The Clinical Problem Solvers

MARCH 22, 2020

He is a medical educator who specializes in treating infectious diseases, particularly infections that develop in patients who have suppressed immune systems, such as as solid organ and hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients and HIV+ organ transplant recipients.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 19, 2025

Patients with documented mental illness or substance use disorders (SUDs) continue to encounter a mixed—sometimes starkly divergent—quality of emergency department (ED) care when they present with chest pain, abdominal pain, or other non‑psychiatric complaints, according to a patient‑interview study published in Health Services Research.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

JANUARY 12, 2021

Take our Episode Quiz Kaitlyn Thomas Kaitlyn Thomas is a 3rd year medical student at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine at their Seton Hill campus in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. She is interested in medical education, advocacy and assisting underserved populations.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Learn tangible ways to center the Indigenous communities in advocacy efforts at the interpersonal and institutional level. This is especially important when we consider the lasting role colonialism, genocide, and racism has played in attempted erasure of these communities and their culture.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

JANUARY 18, 2021

Understand that collective action and a focus on community, rather than individualism, are most effective in combating racism and achieving health equity. One of the biggest barriers to health equity is the narrow focus on the individual and a failure to see health as a widespread community issue. Producers), & Burnett, C.,

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My Green Doctor

MAY 3, 2025

In This Issue : Why Renewable Energy Belongs in Every Clinic Medical Waste: One Model for Improvement OnTrack with your Sustainability Goals? Our Consulting Services offer customized strategies for group practices, health systems, and medical societies ready to accelerate their impact and lead the way in climate-smart care.

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Tiny Physician

AUGUST 12, 2021

The birth of a female baby creates an equal amount of joy for parents as that of a male baby, and the education of girls is given due importance here. Health facilities and the health-seeking behavior of the community are far superior as compared to national standards. The anatomy department allows only churidars without slits.

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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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GeriPal

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Her most recent book is Dementia Friendly Communities: why we need them and how we can create them . Judy Long, MDiv, BCC , palliative care chaplain and educator at UCSF and caregiver. It is a heavy load and yet I think all of us here think that it can be lighter when there are supportive programs and community engagements in place.

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GeriPal

APRIL 27, 2023

“What we’ve seen to make it really work is you either have to be in the hospital, where we’ve taken over palliative care in the hospital, or you have to be contracted with managed care and get it at some kind of risk, because community-based palliative care is very difficult to make operate right now from a profitable [perspective].”

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GeriPal

AUGUST 4, 2022

Today we are coming back for more (or less given the content), talking about the following articles with their lead authors: First up, we talk with Ariel Green about her article in JAMA Network on preferred phrases a clinician may use to explain why they should reduce or stop the medication. That’s huge! Welcome, Ariel. Ariel: Thanks.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

AUGUST 25, 2020

Faculty Regardless of specialty or field, it is important all educators and clinicians do the work of understanding how racism is pervasive within their respective areas of expertise. This starts with self-education and a commitment to speak up when blatant examples of racism come up in the work space and beyond.

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Tiny Physician

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

However, the core problem in our medical system is yet to be addressed which actually results in these unfortunate incidents. Only very few hospitals and medical colleges have Public Relations Officers (PROs) at all the ICUs and major wards to talk with the patients and to sort out these problems.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Alex: And we are also delighted to welcome Devika Nair, who is a nephrologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Tennessee Valley VA Healthcare System. There’s a team now with them behind them making sure that they stay safe and held in our communities. Where are we with a lot of these medications?

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GeriPal

JUNE 8, 2023

When I’m on palliative care consults and attending in our hospice unit we have to counsel patients about deprescribing and de-intensifying diabetes medications. What are the risks and rewards of new classes of medications? When I’m on nursing home call, the most common page I receive is for a blood sugar value. How high is too high?

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GeriPal

MAY 19, 2022

And really, the best that had ever been looked at, especially in our population and sort of a cancer serious illness population. So, Dr. McPherson, as far as I can tell, she’s really the only person in our professional community who in any sort of serious public way said, folks we need to do something about this. Landmark study.

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PEMBlog

OCTOBER 2, 2024

uh, ill defined epigastric or chest pain, and it’s often worse by eating or lying down after meals. In rare, severe cases where GERD is refractory to medical management, surgical interventions like fundoplication may be considered, especially in kids with neurologic impairments or life threatening aspiration.

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GeriPal

MAY 8, 2025

We’ll discuss three recent clinical trials involving patients with serious illness, joined by our guests James Downar , Ali John Zarrabi , and Margaret Ross. We’re going to be talking about new research in psilocybin in serious illness. So medication adjustments. This is Eric Widera. Alex 00:03 This is Alex Smith.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Assisted Living Communities (no longer preferable to call them Assisted Living Facilities, as we learned on the podcast) are…what, exactly? If you’ve seen one Assisted Living Community you’ve seen one Assisted Living Community. . If you’ve seen one Assisted Living Community you’ve seen one Assisted Living Community. .

