Resources
If you want to learn more about overdiagnosis or use the available tools to change your practice, you are invited to check out the following resources.
For clinicians
- Choosing Wisely Canada toolkit, click here
- Centre pour l’avancement des soins de santé factuels [French only], click here
- Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care, click here
- Information and tools about deprescribing, click here
Medical training
- Practising Wisely
- STARS —Training for medical students, click here. The STARS campaign was awarded one of six ‘Putting Stewardship into Medical Education’ grants from the ABIM Foundation. Choosing Wisely Canada has released a list of ‘Six Things Medical Students & Trainees Should Question’, which has been endorsed by the Canadian Federation of Medical Students (CFMS) and the Fédération médicale étudiante du Québec (FMEQ), who together represent all medical students in Canada.
Learn more about overdiagnosis
To learn more about overdiagnosis, you are invited to read the QMA’s reflection document on optimizing your clinical practice or the “Overdiagnosis: Observations and Action Plan.” Note that these publications are available in French only.
Patient Materials
- To learn more about Choosing Wisely Canada patient pamphlets, click here.
- Learn more about the More is Not Always Better campaign.
- Become more informed and engaged in decisions about your prescription medications by visiting the Canadian Deprescribing Network’s website.