GeriPal

JUNE 27, 2024

Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guests Alex Gamble and Brianna Williamson have no relationships to disclose. I have so many questions, and I promise we’re going to get to the management of anxiety and serious illness. The question I would ask is, how helpful is that in our clinical 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. Panelists Katie Fitzgerald Jones and Jessica Merlin have no relationships to disclose.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Substance use disorder is one of those complex issues in which clinical practice is changing rapidly. But, you know, I’ve talked to a lot of palliative care providers, a lot of people caring for people with serious illness. You can listen to our prior podcasts on substance use disorder here , here , here , and here.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guest hosts Lynn Flint and Anne Kelly have no relationships to disclose. Alex: And, it means pain management. Anne: We just had a patient this week where we were having a conversation about talking about providing education on what is a POLST form, when do we use it.

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GeriPal

APRIL 13, 2023

The Listening “EAR” approach that simplifies assessment of loneliness and social isolation in clinical settings, and other practical pointers. But then recognizing that our relationships impact our health even outside the context of stress. Eric: Do you think that’s common amongst providers?

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GeriPal

JUNE 13, 2024

I feel like I recognize it when I see it, but I struggle to give a clear definition or provide effective ways to address it. Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guest Eduardo Bruera has no relationships to disclose. I think the very simple, practical thing is involuntary weight loss.

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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. It’s just that he was foregoing things that we think would have provided him more benefit. That could include a robust home care plan to manage his symptoms.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

I must admit, though, sometimes it just feels off… inauthentic, as if it’s not a genuine desire to improve our lives as health care providers, but rather a metric to check off or a desire to improve productivity and billing by making the plight of workers a little less miserable. It was hard to keep my balance. Ishwaria 43:08 Exactly.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Summary Transcript CME Summary Trauma is a universal experience, and our approach as health care providers to trauma should be universal as well. And we often do, as healthcare providers, care for people who are going through traumatic events, through just being sick in the hospital or a home or dying at home. Like, does that indirect?

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GeriPal

MARCH 20, 2025

And is there a middle path to provide some degree of comfort while also hastening the end of life? And we’ll say that we will link to an article that Hope and Thaddeus and others, I think Tim Quill was on there, wrote in journal, Pain and symptom Management, I think it was. Is that right, Hope? Alex 17:35 Can I interject here?

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GeriPal

MARCH 27, 2025

Summary Transcript CME Summary A pragmatic trial evaluates the effectiveness of a treatment or intervention in real-world clinical practice. And so a lot of it was the facilitators calling out with the approval of the provider to the patients ahead of time to see, like, you have a visit coming up. This is what I do here.

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GeriPal

JUNE 6, 2024

And that really is what prompted me to get certified as a sexual education provider. I actually went to planned parenthood of Rhode island, and as a practicing oncologist, sat with folks, some of who had just graduated high school, others who were nurse practitioners, and they started from the very, very basics of pelvic anatomy.

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