GeriPal

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Summary Transcript CME Summary Cannabis is complicated. 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. Eloise 00:59 Thank you so much. Eric 01:34 Yeah. David 04:31 Yes.

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Rao Doctor

APRIL 3, 2025

More severe symptoms, such as difficulty breathing, persistent vomiting, chest pain, or seizures, are red flags that necessitate immediate medical attention. Understanding the patient’s medical history is crucial for an accurate diagnosis. Ultimately, knowing when to seek medical attention for a fever is vital.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

This is Sarah Berry, who is at the Hebrew Senior Life and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical center and Harvard Medical School. And the big things that we think about as far as complications, so there, obviously the thing that comes to everybody’s mind is like fractures. Looking at medications, I think is a really big one.

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GeriPal

JUNE 27, 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

OCTOBER 20, 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. That includes many medical specialists, surgical specialists, many specialists and many other disciplines who are on our older adults team. Rasheeda, welcome to GeriPal.

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GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

If they’re in a major car crash, they’re going to have more long-term complications probably than a 20-year-old would. Emmy: But we know that physiologic changes with aging, like decreasing night vision and so forth, as well as medications, as well as medical conditions, can all affect whether you can drive.

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GeriPal

JULY 11, 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

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

AlexSmithMD (still on Twitter at present). The songs about how saving lives is actually a pretty complicated business. You’re independent, drive in and out, and the more help you need, so for example, now you need somebody to help with medication administration. Transcript. Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal podcast. Alex: Yeah.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Emily is a bioethicist in the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania. And several times now, I read the notes and it’s just that someone has copied the contact information for someone into that note, but no one has actually contacted them or confirmed that they would want that person present.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 26, 2023

Alex: And we are delighted to welcome Sharon Brangman, who is a geriatrician and chair of the Department of Geriatrics at Upstate Medical University. Then, of course, that falls into medical rules. No need for me to get rid of that pesky J in my name. Welcome to the GeriPal podcast Sharon. Sharon: Thanks for having me.

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GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

In addition to being a palliative and hospice RN, she is the Executive Director for Goodwin Hospice , a large non-profit hospice that added end-of-life doula care to their services in collaboration with Jane and John’s doula organization, Present for You. Jane, welcome to the GeriPal podcast. Jane: Thank you for having me. Jane: Right.

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2022

And I don’t think necessarily, that appointment needs to be a medicalized process. Although, certainly when you start facing complications of serious illness, it is increasingly important to engage as individuals and conversations about goals, values, and preferences. Rebecca: I think I’ll also add too. I need structure.”

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GeriPal

MAY 22, 2025

You can hear Tyler and I having a great time singing together and sharing stories around his podcast My Medical Mixtape. And I was fortunate to record an episode of my medical mixtape with Tyler at the w hich meeting were we at, Tyler ? And so this is a shout out to our inpatient palliative team at Dell Medical School.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 19, 2023

And we have Scott Halpern, who is Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy and Director of the Palliative and Advanced Illness Research Center or Payer Center at the University of Pennsylvania. And he’s a professional Uber driver for his daughter’s softball games. Hey, it’s National POLST Collaborative now.

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Patient-Centered IT Patients Illness 126

GeriPal

JANUARY 11, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary Four percent of deaths in Canada are due to Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID). What’s up with Medical aid in dying in Canada? Eric: So again, the topic is going to be medical aid in dying in Canada. Four percent. Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. This is Eric Widera.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Eric 11:58 So going back to the case that you presented at the start, so you’re seeing this person use a whole lot of humor. It’s amazing how often when we’re taking care of somebody in the hospital, if you have Say, you know, a family member who is not showing up for visits with the medical team or who is.

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Illness IT Patient-Centered Patients 125

GeriPal

OCTOBER 12, 2023

And, what if your surgeon openly discussed the expected ‘bad stuff’ of post-operative recovery, instead of rotely reciting a list of possible complications? Alex: And we’re delighted to welcome Justin Clapp, who is assistant professor of anesthesia and critical care and medical ethics and health policy. Gretchen: Thank you.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 8, 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

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

He had a very aggressive lymphoma, highly aggressive, with a lot of different medical conditions. I slowly introduced higher doses as he recovered from his medical conditions that were acute. Eric: 80% that, I work with a lot of cancer patients, sometimes they have a lot of hope, maybe not a lot of trust in the medical system.

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Tiny Physician

MARCH 30, 2022

The bystanders of the patient who were present at that time understood the efforts taken by the doctors and told the treating team that the doctors did their best and it was the patient’s fate. Postpartum hemorrhage is an unfortunate and well-known complication of delivery. Is this a case of medical negligence?

