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Episode 392: Antiracism in Medicine – Episode 27 – Racial and Gender Health Disparities in Youth Suicide: Part 2

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Dr. Simon stresses the importance of educational efforts to dismantle biases and calls for greater research attention to this group. He points out that historically, some community spaces have also been sources of harm, so intentional engagement and mental health education are essential. 38,3 (2008): 323-33. References 1.

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Improving Hospital Care for Older Adults through Acute Care for Elders (ACE Units): Kellie Flood and Stephanie Rogers

GeriPal

And so for our example, when we launched our brand new ACE unit here at UAB in 2008, we did not have the funds to redesign the unit until three years later. Can we set up systems that allow them to make the right choices in caring for older adults? Eric: Kellie Flood? Kellie: I would agree with that.

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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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Psilocybin in Serious Illness: James Downar, Ali John Zarrabi and Margaret Ross

GeriPal

7 out of 10 of these patients said it was one of the top five most educational and meaningful experiences of their entire lives. Do you educate them not to drive? It opened up spaces for people to address spiritual, existential, religious, and theological concern concerns. Those who survived have taken us up on and want to continue.

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Buprenorphine Use in Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Zachary Sager and Janet Ho

GeriPal

Katie: The waving of the education requirement is for physicians, nurse practitioner and PAs, but in some states, nurse practitioners require their physician to be wavered if they or live in a reduced or restricted scope of practice. And you don’t have to be limited by these arbitrary policies anymore. Nobody uses buprenorphine.

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PC for Patients with Substance Use Disorder: Janet Ho, Sach Kale, Julie Childers

GeriPal

I think in the era when I trained in the 2008 timeframe, you know, it was very much just like somebody has pain, they need opioids, they have pain, they have more pain, they need lots more opioids. I think the accountability piece is something that is more new for palliative care clinicians. AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s) .

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Is Hospice Losing Its Way: A Podcast with Ira Byock and Joseph Shega

GeriPal

Working with Abe Brody at NYU to do a randomized control trial of an intervention for education, for psychotropic use in end stage dementia patients. They’re really excellent, and if I have any complaint about them at all, it’s that they could have been issued in 2008, 2009. I’ll give you a perfect example.

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