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    Medium Of InstructionsMode Of LearningMode Of Delivery
    EnglishSelf StudyVideo and Text Based

    Courses and Certificate Fees

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    USD 99yesUniversity of Toronto, Toronto

    The Syllabus

    • Describe biologic medications, including how they are manufactured and how they are   used in clinical practice
    • Describe biosimilar biologics, how they differ from generics and how they are used in clinical practice
    • Define inherent variability and comparability.
    • Discuss the requirements and process for demonstrating comparability of biosimilar biologics
    • Describe why biosimilar medications are important now

    • Describe the approval process for biosimilars in Canada, including general considerations for new drugs and special considerations for biologics 
    • Compare and contrast the approval process for biosimilar biologics and originator biologics 
    • Examine the safety and efficacy of biosimilars 
    • Describe pharmacovigilience and adverse reporting mechanisms for originator and biosimilar biologics in Canada 
    • Describe the authorization of specific indications for biosimilars 
    • Distinguish interchangeability and switching in relation to biosimilars

    • Develop an awareness of ethics and ethical principles 
    • Appreciate the ethical issues related to biosimilar biologics 
    • Understand the factors that contribute to a trustworthy clinician-patient therapeutic relationship 
    • Identify the communication skills needed to cultivate a trusting clinician-patient relationship, including with patients from diverse communities 
    • Consider the broader structural influences on therapeutic trust within the context of biosimilar biologics

    • Understand how patient expectations and beliefs impact treatment changes 
    • Describe strategies to elicit patient perspectives on switching medications 
    • Apply proven principles of patient-physician communication and motivational interviewing to discussions about switching medications 
    • Identify strategies to create a positive mindset in patients for switching medications

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