Choosing Wisely Canada's
National Meeting
The call for abstracts for our National Meeting in Toronto is now open.
Submit by January 13, 2023.
World Antimicborial Awareness Week
It's World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (November 18-24), a global event that aims to increase awareness about antibiotic resistance and encourage best practices among clinicians and the public.
New Report: Overuse of Tests and Treatments in Canada
A joint report between Choosing Wisely Canada and CIHI examines the overuse of 12 tests and treatments across the country.
Using Labs Wisely: Introducing a New National Program
Over 100 hospitals signed up to tackle low-value lab testing in Canada.
Let’s Clear the Air
Encouraging thoughtful conversations between clinicians and patients who have received a diagnosis of asthma or COPD.
Become a Choosing Wisely Canada Hospital
Make Choosing Wisely a cornerstone of your quality improvement efforts and organizational strategy.
Using Blood Wisely
A national campaign that aims to reduce unnecessary red blood cell transfusions in hospital settings.
Using Labs Wisely During Global Blood Tube and Other Resource Shortages
Five recommendations for using labs wisely during global shortages in primary care and hospitals.
Time to Talk
Encouraging serious illness conversations.
Recommendations and Resources, by Specialty
- Addiction Medicine
- Allergy & Clinical Immunology
- Anesthesiology
- Blood and Marrow Transplant
- Burns
- Cardiology
- Critical Care
- Dermatology
- Emergency Medicine
- Endocrinology and Metabolism
- Family Medicine
- Fertility and Andrology
- Gastroenterology
- General Surgery
- Geriatrics
- Headache
- Hematology
- Hepatology
- Hospital Dentistry
- Hospital Medicine
- Hospital Pharmacy
- Infectious Disease
- Internal Medicine
- Long Term Care
- Medical Biochemistry
- Medical Students
- Medical Genetics
- Medical Laboratory Science
- Medical Microbiology
- Medical Radiation Technology
- Nephrology
- Neurology
- Nuclear Medicine
- Nurse Practitioner
- Nursing
- Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Occupational Medicine
- Oncology
- Orthopaedics
- Otolaryngology
- Paediatrics
- Paediatric Surgery
- Palliative Care
- Pathology
- Pediatric Neurosurgery
- Pharmacist
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Psychiatry
- Public Health
- Radiology
- Residents
- Respiratory Medicine
- Rheumatology
- Rural Medicine
- Spine
- Sport and Exercise Medicine
- Transfusion Medicine
- Trauma
- Urology
- Vascular Surgery