Therapeutics Initiative
The Therapeutics Initiative (TI) was established in 1994 by the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics in cooperation with the Department of Family Practice at The University of British Columbia with its mission to provide physicians, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, allied health professionals & the public with up-to-date, independent, evidence-based, practical information on healthcare interventions.
To reduce bias as much as possible the TI is an independent organization, separate from government, pharmaceutical industry and other vested interest groups. We strongly believe in the need for independent assessments of evidence on drug therapy to balance the drug industry sponsored information sources.
Our motto is “Better prescribing. Better health.” and our members strive to contribute to better health outcomes in British Columbia and around the world.
Dr. Davie Wong: Antimicrobial durations in practice - a product of magical thinking in medicine
Dr Aaron Tejani + Dr David Gardner: TI Portrait & mysleepwell.ca for optimal management of insomnia
Dr. Aaron Tejani: Highlights from TI Portrait.
Dr. Dionzie Ong: Do your (es)citalopram prescriptions cost more than they're worth?
Dr. Davie Wong: Oral vs IV antibiotics
Dr. Jessica Otte: Hacking cough - What works for subacute post viral cough?
Dr. Ola Lemanowicz: Is the use of pain scores justified?
Dr. Anshula Ambasta: Thyroid testing for primary hypothyroidism.
Dr. Josh Levin: Physical activity compared to drugs for important clinical outcomes.
Dr. Evan Wood: Addressing medications that are ineffective, potentially harmful for pts with SUD/AUD
Dr. Anshula Ambasta: Rational lab testing
Dr. James (Jim) Wright: Debunking some of the hype In hypertension
Dr John Madrola: Heart failure - new and old drugs
Dr Derelie (Dee) Mangin: Safe and sound: polypharmacy and rational primary care
Dr. Wade Thompson: Minimizing harms of tight glycemic control in older people with type 2 diabetes
Dr. Carole Lunny: Introduction to a new risk of bias tool for network meta-analysis
Hafeez Dossa: Pharmacist-led deprescribing of tramadol in long-term care
Dr Daniel Kadlec: Common Errors in Meta-Analyses & Metaregressions in Strength+Conditioning Research
Dr. Mohsen Alayche: Evaluating prospective study registration & result reporting of trials in Canada
Dr. Caspar J. Van Lissa: Text Mining Systematic Reviews: New Directions for Qualitative Research
Dr. Jennifer Petkovic: Equity in Evidence Synthesis
BC Provincial Deprescribing Series Webinar #7
Dr. Larissa Shamseer: Preprints: Catalyzing Equity and Integrity in Scientific Discourse
Dr. Mark Horowitz: Antidepressant withdrawal effects and how to safely stop them
Matthew B Jané: Artifact corrections for effect sizes
Prof. Stephen Senn: Research synthesis is older than you think. Some early pioneers of meta-analysis
BC Provincial Deprescribing Series Webinar #6
Dr Jessica Otte, Dr Aaron Tejani: Becoming an evidence detective - Critical appraisal for clinicians
Dr. Javier Bracchiglione: Overlap of primary studies in overviews
Dr. Josh Levin: What is Portrait Online?