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GeriPal Special: Hopes and Worries for Hospice and Palliative Care

GeriPal

Attendee 9: Early integration of palliative care in medical education. We need good nurse practitioners. Attendee 15: I do worry about access, particularly in rural areas and for-profit hospitals, and ensuring that there’s equity of access outside of academic medical centers. We need good Docs.

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

GeriPal

Alex: And we’re delighted to welcome back to the GeriPal Podcast, Stephanie Rogers, who’s a geriatrician and medical director of UCSF’s, age-friendly health systems. JAMA IM 2013, you had a paper that showed what, 300, $400. And so we have thousands of hospitals that aren’t academic medical centers.

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Hematology Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

The group discussed policy shifts and potential implications for graduate medical education and health equity. Dr. McDonald acknowledged that recent executive orders have emphasized more competition in medical and legal education accreditation, but reaffirmed ABIM’s commitment to evidence-based practice and health equity.

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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. How long ago?