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Should you have a coach? Greg Pawlson, Beth Griffiths, & Vicky Tang

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The initial RCT published on physician coaching in JAMA in 2019 showing that coaching improves quality of life. A 2020 RCT of coaching for primary care physicians shows that coaching improves burnout well-being during the intervention and has a sustained duration at 6 months of follow up. Beth: Yeah. What does it mean to you?”

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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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Podcast Episode: The Unvaccinated Child with Fever

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The episode emphasizes thoughtful, individualized care in the context of rising vaccine hesitancy and declining immunization rates. So serious bacterial infection defined as any bacterial infection requiring medical intervention, but it may not invade sterile sites. And it would be timely and laborious though. Interesting.