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What to Expect During a Primary Care Visit

Mesa Family Physician

These visits may focus on preventive care, managing chronic conditions, addressing new concerns, or simply creating a baseline of your current health status. Typically, it includes a full review of your medical history, a physical examination, and a conversation about lifestyle, medications, and future health goals.

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How frustrating work environment affects empathy in resident doctors?

Tiny Physician

Nevertheless, PG doctors have to work 80 to 100 hours a week without any holidays and this tiring schedule does affect their physical and mental health. This may result in errors in the diagnosis of the patient whom the doctor was examining initially. Jishnu Janardhanan (Resident Doctor) In a study done by Patricia et al. [3],

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Telemedicine vs. In-Person Care: Choosing the Best Option for Your Health

Edge Family Medicine

Effective Follow-Ups – Great for medication adjustments, test results, and chronic disease management. When to Visit in Person Annual physical exams & vaccinations. At Edge Family Medicine , we provide comprehensive in-person care , ensuring accurate diagnosis and effective treatment for conditions requiring a physical assessment.

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Anxiety in Late Life and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Alex Gamble and Brianna Williamson

GeriPal

I have so many questions, and I promise we’re going to get to the management of anxiety and serious illness. So it tends to be future oriented and tends to show up as a physical sensation in our body. But it’s this physical sensation that comes along with these ideations. Brianna 00:41 Thanks. Great to be here.

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Stump the VitalTalk Communication Experts: Gordon Wood, Holly Yang, Elise Carey

GeriPal

During the podcast, we reference a newly released second-edition book that our guests published titled “ Navigating Communication with Seriously Ill Patients: Balancing Honesty with Empathy and Hope.” Why did you all decide to write an updated book on navigating communication with serious ill patients? Anne, welcome back.

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

GeriPal

The ability to appreciate, recognize, and engage with music is preserved even until late stages of dementia, and Theresa is examining how music can be useful from the time of diagnosis, not only for the person with dementia, but their caregivers. What’s your favorite book? 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

However, lack of physical presence may make this contender struggle to land the emotional support punch that is at the very heart of palliative care. So they had to be within three months of diagnosis and they were going to be randomly assigned to either the traditional model that we’ve been testing. Who will emerge victorious?