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

GeriPal

In our third segment, we explore Amy Linskys study that examined the effect of patient-directed educational materials on clinician deprescribing of potentially low-benefit or high-risk medications, such as proton pump inhibitors, high-dose gabapentin, or risky diabetes medications. Eric 16:06 And people knew from an ethical standpoint.

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Keynote: Finding your bliss—beating physician “burnout”

Pamela Wible MD

Well, luckily she came out of this alive, went to a follow-up appointment with a neurologist who basically said, “Oh you’re a resident, we see this all the time in the residents.” That’s where they stick two people in the same slot for a 15-minute appointment which makes it a seven-and-a-half minute appointment.

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