ABIM

JUNE 12, 2025

Dr. McDonald shared more about a pilot model announced last year that would create a pathway for exceptionally qualified international medical graduates (IMGs) successfully completing ACGME-accredited subspecialty fellowship to become Board eligible in Internal Medicine and subspecialties. Community Practice in ABIM Governance* Erica N.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 23, 2025

Summary Transcript CME Summary Its another deprescribing super special on today’s GeriPal Podcast, where we delve into the latest research on deprescribing medications prescribed to older adults. Today, we explore four fascinating studies highlighting innovative approaches to reducing medication use and improving patient outcomes.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

JUNE 26, 2023

Describe difficulties and examples of how to measure unconscious race bias in medical practice. Identify strategies to mitigate bias and stigma in the electronic health record as a trainee and medical practitioner. He subsequently worked at OHSU and the Portland VA for 2 decades before moving to Johns Hopkins University.

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GeriPal

MARCH 14, 2024

Eric: Alex, we got a great show today on Dysphagia Revisited. Who do we have on with us today? Alex: Revisit thickened liquid challenge is back, baby. Eric: Oh boy. That’s going to be one of our topics, huh? Alex: It’s back. It’s back. To talk about this. Nicole, welcome to GeriPal. Nicole: Thanks so much for having us. I have one.

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GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

Joe 03:55 You know, my thoughts are screening is important for a variety of reasons, and certainly Doctor Boris and Soo and Anna, Doctor chodos can provide a lot greater clinical insight than I. Are there, though, populations that it may be helpful in, or should that change with the advent of the new amyloid antibodies? Should it?

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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.

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PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The Choosing Wisely Pediatric Emergency Medicine Recommendations The Choosing Wisely Campaign Toolkit Expert Contributors Olivia Ostrow, MD Hospital for Sick Children Toronto, Ontario, Canada olivia.ostrow@sickkids.ca Reasons to not order a comprehensive respiratory viral panel (i.e., A negative test can also provide false reassurance.

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PEMBlog

AUGUST 30, 2023

The Choosing Wisely Pediatric Emergency Medicine Recommendations The Choosing Wisely Campaign Toolkit Expert Contributors Michele Nypaver, MD University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI, USA michelen@med.umich.edu Jennifer Thull-Freedman, MD Alberta Children’s Hospital Calgary, Alberta, Canada Jennifer.Thull-Freedman@albertahealthservices.ca

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FDA Law

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Javitt — On September 28, 2022, the FDA issued the long anticipated final Clinical Decision Support Software Guidance (CDS Guidance), which replaces the revised draft guidance document from 2019. Criterion 2 : Non-Device CDS software functions display, analyze or print medical information about a patient or other medical information.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

AUGUST 25, 2020

Trainees may use this foundation to question how this might impact their medical education and think about this educational legacy may be reformed through curricular and structural changes at their institutions. Essien, MD, MPH Hosts: Dereck Paul, MS, Utibe R.

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GeriPal

JUNE 12, 2025

I’m sort of seeing them in clinic for consideration of palliative radiation, they have a lot going on. I was really fascinated not only with the medical side of things, but some of the. Anish 00:24 Thanks so much for having me. Alex 00:26 And we’re delighted to welcome Emily Martin, who is a palliative care doc at UCLA.

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Medical Xpress

JULY 1, 2025

Researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the University of Cambridge, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) and their collaborators analyzed blood cell genomes from 23 patients of all ages who had been treated with a range of chemotherapies.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 22, 2025

High social risk burden in adults with IBD drives emergency care use and medication gaps—spotlighting the urgent need for social screening in clinical practice. 10.2]) and cost-related medication non-adherence (OR, 11.8 [2.7-52.1]),

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

MAY 2, 2022

Valtis is a 4th year Med-Peds Resident at Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Boston Children’s Hospital, and his research focuses on race and the utilization of security responses in the inpatient hospital setting. This episode was led by Rohan Khazanchi, and was hosted by Sudarshan Krishnamurthy and Utibe R.

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FDA Law

MARCH 6, 2025

Lenz, Principal Medical Device Regulation Expert & Lisa M. Although bias may be difficult to eliminate completely, FDA recommends that manufacturers, as a starting point, ensure that the test data sufficiently represents the intended use (target) population of a medical device. By Adrienne R. data acquisition device).

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ABIM

JUNE 11, 2025

This is now being reviewed by the American Board of Medical Specialties, which oversees ABIM. They discussed an interest in its ability to collect data specific to practice areas like HIV and geographic areas—like practice ZIP codes—to better understand workforce needs and patterns.

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ABIM

JUNE 4, 2025

Representatives from the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology (AACE), the Association of Program Directors in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (APDEM) and the Endocrine Society joined for a portion of the meeting*. See the discussion on the Special Consideration IMG (International Medical Graduates) Pilot Pathway below.)

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ABIM

JUNE 24, 2025

The group discussed policy shifts and potential implications for graduate medical education and health equity. Dr. McDonald acknowledged that recent executive orders have emphasized more competition in medical and legal education accreditation, but reaffirmed ABIM’s commitment to evidence-based practice and health equity.

