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A Little Sunday Inspiration :)

Aspiring Minority Doctor

I'll make sure to type up a regular update post soon and I wish everyone reading this a fantastic week :) For anyone out there working towards a dream and facing constant discouragement, here's a little inspiration : ⁣ ⁣ When I had my daughter during my sophomore year of college, they said I would probably drop out or not graduate in 4 years.Graduated (..)

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

GeriPal

I can either tell you, “Here’s what I want you to do and know,” or I can just give you a book and say, “Go read it.” You have to, A, have done a geriatrics fellowship and, B, had some ongoing and passed the geri board. Never took the boards because I was on the writing committee, which was really weird.

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

GeriPal

We’ve also invited Mike Harper, the Chair of the Board of Directors of the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) as well as past-president for the society (and my previous program director). The fact that we have I think something like 3000 health systems that are at least now somewhat certified and moving to a higher levels of certification.

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

GeriPal

I am not a board certified. I am not a certified music therapist. What’s your favorite book? I let my boards lapse a few years ago. There’s a small book called Music and Creativity in Healthcare Settings written by Hilary Moss. She has a new book coming out, but keep going.

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Telehealth vs In-Person Palliative Care: A Podcast with Joseph Greer, Lynn Flint, Simone Rinaldi, and Vicki Jackson

GeriPal

Additionally, here are some of the resources we talked about during the podcast: Eduardo Brueras editorial that accompanies the JAMA paper titled Improving Palliative Care Access for Patients With Cancer Our podcast on Stepped Palliative Care with Jennifer Temel, Chris Jones, and Pallavi Kumar The book What’s in the Syringe?

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

GeriPal

But I was sitting vigil with him and just sitting there, just reading a book, just there. I’ve got 35 years in and I have no access to the parole board, no access for release unless commutation by the governor or changing the law or something and that’s just what it is. The board can do their job. He was a tough guy.

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Right Relationships in the Real World

Doctor Rachel

I also mention a number of books throughout, which give more detailed accounts of the points discussed.) book, Eight Dates: Essential Conversations for a Lifetime of Love , with John and Julie Gottman, is an attempt to share this life-changing practice of “dating” for a lifetime with others. Our recently released (and now bestselling!)