This Changed My Practice
This free, award-winning, online UBC CPD educational initiative delivers peer-reviewed, unbiased, practice-changing articles from your colleagues. Articles are posted on the website once a month and emailed to over 16,000 subscribed physicians. Connect with your colleagues and ask questions, comment on topics and vote on practice impact. You can also contribute your expertise and suggest topics.
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Articles (0.25 credits/article):
Buprenorphine/naloxone for chronic non-cancer pain
Dr. Katelyn Halpape
Menopause: Don’t sweat it: Part 1
Drs. Kerstin Gustafson and Colleen Dy
CRAFTing a response: expanding support options available for families affected by substance use
Dr. Heather Fulton
Introduction to planetary health in primary care
Dr. Ilona Hale
Hepatitis C virus: cascade of care in infants and children
Dr. Laura Sauvé, Winnie Fu, Dr. Sofia Bartlett, Dr. Orlee Guttman, Dr. Chelsea Elwood, Dr. David Goldfarb, Dr. Neora Pick
Therapeutic considerations of gabapentin versus pregabalin in treating chronic neuropathic pain
Anthony Lau, Katherine Daley, Hans Haag, Dr. Martha Ignaszewski
Teaching Serious Illness Conversations using the Elephant and Rider Model
Dr. Kelvin Lou
PCR swabs: a useful diagnostic tool for identifying syphilis
Dr. Rohit Vijh
Using data for practice quality improvement to address blood sugar challenges for complex care patient
Dr. Omesh Syal
New guidance on alcohol and health from the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction
Dr. Paxton Bach
Talking smart: conversational AI streamlines clinical practice
Rohit Singla PhD, Dr. Daniel Raff, Dr. Hester Vivier, and Dr. Andre Van Wyk
Gouty pitfalls
Drs. Carson Chin, Nathan Hitchman, and Jordan Friedmann
Asthma and COPD as-needed inhalers (SABD): where refills matter!
Drs. Kevin Liang and Philip Hui
Palliative approach to care and serious illness conversations
Dr. Shirley Samuel-Haynes
Effectively managing imposter syndrome in medicine
Beata Chamin
Psychedelics: safely navigating a new frontier
Dr. Rachel Grimminck, Dr. Jo Hoffman, and Dr. Laura McLean
No more reading glasses: daily eyedrops for presbyopia
Drs. Nawaaz Nathoo and Sorayya Seddigh
Changing the game for Acute Infectious Diarrhea — IDP for the win!
Dr. Ken Tan, Dr. Julia Stewart, Dr. Doug McTaggart, Dr. Sandra Lee, Chase Simms (MPH)
Implementing Prescribing Portraits — Therapeutics Initiative
Drs. Jill Norris and Jessica Otte
Thromboprophylaxis in ambulatory cancer patients
Drs. Domnick Manhas and Tony Wan
Management of Helicobacter pylori in 2023: who should be tested, treated, and how
Dr. Sander Veldhuyzen van Zanten
Offering Brief Behavioral Therapy for insomnia (BBTi) in primary care settings
Vinicio Delgado and Dr. Wayne Lai
Identifying and treating iron deficiency in patients hospitalized for heart failure
Hans Haag and Dr. Ricky Turgeon
SGLT2i in patients with diabetes: translating an evolving body of evidence to the nuances of practice
Jamison Falk, PharmD
Help, “hive” got a rash! – Article 2: Practical tips in the management of chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU)
Drs. Kevin Lee and Persia Pourshahnazari
Managing syphilis during pregnancy — practice tip
Drs. Rohit Vijh and Jason Wong
Genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM) — a refresher
Drs. Kerstin Gustafson and Colleen Dy
Spinal stenosis — practice tips
Dr. Mark Adrian
LNG-IUS (Mirena) IUD for emergency contraception
Dr. Emma Coffey
Help, “hive” got a rash! — Article 1: Practical tips in the assessment of chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU)
Drs. Kevin Lee and Persia Pourshahnazari
Pharmacotherapy for Tobacco Use Disorder
Drs. Clara Lu and Renée Janssen
Ceiling doses of ketorolac and ibuprofen in acute pain management
Dr. John van Bockxmeer, Dr. Vishal Varshney, and Anthony Lau, PharmD
Vaginal progesterone for the prevention of preterm birth
Drs. Jennifer Kask and Kirsten Duckitt
Bugs & Drugs guide to antimicrobial therapy
Dr. Karin Kausky, Dr. Tracy Monk, and Daniela Michel, MPH
Diagnosis and treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) using virtual health
Dr. Caitlin Dunne
Moving into the treatment phase of the COVID-19 pandemic
Jolanta Piszczek, Pharm D, Dr. Alissa Wright, and Dr. Jennifer Grant
