch and networking\n(In-person attendees only)\n\n\n\n\n13:00\nConference Ends 
URL:https://www.bcnd.ca/event/therapeutics-initiative-bringing-best-evidence-to-clinicians-16/
LOCATION:UBC Robson Square
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SUMMARY:Therapeutics Initiative: Bringing Best Evidence to Clinicians
DESCRIPTION:We are excited to bring the UBC Therapeutics Initiative annual educational event/half-day conference to you in both in-person and virtual format this year. \nJoin the discussions about new research on: back pain\, hypertension\, type 2 diabetes\, and optimal prescribing presented by new and veteran faculty members at the Therapeutics Initiative\, featuring presentations by Dr. Anshula Ambasta\, Dr. Wade Thompson\, Dr. Rita McCracken\, and Dr. Aaron Tejani. \nParticipate in an innovative session to design new communication pathways among healthcare providers.
URL:https://www.bcnd.ca/event/therapeutics-initiative-bringing-best-evidence-to-clinicians-15/
LOCATION:UBC Robson Square
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