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News & Notes: Spring 2025

ABIM

The recommendations are given to the Specialty Boards and Advisory Committees in their respective disciplines for further review, discussion and development of the blueprint survey that ABIM sends to board certified physicians. In some cases, a full blueprint restructuring may be recommended, in others only minor revisions.

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Dedicated ICU management: Navigating the transition

Sound Physicians

Sound Critical Care is at the forefront of bringing coordinated leadership and clinical excellence to hospital ICUs and the patients within them. For hospitals, this means investing in cutting-edge medical interventions and partnerships that help them transition to the modern best-practice of dedicated ICU management.

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Should you have a coach? Greg Pawlson, Beth Griffiths, & Vicky Tang

GeriPal

On the other hand, there is a concerning side, described in this Guardian article titled, I’m a life coach, you’re a life coach: rise of an unregulated industry. I think in medicine, in particular and probably in all clinical specialties, there is this sense of a rival fallacy of, “When I finish residency, I’ll be happy.

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The Future of Geriatrics: A Podcast with Jerry Gurwitz, Ryan Chippendale, and Mike Harper

GeriPal

First, we’ve invited Jerry Gurwitz to talk about his recently published article in JAMA titled The Paradoxical Decline of Geriatric Medicine as a Profession (while it’s not the most upbeat title for the future of geriatrics, Jerry sees it as a call to action). I was going to start off by asking Jerry about why he wrote the JAMA article.

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What is primary care? Part 2

Noreta Family Medicine

Other family doctors only see patients in their clinics. Therefore, these doctors are not eligible to become board-certified in any of the specialties recognized by the AMA’s American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS). I have kept up my board certification since then. What kind of patients do doctors like to see?

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Episode 275: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series – Episode 19 – Reframing the Opioid Epidemic: Anti-Racist Praxis, Racial Health Inequities, and Harm Reduction

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Dr. Jordan then questions the utility and continued operation of methadone clinics, especially as the United States largely moves on from the COVID-19 pandemic. Gillette moves the conversation into strategies addressing substance use disparities, particularly those that emphasize the importance of harm reduction.

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RCT of Palliative Care for Heart Failure and Lung Disease: David Bekelman and Lyndsay DeGroot

GeriPal

The article we discuss today, also published in JAMA , addresses these two gaps. MOC points per podcast in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. And not just statistically significant, but clinically meaningful. Eric: How about you, David? Why this particular population?