Radon: a preventable cause of lung cancer
Drs. Cheryl Young and David McVea
Women with ADHD
Dr. Elisabeth Baerg Hall
Offering CBT skills by group medical visits
Drs. Fiona Petigara and Joanna Cheek
Why I talk about all Long Term Reversible Contraception (LARC)
Dr. Konia Trouton
Duration of antimicrobial therapy for common infections in primary care
Dr. Kevin Afra, Maggie Wong, PharmD, Tim T.Y. Lau, PharmD, and Dr. Victor Leung
Hepatitis C birth cohort testing
Drs. Mel Krajden and Jim Gray
It’s not the ear — how TMD can confound clinicians
Dr. Arman Abdalkhani
Mitigating the climate impact of asthma therapy
Drs. Val Stoynova and Celia Culley
Prevention of recurrent cellulitis
Drs. J Marie Kim and William Connors
Inflammatory back pain: distinguishing it from common mechanical back pain
Drs. Angela Hu, Jon Chan, and Neda Amiri
Why I no longer prescribe weight loss, calculate BMI, or use the term “obesity”
Dr. Katarina Wind
Identifying Advanced Heart Failure in your patient
Dr. Michael Diamant
Practice tips for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF): supporting patients with medications and self-monitoring
Shari Hurst, RN BN
Practice Tip (for BC practitioners) utilizing PathwaysBC beyond specialist lookups — finding patient handouts, requisitions, point-of-care tools
Drs. Tracy Monk, Nick Graham, Karin Kausky, Michele Thomasse, and Ryan Gallagher
Use of non-invasive tests for liver fibrosis
Drs. Shirley Jiang and Hin Hin Ko
Pharmacologic thromboprophylaxis in hospitalized patients with COVID-19
Drs. Alejandro Dau, Agnes Lee, and Tony Wan
Tokes in the throat: cannabis smoking-related harm in otolaryngology
Brendan McNeely and Dr. Amanda Hu
Perioperative anticoagulation management in mechanical heart valves, the PERIOP2 trial
Drs. Taylor Drury, Poupak Rahmani, and Tony Wan
Advances in diabetes glucose monitoring
Gerri Klein RN MScN
Cultivating compassion for people who are unvaccinated
Drs. Tandi Wilkinson and Shireen Mansouri
PAUSE Trial & Thrombosis Canada Guidelines: practice tip
Drs. Elina Liu, Erin Morley, and Anna Rahmani
Adult ADHD — practice tip
Dr. Elisabeth Baerg Hall
Physician well-being during COVID-19 — burnout & moral injury
Beata Chami
Approach to the patient with flashes and/or floaters
Drs. Lauren Hughes and Heather L. O'Donnell
Can we identify patients at risk for Opioid Use Disorder when beginning opioid analgesics for pain from new or ongoing non-cancer causes?
Jan Klimas, PhD; Michee-Ana Hamilton, MSc; Malcolm Maclure, ScD; Rita McCracken, MD, CCFP, PhD
New treatment option for Primary Biliary Cholangitis
Drs. Shirley Jiang, Edward Tam, and Hin Hin Ko
Curing through connection: A 3-part series on attachment, resilience, and health. Article 3: The importance of attachment theory in healthcare
Drs. Linda Uyeda and Ashley Miller
IMPROVE VTE scoring to guide VTE prophylaxis for medical inpatients
Drs. Charles Au, Tristen Gilchrist, and Agnes Lee
Concussion rehabilitation update and a free self-management concussion tool
Sue Barlow and Carolyn Rondeau
Curing through connection: A 3-part series on attachment, resilience, and health. Article 2: Parenting during a pandemic
Dr. Ashley Miller and Dr. Linda Uyeda
Giant Cell Arteritis part 2: treatment
Drs. Jordan Friedmann, Neda Amiri, Mohammad Bardi, Natasha Dehghan
A refresher in pelvic pain
Dr. Colleen Dy, Zerlyn Lee, and Adrienne Sim
Clearing up the confusion around pneumococcal vaccines
Dr. Susan Hollenberg
Curing through connection: A 3-part series on attachment, resilience, and health. Article 1: Cultivating secure bonds with our children during stressful times
Drs. Linda Uyeda and Ashley Miller
Rate versus rhythm control in patients with Atrial Fibrillation: time to change the paradigm?
Drs. Christopher Cheung, Kenneth Gin, and Jason G. Andrade
Specialists and family practice: tackling the pseudo-penicillin allergy epidemic together
Drs. Raymond Mak and Tiffany Wong
Sodium Glucose Cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) Inhibitors: New drug class in the treatment of Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction — DAPA-HF and EMPEROR-Reduced trials
Tanveer Brar, Doson Chua, and Laura Atiyeh
All other articles: https://thischangedmypractice.com/post-archives/.
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