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

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Join us as we dive deeper into these studies and discuss the implications for clinical practice and patient care. Alex 14:45 And is it ethical to do a placebo taper in real world clinical practice? Ethical and practical. Eric 15:32 Could do this in clinical practice. I guess those are the questions.

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Dysphagia Revisited: A Podcast with Raele Donetha Robison and Nicole Rogus-Pulia

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Eric: And swallowing is complicated, right? But again, most of my clinical practice, until recent years, has been in the acute care setting. Are there things that we can do to prevent the complication of aspiration, which we most fear, aspiration pneumonia? Eric: Because you need saliva to swallow, right? Nicole: Yes.

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Improving Hospital Care for Older Adults through Acute Care for Elders (ACE Units): Kellie Flood and Stephanie Rogers

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If you want to do a deeper dive in ACE units, check out some of the following articles: The original NEJM paper on ACE units from 1996. After coming out of residency and taking care of lots of complicated older adults as of now, a brand new physician attending, I really needed that team to help me out. And that model just made sense.

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Screening for Dementia: A Podcast with Anna Chodos, Joseph Gaugler and Soo Borson

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There’s an article about her in New York Times. And this is, of course, an old and foundational idea about clinical practice. But it seems very apropos to the topic. Soo 01:37 It’s a little obvious. Anna 01:38 Yeah. Alex 01:38 And I love that Sarah McLaughlin’s having a comeback. She’s doing a tour.

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Psychedelics – reasons for caution: Stacy Fischer, Brian Anderson, Theora Cimino

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FDA is considering approval, shifting away from Schedule I restrictions, paving the way for use in clinical practice. Stacy: I honestly read Michael Pollan’s New Yorker article and was really inspired, and cold emailed the group at NYU, and they responded. Alex: It’s complicated. Eric: Yeah. Eric: Yeah.

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Dignity at the End of Life: A Podcast with Harvey Chochinov

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Had multiple physical, psychological complications as a result of that. And I had no idea what that would look like or what I would do until I happened upon an article by actually a fellow Winnipegger, a man named Jim Brown who was an expert in mood disorders. She died at the age of 55, and was born with cerebral palsy.

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Group ACP and Equity: Sarah Nouri, Hillary Lum, LJ Van Scoy

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Complicated grief? I’m not sure if you read that article and whether or not it’s changed your mind or whether or not you want to do any more research in advance care planning. And as you know, it’s a great article. Did the caregiver feel heard and understood? Did they have PTSD? Depression? Your thoughts?