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Confronting Unnecessary Care

Confronting Unnecessary Care

This module reviews the issue of unnecessary care in Canada and describes the resources and clinical guidance available through Choosing Wisely Canada – a physician-initiated campaign that encourages physicians and patients to have evidence-informed conversations about the necessity of medical tests and treatments so as to eliminate unnecessary care.

After completing this course the learner will be able to:

  1. Recognize the extent, causes, and potential harm of unnecessary care for both individual patients and the health care system;
  2. Interpret unnecessary care as a quality issue for which physicians are ultimately responsible and which can only be effectively dealt with by physicians in their practices;
  3. Reflect on the extent to which they themselves may sometimes provide care that is unnecessary;
  4. Become familiar with and plan to apply the clinical guidance provided by Choosing Wisely Canada across a variety of specialties;
  5. Use Choosing Wisely Canada resources to engage patients in evidence-informed discussions of potentially unnecessary care.

This project was funded by unrestricted educational grant from the Canadian Medical Association.

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Confronting Unnecessary Care

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Expiry Date

This course expires on
Friday, March 31, 2017


Course Author(s):

2016 Review/revisions:

  • Blair O'Neill, MD, FRCPC

 

Original module development:

  • Samuel E.D. Shortt, MD, PhD, FCFP

 

Planning Committee:

2016 Review/revisions:

  • Lisa Bonang, MD, FCFP
  • Denis Drouin, MD, CFPC
  • Rollie Nichol, MD, MBA, FCFP, CEC
  • Sacha Bhatia, MD, MBA, FRCPCC

 

Original module development:

  • Lisa Bonang, MD, CCFP, FCFP
  • Rachel Kassner, MD, CCPE
  • Martin Vogel, MD, MCFP
  • Sacha Bhatia, MD, FRCPC
  • Samuel E.D. Shortt, MD, PhD, FCFP