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How to Improve Care for Patients With Multiple Chronic Conditions

Physician's Weekly

Many of these patients are clinically complex and receive care from multiple professionals—which creates unique management hurdles. Regularly, specialists have to ask patients to explain why their PCPs referred them, and few specialists still send “courtesy” notes to PCPs after a consultation. Conduct a daily morning huddle.

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All you need to know about louisville lectures

Louisville Lectures

We believe in the concept of Free Open Access Medical Education ( #FOAMed ) and we focus on internal medicine ( #FOAMIM ). These will focus on delivering just-in-time algorithms, practical clinical knowledge and board tips on high-yield topics. It contains all consulting services needed including cardiothoracic and neurosurgery.

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How frustrating work environment affects empathy in resident doctors?

Tiny Physician

There is an increasing trend in the number of medico-legal cases filed against doctors and doctors have started practicing defensive medicine (the ordering of tests, procedures, referrals, or avoidance of high-risk patients or procedures, to reduce medico-legal cases) for the sake of their safety. patients show their frustration at doctors.

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Advanced Imaging of Children in the ED: Ultrasound, CT, and MRI

PEMBlog

(Blooms: Apply; Kirkpatrick Level 2 Learning) Evaluate the risks and benefits of ultrasound, CT, and MRI for common pediatric emergencies and identify appropriate imaging modalities based on clinical guidelines discussed in the podcast. A lot of times when we consult a service, it’s a resident who might be at another hospital.

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Updates in ID and Nephrology: Lona Mody, Rasheeda Hall, Devika Nair, Sonali Advani

GeriPal

We have a discussion about the decision to remove race, a social construct, from clinical risk calculators (though I’m not 100% sold that race should always be removed – if removal is likely to worsen disparities for example – at least until a superior race-blind calculator can be developed). So you’re right.

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What You Should Know About Radiation Oncology: Anish Butala, Emily Martin and Evie Kalmar

GeriPal

During my training, I didn’t receive much education about radiation oncology, and I’m not entirely sure what some of the terms mean (hypofractionated means fewer sessions, right?). I’m sort of seeing them in clinic for consideration of palliative radiation, they have a lot going on. So I think education is key.

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Implementing Palliative Care in Nursing Homes: A Podcast wtih Connie Cole, Kathleen Unroe, and Cari Levy

GeriPal

The obstacles hindering referrals to palliative care services. We also take a dive into these 2 articles that Connie first authored: Palliative care in nursing homes: A qualitative study on referral criteria and implications for research and practice. And so we do have consultants who come in the building.