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

GeriPal

Next, we turn to Emily McDonald, the director of the Canadian Medication Appropriateness and Deprescribing Network , to discuss her study on the impact of direct-to-consumer educational brochures on gabapentin deprescribing. Additionally, clinicians participated in monthly educational sessions. in the usual care group. in the U.S.

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Rethinking Opioid Conversions: Mary Lynn McPherson and Drew Rosielle

GeriPal

Dr. Akhila Reddy and colleagues study looking at converting hospitalized cancer patients from IV hydromorphone to PO morphine, PO hydromorphone, or PO oxycodone. So, every single [inaudible 00:05:10] there is per the table, in an equianalgesic relationship to one another. Pallimed post on “ Simplifying Opioid Conversions ”.

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Diabetes in Late Life: Nadine Carter, Tamryn Gray, Alex Lee

GeriPal

-@AlexSmithMD Additional Links: – Fingerstick monitoring in VA nursing homes (too common!) – Improving diabetes management in hospice – Continuous Glucose Monitoring complicating end of life care Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal podcast. This is Eric Widera. Alex Smith: This is Alex Smith. Is that your experience?

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

GeriPal

During my training, I didn’t receive much education about radiation oncology, and I’m not entirely sure what some of the terms mean (hypofractionated means fewer sessions, right?). I didn’t know where they existed within the hospital. Anish 07:54 I would say sort of echoing what Emily was just referring to is education is key.

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EMS Intervention to Reduce Falls: Carmen Quatman and Katie Quatman-Yates

GeriPal

Panelists Carmen Quatman and Katie Quatman-Yates have no relationships to disclose. And so someone knocked on my door when I was in fellowship and said, it was the EMS coordinator, the emergency medical service coordinator next door, our educator, and said, “Hey, we have this really weird problem. AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s) ™.

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Episode 232: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series – Episode 15 – Housing is Health: Racism and Homelessness – Clinician + Community Perspectives

The Clinical Problem Solvers

This is the last of three episodes interrogating the relationships between race, place, housing, and health. They would eventually end up back at where the hospitals they came from. Mr. Bobby Watts is the chief executive officer of the National Health Care for the Homeless Council.

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RCT of Palliative Care for Heart Failure and Lung Disease: David Bekelman and Lyndsay DeGroot

GeriPal

You can also listen to an audio interview with Alex and JAMA Deputy Editor Preeti Malani about this study and the other RCT of default palliative care for hospitalized older adults with noncancer serious illness published in the same issue. Panelists David Bekelman, Lyndsay DeGroot, and Diah Martina have no relationships to disclose.