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Our Anxiety Epidemic: How to Stop Fearing the Future

Priority Physicians

of adults in the state showed significant symptoms of anxiety or depression in 2023. Regularly talking with people you care about may help you avoid the need for antidepressants. Our care model allows me to track their progress holistically and recommend exercises , breathing techniques, or more intensive stress-management therapies.

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

GeriPal

Hot off the presses RCT in JAMA October 2023: Study that looks at 1000 female resident physicians at 26 sites that showed that coaching improved each outcome assessed (burnout, moral injury, imposter syndrome, self-compassion, and flourishing). This is the first RCT that was available for coaching in physicians. [link] 5.

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

GeriPal

We’ve also invited Mike Harper, the Chair of the Board of Directors of the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) as well as past-president for the society (and my previous program director). So the data relating to the number of geriatricians in this country, salaries in comparison to hospitalists or primary care physicians.