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Register Now for the AAFP 2024 Fall Forum CME Event

Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

AUGUST 28, 2024

The Alabama Academy of Family Physicians invites medical professionals in the state to register now for the 2024 Fall Forum scheduled for the weekend of Saturday, December 14, and Sunday, December 15. The event focuses on the latest clinical practices, innovations in healthcare, and topics trending in the field of family medicine.

Nurse Practitioner

Nurse Practitioner General Practitioner Family Physician DO

Exploring Medical Trainees Perspectives on Narrative Medicine Education and Narrative Humility [Qualitative research]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Intervention: We designed an hour-long student-led workshop to present to event attendees, focusing on narrative structures, their powerful influence on the illness experience, and the concept of narrative humility. 5) that they intended to incorporate aspects of narrative humility into their clinical practice.

Education

Education Medical Medical Student Primary Care

Geriatric Medicine Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

JUNE 12, 2025

The American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) is a cosponsoring board for geriatric medicine, which means physicians certified by ABFM who have completed accredited training can also qualify for the Geriatric Medicine Certification Exam administered by ABIM and obtain ABFM Board Certification in Geriatric Medicine.

Board-Certified

Board-Certified Internal Medicine Government Community

Hearing Loss in Geriatrics and Palliative Care: A Podcast with Nick Reed and Meg Wallhagen

GeriPal

MAY 5, 2022

Was there any mention about the impact that hearing loss has in communication or what we should do about it in clinical practice? Lastly, I also just want to give a shout out to the last article above which also includes this lovely checklist of methods to address hearing loss in clinical encounters. I’m guessing not.

IT

IT Screening Hospital Clinic

Scope This! A Podcast on Gastroesophageal Reflux and Gastritis

PEMBlog

OCTOBER 2, 2024

I’ll dive into the latest clinical practice guidelines and discuss evidence-based approaches to diagnosis and treatment. Understanding dyspepsia and its clinical presentation. Join me as I scope out the nuances of gastroesophageal reflux and gastritis and provide practical insights for clinicians in the emergency setting.

Diagnosis

Diagnosis Management IT Patient-Centered

Psychedelics – reasons for caution: Stacy Fischer, Brian Anderson, Theora Cimino

GeriPal

MARCH 9, 2023

FDA is considering approval, shifting away from Schedule I restrictions, paving the way for use in clinical practice. Psilocybin, the most commonly used psychedelic, increases heart rate and blood pressure, which may potentially lead to cardiovascular events. If you put on your clinical hats, what is demoralization to you?

Patient-Centered

Patient-Centered Community IT Medical

Trauma-Informed Care: A Podcast with Mariah Robertson, Kate Duchowny, and Ashwin Kotwal

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

We also explored several questions with them, including how to define trauma, its prevalence in older adults, the impact of past traumatic experiences, the potential triggers of trauma screening, and the application of trauma-informed principles in clinical practice. So there’s an event or a series of events.

IT

IT Patient-Centered Screening Patients

Group ACP and Equity: Sarah Nouri, Hillary Lum, LJ Van Scoy

GeriPal

MAY 25, 2023

And, you know, I really leaned in from my perspective as a primary care geriatrician to hearing from what my patients and their family caregivers are asking me for and asking me about, and they’re asking me about how they can prepare. And that family was not necessarily a trusted network. Hillary: So those all differ.

Community

Community IT Patient-Centered Primary Care

Well-being and Resilience: a Podcast with Jane Thomas, Naomi Saks, Ishwaria Subbiah

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

So whether it’s an encounter with a patient or whether it’s a family meeting or a clinical practice meeting or a feedback session with a fellow, the idea that we have both the ability to be very full and open and also selective and disciplined about how it is that we. I backed into that role. That’s true.

IT

IT Healthcare Healthcare Professional Patient-Centered

Cachexia and Anorexia in Serious Illness: A Podcast with Eduardo Bruera

GeriPal

JUNE 13, 2024

And the truth is we don’t want, I don’t want any patient or family to perceive that when Brera goes to see me, there’s a second interest, a second gain. How should I define cachexia and anorexia when I’m talking to fellow students or thinking about it in my own clinical practice? There’s something.

Illness

Illness Patient-Centered Patients IT

Even With Statins, Modifi able Risk Factors Drive MACE Risk in HIV

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 11, 2025

“People with human immuno deficiency virus (HIV; PWH) face an approximately 2-fold increased risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) compared with individuals without HIV,” researchers wrote in Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2.76) and 2.53 (95% CI: 1.60-4.01), 4.01), respectively. No protective effect of female sex was noted.

Hypertension

Hypertension Individual Clinical Practice Diagnosis

Do statins reduce mortality in older people? Findings from a longitudinal study using primary care records

BMJ

JUNE 25, 2021

Findings from a longitudinal study using primary care records, Family Medicine and Community Health 2021; 9: e000780. 1 Clinical guidelines internationally recommend statin therapy for both primary and secondary prevention of CVD, making statins one of the most frequently prescribed drugs in industrialised countries.

Primary Care

Primary Care Clinical Practice Electronics Clinic

Jumpstarting Goals of Care Convos: Erin Kross, Bob Lee, and Ruth Engelberg

GeriPal

JULY 13, 2023

” And I saw Randy run family meetings before I knew he was famous, before I knew he was this legendary researcher. He really practiced what he preached. And I think that his research was informed by his clinical practice, his clinical practice was informed by his research. And the guy was just so good.

Patient-Centered

Patient-Centered IT Hospital Patients

Redefining Alzheimer’s Disease: A Podcast with Heather Whitson, Jason Karlawish, Lon Schneider

GeriPal

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary There is a growing push to change how we define Alzheimer’s disease from what was historically a clinically defined syndrome to a newer biological definition based on the presence of positive amyloid biomarkers. So too systolic hypertension in elderly people, clinical trials. Eric: Wonderful.

IT

IT Clinic Illness Hypertension

Primary Care Digest

Register Now for the AAFP 2024 Fall Forum CME Event

Exploring Medical Trainees Perspectives on Narrative Medicine Education and Narrative Humility [Qualitative research]

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Geriatric Medicine Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

Hearing Loss in Geriatrics and Palliative Care: A Podcast with Nick Reed and Meg Wallhagen

Scope This! A Podcast on Gastroesophageal Reflux and Gastritis

Psychedelics – reasons for caution: Stacy Fischer, Brian Anderson, Theora Cimino

Trauma-Informed Care: A Podcast with Mariah Robertson, Kate Duchowny, and Ashwin Kotwal

Group ACP and Equity: Sarah Nouri, Hillary Lum, LJ Van Scoy

Well-being and Resilience: a Podcast with Jane Thomas, Naomi Saks, Ishwaria Subbiah

Cachexia and Anorexia in Serious Illness: A Podcast with Eduardo Bruera

Even With Statins, Modifi able Risk Factors Drive MACE Risk in HIV

Do statins reduce mortality in older people? Findings from a longitudinal study using primary care records

Jumpstarting Goals of Care Convos: Erin Kross, Bob Lee, and Ruth Engelberg

Redefining Alzheimer’s Disease: A Podcast with Heather Whitson, Jason Karlawish, Lon Schneider

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