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

GeriPal

So the data relating to the number of geriatricians in this country, salaries in comparison to hospitalists or primary care physicians. Ryan: I started in 2011. Eric: How does it feel like for you, Ryan, since 2011, you’ve had different roles? How do we train primary care doctors to do geriatrics?

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Exploring the Nature of Chronic Pain with Haider Warraich

GeriPal

Haider is a physician at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and the VA in Boston. And then once I came to the United States, I saw this whole different dimension of pain, because I started residency in 2011, this was really at the peak of the opioid prescription epidemic, if you may. Welcome back to the GeriPal podcast, Haider.

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Podcast Episode: The Unvaccinated Child with Fever

PEMBlog

And Van den Bruel in BMJ 2011 found procalcitonin to have better specificity than white blood cell count. And every hospital’s lab is different, but some of the bacteria that are considered common contaminants include bacillus. Can they follow up with their primary care doctor or at your facility within 24 to 48 hours?