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Rethinking Opioid Conversions: Mary Lynn McPherson and Drew Rosielle

GeriPal

But wait, before you throw out that equianalgesic table, we also invited Dr. Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD extraordinaire who published this amazing book, Demystifying Opioid Conversions , 2nd Ed., Until the second edition of my book, that is. Drew: She updated an equianalgesic table and published that in the second edition of her book.

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2024: Another Year of Happiness

Aspiring Minority Doctor

I am proud to have served the organization as its 54th National President (and I was the first osteopathic medical student to ever serve the organization as national president), so it was a joy being back in the conference setting and seeing thriving premedical and medical students. That article can be read HERE.

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Palliative Care in India: M.R. Rajagopal

GeriPal

He is also author of the book, “ Walk with the Weary: Lessons in Humanity in Health Care ,” and was featured in this Atlantic article. Raj: It was indeed very, very gradual, and the seeds were sown when I was a medical student. I have written about it in the book. Tom: Okay, great. Was it that thunderclap moment?

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How to choose between Pediatrics and Internal Medicine for post-graduation?

Tiny Physician

By the end of their internship a few undergraduate medical students would have decided on their favorite branch for residency, based on the limited experience that they had during their internship. There are standard prescribers available in book stores to help the residents.

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Miscommunication in Medicine: A podcast with Shunichi Nakagawa, Abby Rosenberg and Don Sullivan

GeriPal

Abby: I’m going to use Alex’s words from before, that’s really complicated. I think, yeah, sometimes I encounter the resident or resident, medical students, that the patient is dying, and then we told the patient, patient understands, and then patient says, “I want to get better.” Eric: Yeah.

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Aging and the ICU: Podcast with Lauren Ferrante and Julien Cobert

GeriPal

I think it’s really, really complicated. And I really want to encourage people to … Wes Ely writes beautifully about that in his book. Julien: He basically had an end of life care discussion with this patient. Or do we just not know yet what we’re supposed to be doing with this data, Julien, what are your thoughts?

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Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

GeriPal

Her most recent book is Elderhood. Alex 15:13 This is really complicated. Bill 16:55 First of all, I just have to go back to Dax, because Dax in 1973 is when I first came out here as a senior medical student and met Al Johnson. He made it very clear that he called me by looking my number up in the phone book.