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Rethinking Opioid Conversions: Mary Lynn McPherson and Drew Rosielle

GeriPal

I think part of it’s the math, but I think what really happened is, I think the story here is that in 2018, MD Anderson published this really landmark study by Dr. Reddy and her colleagues about going from IV Dilaudid to other to oral Dilaudid, oral hydromorphone, I should say, oral morphine and oral oxycodone. The old table, 1.5

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Palliative Care in India: M.R. Rajagopal

GeriPal

Raj: It was indeed very, very gradual, and the seeds were sown when I was a medical student. Raj: 40 years later in 2018, they got together at Astana, the then capital of Kazakhstan, and brought out another resolution, which ask member countries to give control over healthcare to the community. Was it that thunderclap moment?

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Aging and the ICU: Podcast with Lauren Ferrante and Julien Cobert

GeriPal

I want to say like 2017, 2018, something like that. I think it’s really, really complicated. Julien: When I closed my eyes, I actually thought this is an actual recording of Chris Cornell. It was amazing. It was really, really crazy. Alex: When did he die? Eric: A while back, right? Julien: Four years ago. Alex: Yeah. Really sad.

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Keynote: Finding your bliss—beating physician “burnout”

Pamela Wible MD

It’s now so common that more than half of all doctors report symptoms, with medical students , residents , and even senior clinicians feeling pushed to the brink. Isn’t it weird that now we’re labeling the majority of doctors with burnout in 2018? They blame the medical student.

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