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Deprescribing Super Special III: Constance Fung, Emily McDonald, Amy Linsky, and Michelle Odden

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Join us as we dive deeper into these studies and discuss the implications for clinical practice and patient care. And our next guest is Amy Linsky, who’s a physician and researcher at the VA Boston Healthcare System and associate professor at Boston University University. Ethical and practical. Alex 00:24 Great.

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What You Should Know About Radiation Oncology: Anish Butala, Emily Martin and Evie Kalmar

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Eric 00:42 So on this podcast, we’re gonna be talking about what every healthcare provider should know about radiation oncology. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2025. Alex 00:33 And delighted to welcome Evie K a lmar, who’s a geriatrician and palliative care doc at UCSF. Evie, welcome to GeriPal.

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PC for Patients with Substance Use Disorder: Janet Ho, Sach Kale, Julie Childers

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Substance use disorder is one of those complex issues in which clinical practice is changing rapidly. Today we talk with experts Janet Ho, Sach Kale, and Julie Childers about opioid use disorder and serious illness. Eric 00:51 So we’re gonna be talking about caring for people with serious illness and substance abuse.

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What can we learn from simulations? Amber Barnato

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For example, we spend the first half talking about a RCT simulation study of clinician verbal and non-verbal communication with a seriously ill patient with cancer. What should our listeners take away from this study in clinical practice? Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast, Amber. Amber: Thank you guys. I’m a huge fan.

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Potentially Unsafe Low-evidence Treatments: Adam Marks, Laura Taylor, & Jill Schneiderhan

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We and our guests have noticed that in our clinical practices, patients and caregivers seem to be asking for such treatments more frequently. If its potentially unsafe, but has robust evidence, well thats most of the treatments we offer seriously ill patients! Ivermectin to treat cancer. Stem cell treatments. Chelation therapy.

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Hastening Death by Stopping Eating and Drinking: Hope Wechkin, Thaddeus Pope, & Josh Briscoe

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We discussed what makes an illness terminal, what goes into assessing capacity for an action as simple as requesting something to drink, and whether the TV show Severance illuminates any of these answers. But before we talk about this subject, about nutrition, hydration at the end of life, people with advanced illness, or maybe not so much.

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Pragmatic Trial of ACP: Jennifer Wolff, Sydney Dy, Danny Scerpella, and Jasmine Santoyo-Olsson

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Summary Transcript CME Summary A pragmatic trial evaluates the effectiveness of a treatment or intervention in real-world clinical practice. Alex 02:44 Still suffering from some illness from there, which is why I was sick and not in the office with Eric today. Outcomes are typically assessed from available records.