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News & Notes: Spring 2025

ABIM

The rigorous, formalized blueprint review process includes several steps to gather feedback from physicians, medical specialty societies and medical educators. Finally, all the information goes to the Approval Committees for another review and then to the Specialty Board or Advisory Committee for discussion and approval.

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The LKA is a practical approach to lifelong learning

ABIM

Reau, MD Dr. Reau is ABIM Board Certified in Gastroenterology and Transplant Hepatology, specializing in viral hepatitis. Those questions prompt me to review an article or revisit a concept, and I end up learning something useful. I’m definitely a better educator and a more knowledgeable doctor because of it.

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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

There is a special emphasis on the use of public health models that prioritize harm reduction and person-centered care to prevent drug-related fatalities and curb the opioid epidemic along lines of race and class. She also serves as Pillar Co-Lead for Community Engagement at NYU Langone’s Institute for Excellence in Health Equity.

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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. He also found gaps, including very few studies of patients with lung disease, and little impact of trials on quality of life.

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Music as Medicine: Jenny Chen, Tyler Jorgensen, & Theresa Allison

GeriPal

And I was looking for articles, and I wasn’t seeing as many as I expected. Jenny 04:45 Like, the last article was, like, 10 years ago. My voice is nothing special. I am not a board certified. I am not a certified music therapist. Eric 04:42 There was even less on GeriPal. Alex 09:00 Not true.

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Implementing Palliative Care in Nursing Homes: A Podcast wtih Connie Cole, Kathleen Unroe, and Cari Levy

GeriPal

Despite these substantial needs, specialized palliative care beyond hospice is rare in nursing homes. How to think about primary and specialized palliative care in this setting. And then there’s also some financial benefit for the patient as well if they have to pay for room and board. Like, what does that part look like?

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Hospice in Prison Part 2: An interview with the Pastoral Care Workers

GeriPal

This week we’re going on to episode two, which is for me one of the most special episodes we’ve done in GeriPal for a very, very long time. Eric: And in the end, we have a very special part where we actually get a tour of their gardens outside of the hospice unit. Alex: This is Alex Smith. Any thoughts about that?

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