Roland Grad

Family doc and author of 'Look it up! What patients, doctors, nurses, and pharmacists need to know about the internet and health'.

[Justin Trudeau @JustinTrudeau]

You can’t take our country — and you can’t take our game.

[Roland Grad @RolandGrad]

Reassuring. We do prescribe a lot of 5 alpha reductase inhibitors for BPH. No association with prostrate cancer ⁦@markebell⁩ ⁦@Info_Mastery⁩ https://t.co/8aqrEqe9gU

[Roland Grad @RolandGrad]

Here are the ‘Top 20 Research Studies of 2023 for Primary Care Physicians’. Summarizing best-of-the-best research for decision making in primary care. Thank you AFP. ⁦@markebell⁩ ⁦⁦@Info_Mastery⁩ ⁦@LessIsMoreMed⁩ #EBM https://t.co/cTBKzjoCFy

[Roland Grad @RolandGrad]

When to engage in SDM? A challenge for resident physicians and physician educators. See ‘Family medicine residents’ perspectives on shared decision-making: A m... https://t.co/hyghTW5ktH
#FOAMed @glynelwyn @RahimiSamira

[Renee Pellerin @ReneePellerin]

Recommend this webinar explaining and backgrounding the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care draft breast screening guidelines. https://t.co/Ae2Jong2Fo

[Roland Grad @RolandGrad]

Is the health minister now willing to reflect on his criticism of the Canadian Task Force guidelines? ⁦@PHAC_GC⁩ ⁦@cantaskforce⁩ ⁦@CFPC_e⁩ ⁦@KatyJLBell⁩ https://t.co/kuRuoAIknq

[Roland Grad @RolandGrad]

Should women in their 40s consider screening for breast cancer? Read this before jumping on board. https://t.co/d08yzBerWo @CFPC_e @CFPJournal

[Ash Paul @pash22]

Canadian mammography kerfuffle echoes U.S. screening debate, 15 years later https://t.co/R8Qls6CCgy via @kennylinafp @susan_bewley @MichaelBaum11 @SteveLaitner @paulpharoah @naserturabi @rwittmer3 @RolandGrad @LessIsMoreMed @ebmgatineau

[Roland Grad @RolandGrad]

I cannot imagine how to summarize this more clearly https://t.co/MbumEtrjcH @cantaskforce

[Renee Pellerin @ReneePellerin]

The decision tools here make the pros and cons very clear.

[Roland Grad @RolandGrad]

We suffer from too many "know-it all" experts in Medicine. We need more high quality science. See e-letters to 'Debunking myths about screening'. https://t.co/tXY6wtwwO9
#EBP

[Anssi Auvinen @auvinen_anssi]

An excellent review about naive overoptimistic views and expectations regarding screening.
An eyeopener about the key issues that everyone engaged in discussion about screening should be familiar with.
Warmly recommended!
https://t.co/e59LjFSaHC

[Renee Pellerin @ReneePellerin]

Patients and doctors need to understand this: Why screening guideline committees should not include ‘experts’ as voting members https://t.co/gbXtyRjEvB via @HealthyDebate @densebreastscdn

[Roland Grad @RolandGrad]

Preventing overdiagnosis and overuse: proposed guidance for guideline panels https://t.co/wcHlKIgba6 @ebmgatineau @cantaskforce @Info_Mastery @LessIsMoreMed @PreventingODx

[McGill University @mcgillu]

L’Université McGill demande au premier ministre François Legault de revenir sur sa décision, invoquant les effets dévastateurs des mesures annoncées sur le Québec et sur l’Université
https://t.co/1QM3UfHE7j

[Roland Grad @RolandGrad]

Since 2006, the daily POEM has been delivered to CMA members. Just want to thank the CMA and their team of librarians for having provided this information. ⁦@CMA_Docs⁩ ⁦@markebell⁩ ⁦@Info_Mastery⁩ #EBM https://t.co/NsFW8PU1fm

[Roland Grad @RolandGrad]

Loved these presentations ⁦@NAPCRG⁩ last week. And they were student led. ⁦@McGillMed⁩ @mcgillfammed ⁦@glynelwyn⁩

[The College of Family Physicians of Canada @CFPC_e]

New clinical webinar with the Canadian Task Force on preventative Health Care! Join Dr. Roland Grad this Sept 19 from 12-1pm in this informative session on screening to prevent fragility fractures. Register now: https://t.co/kSp4Dd8imm

[Roland Grad @RolandGrad]

Worth your time, but I’m biased ⁦@cantaskforce⁩ ⁦@ebmgatineau⁩ ⁦@minnajohansson1⁩ ⁦@LessIsMoreMed⁩ ⁦@Dr_AbouSetta⁩ ⁦@EddyLang1⁩ https://t.co/zSSiaWUvgz