Choosing Wisely Canada Recommendations
Developed by professional societies representing different clinical specialties in Canada, these recommendations identify tests and treatments commonly used in specialties that are not supported by evidence and could expose patients to harm.
These recommendations are not intended to be used to establish payment and coverage decisions. Rather, they are meant to spur conversation about what is appropriate and necessary treatment. As each patient situation is unique, clinicians and patients could use the Choosing Wisely Canada materials to determine an appropriate treatment plan together.
Recommendations and Resources, by Specialty
- Addiction Medicine
- Allergy & Clinical Immunology
- Anesthesiology
- Blood and Marrow Transplant
- Burns
- Cardiology
- Clinical Biochemistry
- 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 Emergency Medicine
- 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
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Medical Professional Society Handbook
The Medical Professional Society Handbook guides professional societies through the engagement process in Choosing Wisely Canada. The handbook provides a detailed overview of developing a recommendation list, communication tools to promote a list, going beyond the list by putting recommendations into practice and useful resources.
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