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Deprescribing Super Special III: Constance Fung, Emily McDonald, Amy Linsky, and Michelle Odden

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These findings and the two studies Michelle mentions in the podcast ( DANTE and OPTIMIZE ) suggest that carefully reducing medication use in older adults may help preserve cognitive function. Join us as we dive deeper into these studies and discuss the implications for clinical practice and patient care. Ethical and practical.

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

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There were a number of opportunities to be involved in medical oncology and doing medical oncology rotations as a medical student, as an internal medicine residential. And I was particularly drawn to the cancer patient population and really thinking about that integration into standard care. There really was very little.

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The Angry Patient: A podcast with Dani Chammas and Keri Brenner

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It’ll come out in these deviant behaviors, just like you mentioned earlier, where maybe we stave off seeing that patient, send the medical student instead or delay that visit till the end of the day. Not my normal clinical practice. We’ll act it out. I started bending over backwards. Definitely a deviation.

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