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The Future of Geriatrics: A Podcast with Jerry Gurwitz, Ryan Chippendale, and Mike Harper

GeriPal

Alex: Today we’re delighted to welcome Jerry Gurwitz, who is a geriatrician and professor of medicine at the UMass Chan Medical School. I talked about lack of prestige and respect, and I talked about how healthcare system leaders and medical school deans don’t always seem to value the field of geriatrics.

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Bisphosphonates for Osteoporosis: Podcast with James Deardorff and Sei Lee

GeriPal

When we have a medication with up front harms and downstream benefits, it’s critical that we consider the time to benefit, or how long it will take an individual to benefit from a test or treatment. And really, the more important question is how quickly they would benefit from starting these medications. See screenshot below.

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Palliative Care Pioneer: Susan Block

GeriPal

He’s assistant professor of medicine at UCSF, and he’s one of my former research mentees, and he’s very interested in medical ethics and decision making in the ICU. Myself personally, I was in PCEP at Harvard, I think like 2007 or something with Rachelle Bernacki and a bunch of other great people. Susan: Beautiful.

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GeriPal 300th Episode: Ask Me Anything Hot Ones Style

GeriPal

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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Well-being and Resilience: a Podcast with Jane Thomas, Naomi Saks, Ishwaria Subbiah

GeriPal

She’s a geriatrician and palliative care doc and is associate chair for professional development in the department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School. I’ve known you since we did PSAP together, I think, back in 2007 ish. Eric 05:27 80 2080 20.

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EMS Intervention to Reduce Falls: Carmen Quatman and Katie Quatman-Yates

GeriPal

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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FDA-Approved Labeling: Is Enough Enough?

FDA Law

Brand drugs, generic drugs, and medical devices alike have all been the target of state failure-to-warn litigation; in a recent case, OTC acetaminophen is the target. This is because the presumption that manufacturers can unilaterally make substantive changes to the labeling of an OTC Monograph drug product is false.