20160619 CCMG-CSCC Opening Keynote |
Is This Really a Revolution?: Personalized Medicine and the Promise of Better Health
Chair: Gail Graham,
Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Speaker: Timothy Caulfield,
Speaker: Timothy Caulfield,
Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy, Professor, faculty of law, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB Canada
Objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
1. Explain personalized medicine.
2. List expected benefits and harms.
3. Discuss the forces that lead to science hype.
4. List the potential risks associated with the push towards personalized medicine.
5. Discuss the limits of personalized medicine in the context of population health.
1. Explain personalized medicine.
2. List expected benefits and harms.
3. Discuss the forces that lead to science hype.
4. List the potential risks associated with the push towards personalized medicine.
5. Discuss the limits of personalized medicine in the context of population health.