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

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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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RCT of PC in ED: Corita Grudzen, Fernanda Bellolio, & Tammie Quest

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Do they have documents in the record like medical orders for life sustaining treatment or a healthcare proxy? For residents and nurse practitioners, primary outcome was the quality of communication. And so because you remember, board certification didn’t come around until 2007. That’s not news to us.