Therapeutics Initiative Best Evidence Webinar: Rethinking medication adherence

In this Therapeutics Initiative (TI) Best Evidence Webinar, Dr. Aaron M Tejani will describe the evidence linking medication adherence to patient important outcomes. By the end of the presentation, attendees will be able to:

– Understand the importance of shared informed decision-making as it relates to medication adherence;
– Recognize that informed non-adherence is a reasonable choice made by a well-informed patient.

CME CREDITS: MainPro+/MOC Section 1 credits: 1.0. Those who register, attend the webinar and complete the evaluation will receive their certificate.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Dr. Aaron M Tejani is a researcher/educator with the Therapeutics Initiative (co-chair of the Education Working Group, member of the Drug Assessment Working Group), clinical assistant professor with the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences (University of British Columbia), and Medication use evaluation pharmacist with Lower Mainland Pharmacy Services (Vancouver, BC). He completed his BSc (Pharm) at UBC (Vancouver) and Doctor of Pharmacy degree at Creighton University (Omaha, Nebraska).

Aaron is particularly interested in teaching healthcare professionals how to critically appraise evidence for medical interventions and how to use evidence in clinical practice/policy development. He is the author of a number of Therapeutics Letters, including No. 132 Rethinking Medication Adherence.

LEARN MORE:
https://www.ti.ubc.ca/2022/07/14/rethinking-adherence/