About the topic: In this presentation, Tom Stanley will show how excess statistical significance (ESS) can improve the credibility of research synthesis. This will generalize on the notion of an excess of statistical significance by Ioannidis & Trikalinos’ (2007) that formed the basis for their chi-square test for publication bias by accommodating heterogeneity. This version […]
Evidence synthesis is a key method for ensuring clinical practice is up-to-date, efficient, and effective; but conventionally done systematic reviews are laborious, time-consuming, and quickly become out of date. Developments in artificial intelligence (AI) systems mean that much of the manual work of evidence synthesis could be automated. These technologies move beyond speeding up a […]
Dr. Rupi Brar is an addiction and family medicine physician with the Portland Hotel Community Services Society in Vancouver’s Downtown East Side. She also works clinically at St .Paul’s Addiction Medicine Consult Service and is the Medical Director for Vancouver Coastal Health’s regional addiction program. Dr. Brar has completed a research fellowship at the BC […]
Therapeutics Initiative (TI) Best Evidence Webinar: Climate-Conscious Inhaler Prescribing: Tackling Climate Change, One Pen Stroke at a Time presented by Dr. Val Stoynova, general internist in community and tertiary care in Victoria at Island Health and a Clinical Associate Professor at UBC; and Dr. Celia Culley, a clinical pharmacist and pharmacy clinical coordinator in Victoria […]
Dr. David Menkes will explore the interaction between SSRI antidepressants and substance misuse. Using a series of 100 cases, Dr. Menkes has documented an interaction between alcohol and SSRI antidepressants, including pathological intoxication and a variety of severe outcomes (including homicide). Dr. David Menkes is an academic psychiatrist with a background in psychology and pharmacology (MD 1982; […]
Dr Wade Thompson is a pharmacist and researcher at the Therapeutics Initiative and has clinical experience in long-term care, geriatric outpatient clinics and primary care clinics. Wade will discuss evidence on statin deprescribing among older adults and considerations for applying evidence to individual patients.
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