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GeriMedRisk Geriatric Clinical Pharmacology Rounds

GeriMedRisk offers free monthly webcast accredited educational rounds on topics related to safe prescribing for older adults. Registration is required to attend. For monthly updates, please join our mailing list.

GeriMedRisk June Rounds

June 2, 2026 | 12:00-1:00 PM EST

Presentation Title

When to Stop Statins? The New Evidence-Based Statin Deprescribing Guideline

Presenter

Dr. Wade Thompson, PharmD, MSc, PhD

Live Webinar

June

12:00 - 1:00 EST

Learning Objectives

Describe the evidence and recommendations about statin use and deprescribing in older adults.
Apply a stepwise approach to deprescribing statins through case-based examples using the deprescribing.org statin guideline algorithm.
Identify shared decision-making strategies to determine the best option for individual patients.

Presenter

Dr. Wade Thompson, PharmD, MSc, PhD

Wade is a long-term care pharmacist and deprescribing researcher. He is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at UBC, co-director of deprescribing.org, and an executive committee member of the Canadian Medication Appropriateness and Deprescribing Network.

Evening Replay

Missing June 2 Rounds?

We will be hosting an additional evening replay session that will broadcast a recording of Dr. Thompson's presentation, When to Stop Statins? The New Evidence-Based Statin Deprescribing Guideline. Please register separately to attend the replay session.

Replay session: June 3 at 7:00 PM EST

Please note: this replay session will not be interactive.

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Accreditation Statement

GeriMedRisk - Geriatric Clinical Pharmacology Rounds is a self-approved group learning activity, Section 1, as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do you share GeriMedRisk Rounds presentation slides or archive presentation recordings?

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