Choosing Wisely Through Primary Care

Using Antibiotics Wisely

New Toolkit: The Cold Standard 2.0 – A Toolkit for Using Antibiotics Wisely for the Management of Respiratory Tract Infections in Primary Care.

• The Cold Standard 2.0

New Resources: Using Antibiotics Wisely in Long Term Care poster and practice statements aim to reduce unnecessary antibiotic use for asymptomatic bacteriuria in LTC.

• Reflect before you collect poster
• UTI Practice Statements

In response to members’ feedback, selected Using Antibiotics Wisely patient resources are now available in Punjabi, Simplified Chinese, and Spanish. Select a link below to download a PDF resource.

Antibiotics: Sorry

• Antibiotics: Sorry (English)
• Antibiotics: Sorry (Simplified Chinese)
• Antibiotics: Sorry (Punjabi)
• Antibiotics: Sorry (Spanish)

Antibiotics: Three questions to ask your health care provider

• Antibiotics: Three questions to ask your health care provider (English)
• Antibiotics: Three questions to ask your health care provider (Simplified Chinese)
• Antibiotics: Three questions to ask your health care provider (Punjabi)
• Antibiotics: Three questions to ask your health care provider (Spanish)

Antibiotics: Delayed prescription

• Antibiotics: Delayed prescription (English)
• Antibiotics: Delayed prescription (Simplified Chinese)
• Antibiotics: Delayed prescription (Punjabi)
• Antibiotics: Delayed prescription (Spanish)

Disclaimer
The translation of selected Using Antibiotics Wisely patient resources into languages other than English and French represents a pilot initiative of the CFPC. The CFPC has attempted to ensure the original materials in English have been translated accurately; in the event that there is any inconsistency between the English and other translated versions, the English version shall prevail.

• Antibiotics: Rx Files – Viral Infection Prescription

You can also integrate the Viral Prescription Pad and Delayed Prescription Pad in your existing EMR. The e-forms and accompanying instructions were co-developed by OntarioMD and Choosing Wisely Canada in collaboration. For any questions related to these materials, please contact [email protected].

• Key Practice Statements

Patient resources for Using Antibiotics Wisely are now available in:

• Simplified Chinese
• Punjabi
• Spanish

Multimedia Tool Kits

The College of Family Physicians (CFPC)/Choosing Wisely Canada multimedia-friendly tool kit equips health care providers with user-friendly videos, printable posters for their clinics, and printable infographics designed to facilitate informed discussions and give patients resources they can take home.

• Using Antibiotics Wisely
• Opioid Wisely
• Do More Screening Tests Lead to Better Health?

Mainpro+®

Using a Linking Learning to Practice exercise to document how a tool has had an impact on your practice can earn you five Mainpro+ certified credits! There is no maximum on the number of exercises you can submit. Visit Linking Learning to learn more.

Opioid Wisely

• Opioid Wisely office poster
• Updated family medicine recommendations: Thirteen Things Physicians and Patients Should Question (opioid-specific recommendations)

For additional information please visit our project website.

Do More Screening Tests Lead to Better Health?

Whiteboard video

This 10-minute educational video focuses on a number of common screening tests (vitamin D malabsorption, mammography, thyroid testing, etc.) to help inform dialogue between family physicians and their patients on appropriate testing.

• Rethinking the annual physical exam and screening tests
• Is more testing better? Six tests to rethink
• Combined Infographics

Questions?

Please contact us at [email protected].