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Researchers Propose Solutions to Improve GLP-1 RA Access

Physician's Weekly

Cost-sharing and education may improve access to GLP-1 therapies for obesity, but systemic barriers remain, requiring broader policy and clinical reforms. Waldrop, MD , and colleagues identified barriers to obesity medications more broadly—and potential solutions. They published their insights in Nature Medicine.

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A classic educational video about the dangers of Repetitive Read Syndrome

PEMBlog

Symptoms include dictations including the same phrasing and suggesting clinical correlation repeatedly. Choosing Wisely recommends that doctors and all medical providers have detailed conversations with patients and their families about why X-Rays are unlikely to give new information or provide any additional reassurance.

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Deprescribing Super Special Part II: Podcast with Elizabeth Bayliss, Ariel Green, and Kevin McConeghy

GeriPal

Alex: And we have Kevin McConeghy, who is a clinical pharmacy specialist at the VA Medical Center in Providence, and a PhD candidate at the Brown School of Public Health. Eric: So an educational component potentially going on there. Welcome, Ariel. Ariel: Thanks. I’m excited to be here. Kevin: Thank you.

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Social Workers as Leaders on Palliative Care Teams: A Podcast with Barbara Jones

GeriPal

Jennifer Temel study did not have a social worker as part of the clinical team. Eric: … social work-led research, social work-led clinical program. It’s a first Department of Health Social Work in a medical school in the country. How much of this is around the evidence base that we’re generating?

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Storycatching: Podcast with Heather Coats and Thor Ringler

GeriPal

Unpacking characteristics of spirituality through the lens of persons of colour living with serious illness: The need for nurse-based education to increase understanding of the spiritual dimension in healthcare. I thought I was going to be a professor or educator, decided I didn’t like that. I was successful and had funding.

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Is it time for geriatricians to get on board with lecanemab? Jason Karlawish and Ken Covinsky

GeriPal

I thought I was going to be a professor or educator, decided I didn’t like that. And then we also have another Vas, many of the interviews are done by medical students or other healthcare trainees as part of their clinical rotation at the VA. She’s a clinical research coordinator trained for many years.

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

GeriPal

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. Ashwin 18:08 These are things that we often see from a clinical standpoint.

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