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Geriatric Medicine Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

They discussed the need to review blueprints in other specialties to ensure greater integration of older adult care and address ageist assumptions in assessment content, while also aligning with published competencies for medical students and residents. Visit the ABIM website to learn about joining the Item-Writing Task Force.

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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. So we’re still trying to figure that out.

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Keynote: Finding your bliss—beating physician “burnout”

Pamela Wible MD

It’s now so common that more than half of all doctors report symptoms, with medical students , residents , and even senior clinicians feeling pushed to the brink. A physician actually ended up in status epilepticus, like in the ICU with event like almost dead from seizures as a result of sleep deprivation and overwork.

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