Tiny Physician

JULY 14, 2021

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. By the end of my internship, I was quite interested in Internal Medicine (IM) and wanted to pursue the same for my residency.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 15, 2022

On today’s podcast we talk with Jason Karlawish, who we’ve had on previously talking about his book The Problem of Alzheimer’s and with Aaron Kesselhim, to discuss FDA approval of Aducanumab , as well as frequent guest and host Ken Covinsky. . Summary Transcript Summary. But wait, there’s a shiny new anti-amyloid drug, lecanemab! (No

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Our focus today, however, was on her most recently published book titled How to Say Goodby e. This beautiful book began as a very personal project for Wendy while she was the artist-in-residence at Zen Hospice. Some highlights from our conversation: The role of art in humanizing the dying process. She has a TED talk.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Eric and I weren’t sure what to call this podcast – storytelling and medicine? Narrative medicine? VA “gets” the importance of storytelling in medicine, without the need for reams of research to back it up. Summary Transcript Summary. It wasn’t until the end that the best term emerged – storycatching. Here we go.

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GeriPal

MARCH 3, 2022

And Lauren Ferrante has found in a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine that trajectories of disability in the year prior to ICU admission were highly predictive of disability post-ICU, on the same order of magnitude as mechanical ventilation. Julien: Thanks Alex, thanks Eric. It’s great to be here. Alex: (Singing).

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GeriPal

MARCH 31, 2022

And maybe, just maybe, we convince that poetry skeptic Eric Widera that there is a place for poetry in medicine after all. Links to essays and books by Marilyn McEntyre. She is written a number of books, including one that’s probably most relevant to today. Joint medical program is between UC Berkeley and UCSF.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary Sometimes you read a book and get a flash of insight – that “ah ha!” Also hat tip to Matthew Growdon for recommending the book. Today we talk with Bob Arnold, who has a long list of recommendations for books that have the potential to generate an “ah ha!” Please shop locally. Please shop locally.

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