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 24, 2024

David is a physician who wrote the book “ Stoned: A Doctor’s Case for Medical Marijuana ” and gave a TED talk on “ A Doctor’s Case for Medical Marijuana ” that was watched over 3 million times. laughter] Alex 01:39 Material here for songs related to medical marijuana or marijuana in general. Eric 01:34 Yeah.

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GeriPal

MAY 9, 2024

all of whom focus their efforts on educating the general public about living and dying with a serious illness. He’s a palliative care doctor and he is Medical Director of Palliative Care at Ascension Illinois Palliative Care. He was also the one who we have to thank for suggesting this podcast! Does that sound about right?

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

MAY 2, 2022

Okah is a family medicine clinician and NRSA research fellow at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, and she studies the association between the use of race in medical decision-making and beliefs regarding the etiology of disparities in health outcomes.

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GeriPal

MARCH 9, 2023

Two of our guests today, Stacy Fischer and Brian Anderson, are involved in large multicenter trials of psychedelics for patients with advanced cancer (Fischer) or life-limiting illness (Anderson). Psychedelics have been used by communities around the globe for hundreds of years (or more). And yet there are reasons for caution.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary In a JAMA 2020 systematic review of palliative care for non-cancer serious illness, Kieran Quinn found many positives, as we discussed on our podcast and in our editorial. He also found gaps, including very few studies of patients with lung disease, and little impact of trials on quality of life. David: Thank you.

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Medical Xpress

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Although COVID-19 vaccines have been shown to significantly reduce the risk of severe COVID-19-related illness and death, vaccine and booster rates have remained sub-par in the U.S. Healthcare workers are a trusted health information source and are uniquely positioned to reduce the burden of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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GeriPal

JUNE 19, 2025

Alex 00:41 And we’re delighted to welcome Noelle Marie Javier, who goes by “she” “her” and is a geriatrician and palliative care doc professor, newly minted – c ongratulations – And a clinician educator at Mount Sinai in New York City. Noelle Marie, welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. Noelle Marie 00:57 Hi, everyone.

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GeriPal

JUNE 13, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary I always find cachexia in serious illness puzzling. In today’s podcast, we had the opportunity to learn from a renowned expert in palliative care, Eduardo Bruera, about cachexia and anorexia in serious illness. Thank you for that gift to our community and to the patients. Yeah, yeah, exactly.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 29, 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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My Green Doctor

MAY 29, 2025

Without closing this gap, healthcare systems everywhere will struggle to meet rising demands, especially in vulnerable communities where climate change is accelerating inequality and suffering. This means: Direct influence: Training healthcare professionals to understand and manage the growing connections between environment and illness.

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Georgetown Pediatrics & Family Medicine

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

“A lot of times when we talk about mental illness or mental health, I think there’s a lot missing from the conversation,” Dr. Joy said. “I It doesn’t always have to be about mental illness.” He was interested in understanding racial bias and supporting educational justice.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Social workers augment a team’s ability to provide whole-person care, often aiding to identify and meaningfully address the wide variety of challenges and unmet needs faced by individuals and families facing serious illness. We need to figure out how to create this community of palliative care social work scholars.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Within hours of recording this podcast, I joined a family meeting of an older patient who had multiple medical problems including cancer, and a slow but inexorable decline in function, weight, and cognition. And so I knew that I wanted to do something related to palliative care because I work with people with advanced and serious illness.

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The Physicians Foundation

MAY 20, 2025

At a time when chronic diseases remain the number one cause of illness, disability and death nationwide, it is critical for physicians to have the tools needed to support the collective health of individuals across the United States. As the U.S.

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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. We’ll talk about is it in medical practice yet? It came after engaging her.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 11, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary Four percent of deaths in Canada are due to Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID). To be eligible in Canada patients must have a “ grievous and irremediable ” condition, including disability ; they do not have to have a terminal illness with a prognosis of less than 6 months. Four percent. This is Eric Widera.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 16, 2025

Summary Transcript CME Summary Many older adults lose decision-making capacity during serious illnesses, and a significant percentage lack family or friends to assist with decisions. We’re going to be talking about the American Geriatric Society position statement on making medical treatment decisions. Yael 02:12 Thank you.

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GeriPal

JULY 28, 2022

GeriPal post on “fast food” style palliative care in chronic critical illness. So at least in my oncology community, I really didn’t have anyone guiding or supporting or mentoring me. Areej: So when I was in college, I had a close friend who had a serious illness and actually died as a result of cancer. Transcript.

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