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FDA Law

MARCH 17, 2022

Proposed 2022 CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids, 87 Fed. et al, CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids-United States, 2022, CDC. CDC Clinical Practice Guideline, 10. On February 10th, the agency published a comprehensive proposal to update the guideline. 7,838 (Feb.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Whether in direct practice or in research and academia, we should work together to help Hospice and Palliative Care Social Work meet its full potential. . by: Anne Kelly, LCSW, APHSW-C. Transcript. Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. This is Eric Widera. Alex: This is Alex Smith. Eric: And Alex, who do we have with us today? Is that right?

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Of note: these lessons apply to geriatrics, primary care, hospital medicine, critical care, cancer care, etc, etc. And they begin on today’s podcast with one clinical ask: everyone should be a generalist and a specialist. Show me your scars.” Scars, really? I’ve been there. You probably have too. DorAnne, welcome to GeriPal.

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GeriPal

APRIL 4, 2024

The hospital refused without a court order, and the case eventually made its way to the Supreme Court. The Cruzan ruling led to a flood of interest in Advance Directives, and eventually to the Patient Self Determination Act, which mandates provision of information about advanced directives to all hospitalized patients.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Certainly SOME of those avoided hospitalizations, CPR, and ICU stays were due to documentation of those orders in the POLST. Additional links mentioned in the podcast: Recent JGIM article on POLST in California nursing homes, hospitalization, and nursing home care Karl’s GeriPal post on appropriate use of POLST Enjoy! Welcome, Karl.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Substance use disorder is one of those complex issues in which clinical practice is changing rapidly. Do you need to be an addiction medicine trained physician to start such a clinic (no: Sach is not). See Sachs write up about setting up this clinic in JPSM. What is harm reduction and how can we implement it in practice?

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GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

In particular, we talk about Katie’s and Jesica’s paper in NEJM titled “ Juggling Two Full-Time Jobs — Methadone Clinic Engagement and Cancer Care ,” which described the difficulty in managing cancer pain and methadone for opioid use disorder. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Jessie, welcome back to GeriPal.

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GeriPal

APRIL 13, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary Social connections impact our health in profound ways, whether it is the support we receive from family and friends in navigating serious illness, the joy from shared social activities, or connecting with our community. Welcome back, Ashwin. Ashwin Kotwal: Excited to be back. Eric: Now, it’s interesting. Alex: Great.

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GeriPal

MARCH 28, 2024

I’m just stunned even writing that! We’ve come so far as a field. This isn’t to say we’ve “made it” – more to say that we’ve reached a new stage of maturation of the field – in which the evidence we are discussing is frequently high quality randomized trial level data. -@AlexSmithMD Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal podcast.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Alex: We are delighted to welcome Amber Barnato, who’s a palliative care physician and health service researcher, and she’s director of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice. Amber: Well, simulation is pretending, so I think of the way I use simulation is in trying to simulate clinical care.

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GeriPal

MAY 25, 2023

Van Scoy who is a pulmonary critical care advance care planning researcher at Penn State Hershey Medical Center in Pennsylvania. In a group visit there is a social norming effect – “if my neighbor is doing it, perhaps I should be doing it to?” Eric: And we have L.J Welcome to the GeriPal podcast. LJ: Thank you so much for having me.

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FDA Law

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain — United States, 2022. The recommendations do not apply to inpatient hospital care, in the emergency department or other observed settings. By Larry K. Dowell D, Ragan KR, Jones CM, Baldwin GT, Chou R., MMWR Recomm Rep 2022;71(No. RR-3):1–95. 2022 Guideline”).

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

And I felt like I could have done a better job clinically in responding to their anger instead of becoming my usual defensiveness. As Keri put it in the podcast, we must go beyond “a hammer and a nail” philosophy to approaching anger by developing a toolkit for anger that is vast and varied. Is that you Dani? Dani: It is me. I can tell.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

She’s a geriatrician and palliative care doc and is associate chair for professional development in the department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School. Well-being committees are popping up at every level of an organization. Jane, welcome to the GeriPal podcast.

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GeriPal

APRIL 24, 2025

We and our guests have noticed that in our clinical practices, patients and caregivers seem to be asking for such treatments more frequently. We love it when listeners engage with us to suggest topics that practicing clinicians find challenging. Ivermectin to treat cancer. Stem cell treatments. Chelation therapy. Think vitamins.

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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. Mariah, welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. Kate 00:40 Great to be here.

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GeriPal

JUNE 13, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 24, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary I hear the word dignity used a lot in the medical setting, but I’m never sure what people mean when they use it. Medical Assistance in Dying and Palliative Care: Shared Trajectories Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. Scientific American Letter to the Editor: Response to Downar et al.

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GeriPal

MARCH 10, 2022

On today’s podcast we dive into drivers of invasive procedures and hospitalizations in advanced dementia by talking to some pretty brilliant nursing and nurse practitioner researchers focused on dementia, geriatrics, and palliative care in nursing homes: Ruth Palan Lopez, Caroline Stephens, Joan Carpenter, and Lauren Hunt. Ruth: Thank you.

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