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 19, 2024

They are recruiting for a Medical Director of Palliative Care Services to lead and grow innovative outpatient and inpatient palliative care programs. That’s how do we treat the mental health needs of patients with serious medical illness? Again, what we should focus on is improving your quality of life and maybe non medical ways.

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Illness Mental Health IT Patient-Centered 101

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. But rarely does the podcast and clinical reality meet in the same day. Very excited to be here. Tamra, welcome to the GeriPal podcast.

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GeriPal

MAY 25, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary Our guests today present an important rejoinder to the argument that we should refocus away from advance care planning (ACP). Complicated grief? Van Scoy who is a pulmonary critical care advance care planning researcher at Penn State Hershey Medical Center in Pennsylvania. Did they have PTSD?

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Community IT Patient-Centered Primary Care 95

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Dani and Kery present three steps for interacting with an angry patient: Look within: What is this anger bringing up in me? Eric: I also wonder, thinking about our own medical school training, at least mine, is that there wasn’t a lot of normalizing emotions in our med school. How is this anger making me feel, think, and react?

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GeriPal

MARCH 28, 2024

Well, as a kick off to this year’s first in-person State of the Science plenary, held in conjunction with the closing Saturday session of the AAHPM/HPNA Annual Assembly, 3 randomized clinical trials were presented. And when I presented it to the transplant team, they said, “This is interesting, but we don’t need that.

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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. Had multiple physical, psychological complications as a result of that.

Patient-Centered 98

Patient-Centered IT Patients Illness 98

GeriPal

MARCH 6, 2025

[link] Promising Practice Recognition PEACH was named a Promising Practice in equity-oriented palliative care as part of a national initiative funded by Health Canada, operated by Healthcare Excellence Canada & the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer. To medical directors, chiefs, and some were really cool to talk to me.

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Healthcare IT Community Illness 100

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.

Illness 133

Illness Patient-Centered IT Patients 133

GeriPal

APRIL 10, 2025

Do they have documents in the record like medical orders for life sustaining treatment or a healthcare proxy? Alex 10:52 And did you have algorithms you’d present to them, like given this patient’s circumstance, these are recommendations? Yeah, that’s a more complicated story. No, no, no. Is that right?

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Summary Transcript CME Summary In todays podcast we were delighted to be joined by the presenters of the top scientific abstracts for the Annual Assembly of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine ( AAHPM ) and the Hospice and Palliative Medicine Nurses Association ( HPNA ). So absolutely, it is complicated.

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GeriPal

MAY 29, 2025

Andrew complicates this definition , stating it raises more questions than answers. I think if someone were to ask me what a tagline is from what I’ve learned in studying lucidity, I would say, like, assume consciousness present, which. Did you have a different medication? Andrea 10:35 Yes, they are. In our practice.

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Families Family IT Patient-Centered 93

GeriPal

MARCH 3, 2022

And so the key there is, of course these were prospectively measured where patients were called every month from 1998 through actually the present day among those who are still alive. I think it’s really, really complicated. It was this slow build, I would say. Julien: I like this question. Alex: Bye everybody.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

And he’s also chaired the California Pacific Medical Center’s ethics committee since 1985. Alex 15:13 This is really complicated. Bill 16:55 First of all, I just have to go back to Dax, because Dax in 1973 is when I first came out here as a senior medical student and met Al Johnson. Bill 00:53 Thank you, Alex.

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Patients IT Patient-Centered Hospital 98

FDA Law

MAY 21, 2024

The 2016 reviews concluded that marijuana continued to meet schedule I criteria for having a high potential for abuse, no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the U.S., and lacked accepted safety for use under medical supervision. 21 U.S.C. § 21 U.S.C. § NPRM at 44,619. 21 U.S.C. § NPRM at 44,601. NPRM at 44,607.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

That was the lesson I learned from reading a new book edited by Matt Loscalzo along with Marshall Forstein called “ Loss and Grief: Personal Stories of Doctors and Other Healthcare Professionals ”. These debriefings create a safe outlet for health care professionals to talk about the feelings resulting from their work.

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GeriPal

MAY 1, 2025

And I graduated from medical school in the early 80s. And I was working at the time at Yale in New Haven, and I became medical director of a facility which was initially created in New Haven as a hospice like facility for people with HIV, which is in late 1995 and in 1996 when the Protease inhibitors came along. Meredith 09:33 Yes.

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GeriPal

JULY 25, 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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