Aspiring Minority Doctor

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Somehow in between all the operating, I was even able to submit an academic book chapter and keep up with my academics as well. I definitely had some great cases and got more comfortable managing complex trauma repairs on my own in the ER and trauma bay, so I can't complain.

Medical Student 52

Medical Student IT Medical Management 52

GeriPal

JUNE 27, 2024

The question I would ask is, how helpful is that in our clinical practice? So we put those cutoffs, and I asked the question earlier, how helpful are those cutoffs in clinical practice? So if we look at the strict diagnostic criteria, yes, there are kind of time based components to that. And so bathe is an acronym. That often.

Illness 129

Illness IT Diagnosis Patient-Centered 129

GeriPal

MAY 22, 2025

I’m originally an ER physician. I’d been doing ER medicine for over a decade when I went back to palliative fellowship. What’s your favorite book? 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.

IT 96

IT Patient-Centered Patients Board-Certified 96

GeriPal

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

About half of patients who are over the age of 65 start dialysis with a GFR of over 9, which is sort of the level below which we have clinical trial evidence for suggesting that there may not be a benefit to starting at that level of GFR. I felt like more often than not, we erred towards dialysis because there it is. It’s easy.

Management 116

Management Patient-Centered Patients IT 116

GeriPal

APRIL 28, 2022

And a doc over in Spain named Monica Lalanda, who is an ER doc and also a cartoonist, reached out to me and said you don’t have to do this anonymously. What are your thoughts about using humor to convey ideas, thoughts, clinical work? The best ideas for research come from my clinical experience. She has a book out.

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IT Hospital Patients Illness 145

GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2023

And welcome back to the GeriPal podcast, Ira Byock, who is a author and well-known, has written several books about hospice, inspired many to go into the field, and is the founder of- Ira: The Institute for Human- Alex: The Institute for Human Caring. It was statistically significant, but not all of it was clinically meaningful.

IT 113

IT Provider Patients Families 113

GeriPal

OCTOBER 5, 2023

You’ve written in a lot of places, including your own books. We need to strike it from our vocabulary and leave sort of a gap in the clinical vernacular about how we talk about life-sustaining treatment. Eric: The Hidden Harms of CPR. Sunita: There we go. Eric: You’ve done a lot, you’re a prolific author.

Illness 136

Illness IT Patient-Centered Families 136