UofT City Wide Grand Medical Rounds - Studying Drug Safety in the Real World

Presenter:

Dr. David Juurlink, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Head, Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Sunnybrook HSC
Medical Toxicologist, Ontario Poison Centre
Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine, Paediatrics & HPME
Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

Location:
Baycrest
Hospital
2nd Floor
Telehealth Boardroom

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
By attending these rounds, participants will be able to:

1. Describe why safety and efficacy data from clinical trials are sometimes not generalizable to clinical practice
2. Recognize some of the challenges inherent in the assessment of drug safety in the “real world”