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Staying psychologically safe as a doctor during the COVID-19 pandemic

BMJ

Staying psychologically and physically healthy in this environment will be a challenge. It is imperative that we are intentional in how we look after our psychological and physical health. Hopefully, on the other side we will be more aware of the importance of our relationships and our small objects of gratitude.

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

GeriPal

Next, we turn to Emily McDonald, the director of the Canadian Medication Appropriateness and Deprescribing Network , to discuss her study on the impact of direct-to-consumer educational brochures on gabapentin deprescribing. Additionally, clinicians participated in monthly educational sessions. in the usual care group. Why is that?

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Transforming the Culture of Dementia Care: Podcast with Anne Basting, Ab Desai, Susan McFadden, and Judy Long

GeriPal

Judy Long, MDiv, BCC , palliative care chaplain and educator at UCSF and caregiver. We’re going to be talking about transforming dementia care, and the very first thing that I’d like to talk about is that about a decade ago, Susan and Anne wrote a really amazing article and Ab, I think you are the editor for it.

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Hearing Loss in Geriatrics and Palliative Care: A Podcast with Nick Reed and Meg Wallhagen

GeriPal

If you want to take a deeper dive into this subject and read some of the articles we discussed in the podcast, check out the following: Hearing Loss: Effect on Hospice and Palliative Care Through the Eyes of Practitioners. And one of the parts of that was actually doing physicals for the students and putting them in job placements.

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Diabetes in Late Life: Nadine Carter, Tamryn Gray, Alex Lee

GeriPal

And so a lot of it’s the education for patients and their care partners, “This is why we’re doing the things we’re doing. Are clinicians adequately trained and educated about signs and symptoms of that right balance of knowing when to change the whole medication regimen? Absolutely. Nadine: Yeah.

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The Nature of Suffering: BJ Miller and Naomi Saks

GeriPal

** Claim your CME credit for EP297 “The Nature of Suffering” [link] Note : If you have not already registered for the annual CME subscription ( cost is $100 for a year’s worth of CME podcasts ), you can register here [link] For more info on the CME credit, go to [link] Disclosures: Moderators Drs Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose.

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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. A music therapist would use music deliberately to achieve a rehabilitation goal, just like a physical therapist or an occupational therapist. Eric 04:42 There was even less on GeriPal.

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