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Is a Medical Office Assistant Career Right for You?

Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

They support patients and clinical staff by handling the essential administrative tasks that keep healthcare facilities running smoothly. Booking, rescheduling, or canceling appointments. Knowledge of medical terminology: Understanding common abbreviations, diagnoses, and procedures helps you do your job effectively.

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

GeriPal

But oftentimes, a therapist has deeper training and really history of trauma and specific diagnoses, versus a coach may be a little bit more future-focused and really works with people, regardless of whether they’re having any diagnosable challenge at the moment. Eric: Vicky, anything you’d add to that? Greg: Yeah. .”

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Normalcy, Introspection, & the Experience of Serious Illness: Bill Gardner, Juliet Jacobsen, and Brad Stuart

GeriPal

He has a book, which I have read, Facing Death, and we will discuss Facing Death: Spirituality, Science, and Surrender at the End of Life. I was asking about what was going to be special about the trip or if they were going to do things with their family. Today we talk with deep thinkers about this issue. Brad, welcome to GeriPal.

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Public Facing Education via Social Media: A Podcast with Julie McFadden, Matt Tyler, Sammy Winemaker and Hsien Seow

GeriPal

She covers topics on death, dying, and hospice from a hospice nurse perspective, and she also has a book coming out called “ Nothing to Fear: Demystifying Death to Live More Fully ,” which is now available for pre-order. Her book is called Nothing to Fear. Eric: And just a quick note, Sammy too on TikTok and on Instagram.

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Avoiding the Uncanny Valley in Serious Illness Communication: Josh Briscoe

GeriPal

– Anticipatory corpse book mentioned several times on the podcast. There’s no special thing to say, but sometimes we’re tempted to treat serious illness communication in that way, conversational judo or something, that I can maneuver around an encounter and create something new. Key message: Listen to the music.

Illness 101
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Social Workers as Leaders on Palliative Care Teams: A Podcast with Barbara Jones

GeriPal

And when I think about some of the … There was actually a meta-analysis looking at specialized palliative care studies, only half of the 10 randomized control studies had a social worker as part of that team. And then my mom was diagnosed with lung cancer and she was treated there. It’s good. So proud of myself.

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Between Two Urns: Undertaker Thomas Lynch

GeriPal

I first met Thomas when he visited UC Berkeley in the late 90’s after publishing his book, “ The Undertaking: Stories from the Dismal Trade.” Eric 00:05 And Alex, we have a special episode today — B etween T wo U rns. Props a prayer book under their chin to keep their mouth closed. This is Eric Widera. It just depends.

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