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9 Technologies That Will Shape The Future Of Dentistry

The Medical Futurist

But AR also found a home in dentistry for both educational and clinical purposes. By slipping such a headset on their head, students and aspiring dental surgeons can be transported to the OR from their couch ; while patients can visualise a calming landscape while seated at the dreaded dentist’s chair to improve their experience.

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Why are So Many Teens and 20-Somethings Today Anxiety-Ridden?

Doctor Rachel

Loss of community connection and support In my book BodyWise , I write about the challenging mismatch between our physiology — which was designed for humans living thousands of years ago — and our culture and environment. Suggestion 1: Find an educational and social environment in which you (or your teen) feels safe and can be successful.

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Episode 322: Antiracism in Medicine – Episode 24 – Leveraging Narrative Medicine to Cultivate Antiracist Praxis

The Clinical Problem Solvers

During this episode, we hear from Zahra Khan, an educator and editor who has written extensively on abolition in medicine, and Dr. Sayantani DasGupta, a physician-educator, prolific children’s book author and faculty at the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race and the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society at Columbia University.

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Caring for the Unrepresented: A Podcast with Joe Dixon, Timothy Farrell, Yael Zweig

GeriPal

Tim 35:35 No, I would go a little, a little further, you know, and maybe kind of take a page from Joe’s book when Joe said, you know, what does a good day look like for you? If you see someone, you know, they have no transportation, they’re single, they have food insecurity, those are important in themselves.

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Advanced Pain Management in Cancer: Janet Abrahm

GeriPal

Janet is the author of the 4th edition of the book Comprehensive Guide to Supportive and Palliative Care for Patients with Cancer, along with co-authors Molly Collins and BR Daubman. This book is terrific, truly comprehensive, and is a go to resource for when I’m “stuck” taking care of patients with cancer. . Janet: Beautiful.

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Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

GeriPal

This model will give participating programs a per-member-per-month payment to offer care management, care coordination, and other services such as caregiver training, disease education, and respite. There’s a book called The 36-hour day for dementia caregivers. I had the tenacity and education to try to figure this out.