Common Sense Family Doctor

MAY 1, 2025

An article on acute migraine headaches in the April 2025 issue of American Family Physician reviewed current treatment strategies for acute migraine headaches, which “account for … 3.6 million primary care visits annually and are the fifth most common reason for emergency department visits” in the United States.

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Primary Care Family Physician Clinical Practice Diagnose 52

GeriPal

JUNE 27, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. The question I would ask is, how helpful is that in our clinical practice? If they’ve said they had a traumatic experience receiving a diagnosis. And so in terms of, am I looking to put a DSM diagnosis to someone? I wonder why?

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Illness IT Diagnosis Patient-Centered 129

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Eric: I do not want my family to listen to my podcasts. So, I generally don’t listen to the podcast afterwards, nor force them on my family. Anne: Which episode of the GeriPal podcast has most significantly changed your clinical practice?

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IT Patient-Centered Illness Education 126

GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Our field really lacks specificity in the terms that we use, and I think we really don’t know how chronic cancer pain, let’s say, a few years out from that initial diagnosis differs from, let’s say, chronic low back pain.

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Illness Patient-Centered Screening Clinic 136

GeriPal

MARCH 20, 2025

Alex 00:48 And we’re delighted to welcome back Josh Briscoe, who’s a palliative care doc at the Durham VA Medical center in Duke and blogs at Notes from a Family Meeting. And it was very clear, and she could now no longer recognize her family members. Thaddeus 00:46 Thank you. Joe, Josh, welcome back to Jerry Pal.

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IT Patient-Centered Patients Medical 88

GeriPal

MARCH 27, 2025

Summary Transcript CME Summary A pragmatic trial evaluates the effectiveness of a treatment or intervention in real-world clinical practice. And so this is our way of supporting non English speaking families in advanced care planning. I’m hearing family and caregivers. So that’s why I selected the song.

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Primary Care IT Clinic Illness 79