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Surgical Communication: A Podcast with Gretchen Schwarze, Justin Clapp and Alexis Colley

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And a lot of times, that period of time ends when they leave the hospital or after their follow-up appointment, and consequently, we don’t know that much, at least as trainees, about functional status and what is it going to … You say, “Take a couple days off work,” but what does that mean? Alexis, why don’t you?

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Stepped Palliative Care: A Podcast with Jennifer Temel, Chris Jones, and Pallavi Kumar

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That’s a lot of appointments that we have to account for over time. I’m workshopping what I’m going to say at the “Congress du caretive” [speaking in French]. Back at that capacity question, right? If we’re still getting people in, but instead of living six months, they’re now living six years.

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Anti-Asian Hate: Russell Jeung, Lingsheng Li, & Jessica Eng

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We discuss: What is considered a hate incident, how is it tracked, what do we know about changes over time The wider impact of Anti-Asian hate on older Asians, who are afraid to go out, leading to anxiety, social isolation, loneliness, decreased exercise, missed appointments and medications. Alex 33:17 Yeah, we had to workshop this.