Skip to main content

Main menu

  • Home
  • Articles
    • Current
    • Published Ahead of Print
    • Archive
    • Supplemental Issues
    • Collections - French
    • Collections - English
  • Info for
    • Authors & Reviewers
    • Submit a Manuscript
    • Advertisers
    • Careers & Locums
    • Subscribers
    • Permissions
  • About CFP
    • About CFP
    • About the CFPC
    • Editorial Advisory Board
    • Terms of Use
    • Contact Us
    • CFP AI policy
    • Politique du MFC en matière d'IA
  • Feedback
    • Feedback
    • Rapid Responses
    • Most Read
    • Most Cited
    • Email Alerts
  • Blogs
    • Latest Blogs
    • Blog Guidelines
    • Directives pour les blogues
  • Mainpro+ Credits
    • About Mainpro+
    • Member Login
    • Instructions
  • Other Publications
    • http://www.cfpc.ca/Canadianfamilyphysician/
    • https://cfpc.my.site.com/s/login/
    • Careers and Locums

User menu

  • My alerts

Search

  • Advanced search
The College of Family Physicians of Canada
  • Other Publications
    • http://www.cfpc.ca/Canadianfamilyphysician/
    • https://cfpc.my.site.com/s/login/
    • Careers and Locums
  • My alerts
The College of Family Physicians of Canada

Advanced Search

  • Home
  • Articles
    • Current
    • Published Ahead of Print
    • Archive
    • Supplemental Issues
    • Collections - French
    • Collections - English
  • Info for
    • Authors & Reviewers
    • Submit a Manuscript
    • Advertisers
    • Careers & Locums
    • Subscribers
    • Permissions
  • About CFP
    • About CFP
    • About the CFPC
    • Editorial Advisory Board
    • Terms of Use
    • Contact Us
    • CFP AI policy
    • Politique du MFC en matière d'IA
  • Feedback
    • Feedback
    • Rapid Responses
    • Most Read
    • Most Cited
    • Email Alerts
  • Blogs
    • Latest Blogs
    • Blog Guidelines
    • Directives pour les blogues
  • Mainpro+ Credits
    • About Mainpro+
    • Member Login
    • Instructions
  • RSS feeds
  • Follow cfp Template on Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Instagram
OtherGuidelines

Screening for potentially inappropriate prescribing in primary care

Canadian guideline

Emily G. McDonald, Marie-Eve Gagnon, Derek J. Jorgenson, Roni Y. Kraut, Justin Lee, Larry Leung, Dee Mangin, Georges Marcoux, Rita K. McCracken, Lalitha Raman-Wilms, Caroline Sirois, Johanna Trimble, Jennifer Young, Amal Rizvi, Aine Workentin and Nav Persaud
Canadian Family Physician March 2026; 72 (3) 173-178; DOI: https://doi.org/10.46747/cfp.7203173
Emily G. McDonald
Associate Professor at McGill University Health Centre and Director of the Canadian Medication Appropriateness and Deprescribing Network in Montréal, Que.
MD MSc
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Marie-Eve Gagnon
Associate Professor at the University of Quebec in Rimouski.
PhD
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Derek J. Jorgenson
Director of the Medication Assessment Centre and Director of the USask Chronic Pain Clinic, both at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, and is Director of RxFiles Academic Detailing Service.
PharmD FCSHP
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Roni Y. Kraut
Practising family physician, Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ont, and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Alberta in Edmonton.
MD CCFP MSc
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Justin Lee
Assistant Professor in Geriatric Medicine at McMaster University, Geriatrician-Scientist at the GERAS Centre for Aging Research, and Associate Research Director at the St Joseph’s Health System Centre for Integrated Care, all in Hamilton, Ont.
MD PhD ACPR FRCPC
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Larry Leung
Associate Professor of Teaching at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.
PharmD
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Dee Mangin
Professor of Family Medicine at McMaster University and Professor of General Practice at the University of Otago Christchurch in New Zealand.
MBChB DPH FRNZCGP
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Georges Marcoux
Patient partner in Montréal.
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Rita K. McCracken
Practising family physician and Assistant Professor in the School of Medicine at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, BC.
MD PhD CCFP(COE) FCFP
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Lalitha Raman-Wilms
Professor in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of British Columbia.
PharmD FCSHP
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Caroline Sirois
Pharmacist, pharmacoepidemiologist, and Professor in the Faculty of Pharmacy at Université Laval in Quebec.
PhD
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Johanna Trimble
Patient partner in Vancouver.
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Jennifer Young
Family physician practising in Collingwood, Ont, and Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University.
MD CCFP(EM)
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Amal Rizvi
Research Assistant in the MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael’s Hospital, and Unity Health Toronto, all in Toronto, Ont.
MHSc
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Aine Workentin
Research Coordinator in the MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions and Unity Health Toronto.
BSc
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Nav Persaud
Canada Research Chair in Health Justice, a family physician in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at St Michael’s Hospital, Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto, and Scientist in the MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute at St Michael’s Hospital.
MD MSc CCFP FCFP
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • For correspondence: nav.persaud{at}utoronto.ca
  • Article
  • Figures & Data
  • CFPlus
  • eLetters
  • Info & Metrics
  • PDF
Loading

Data supplements

  • CFPlus Additional Material

    • Appendix_1_Tools_for_Providers.pdf
    • Appendix_2_Evidence_Summary_and_Table.pdf
    • Appendix_3_Patient_Values_and_Preferences.pdf
PreviousNext
Back to top

In this issue

Canadian Family Physician: 72 (3)
Canadian Family Physician
Vol. 72, Issue 3
1 Mar 2026
  • Table of Contents
  • About the Cover
  • Index by author
Print
Download PDF
Article Alerts
Sign In to Email Alerts with your Email Address
Email Article

Thank you for your interest in spreading the word on The College of Family Physicians of Canada.

NOTE: We only request your email address so that the person you are recommending the page to knows that you wanted them to see it, and that it is not junk mail. We do not capture any email address.

Enter multiple addresses on separate lines or separate them with commas.
Screening for potentially inappropriate prescribing in primary care
(Your Name) has sent you a message from The College of Family Physicians of Canada
(Your Name) thought you would like to see the The College of Family Physicians of Canada web site.
CAPTCHA
This question is for testing whether or not you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.
Citation Tools
Screening for potentially inappropriate prescribing in primary care
Emily G. McDonald, Marie-Eve Gagnon, Derek J. Jorgenson, Roni Y. Kraut, Justin Lee, Larry Leung, Dee Mangin, Georges Marcoux, Rita K. McCracken, Lalitha Raman-Wilms, Caroline Sirois, Johanna Trimble, Jennifer Young, Amal Rizvi, Aine Workentin, Nav Persaud
Canadian Family Physician Mar 2026, 72 (3) 173-178; DOI: 10.46747/cfp.7203173

Citation Manager Formats

  • BibTeX
  • Bookends
  • EasyBib
  • EndNote (tagged)
  • EndNote 8 (xml)
  • Medlars
  • Mendeley
  • Papers
  • RefWorks Tagged
  • Ref Manager
  • RIS
  • Zotero
Respond to this article
Share
Screening for potentially inappropriate prescribing in primary care
Emily G. McDonald, Marie-Eve Gagnon, Derek J. Jorgenson, Roni Y. Kraut, Justin Lee, Larry Leung, Dee Mangin, Georges Marcoux, Rita K. McCracken, Lalitha Raman-Wilms, Caroline Sirois, Johanna Trimble, Jennifer Young, Amal Rizvi, Aine Workentin, Nav Persaud
Canadian Family Physician Mar 2026, 72 (3) 173-178; DOI: 10.46747/cfp.7203173
Twitter logo Facebook logo Mendeley logo
  • Tweet Widget
  • Facebook Like
  • Google Plus One

Jump to section

  • Article
    • Abstract
    • METHODS
    • RECOMMENDATIONS
    • DISCUSSION
    • Notes
    • Footnotes
    • References
  • Figures & Data
  • CFPlus
  • eLetters
  • Info & Metrics
  • PDF

Related Articles

  • Repérage des prescriptions potentiellement inappropriées en soins primaires
  • PubMed
  • Google Scholar

Cited By...

  • Correction
  • Google Scholar

More in this TOC Section

  • Hypertension Canada guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of hypertension in adults in primary care
Show more Guidelines

Similar Articles

Navigate

  • Home
  • Current Issue
  • Archive
  • Collections - English
  • Collections - Française

For Authors

  • Authors and Reviewers
  • Submit a Manuscript
  • Permissions
  • Terms of Use

General Information

  • About CFP
  • About the CFPC
  • Advertisers
  • Careers & Locums
  • Editorial Advisory Board
  • Subscribers

Journal Services

  • Email Alerts
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Instagram
  • RSS Feeds

Copyright © 2026 by The College of Family Physicians of Canada

Powered by HighWire