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Rethinking Opioid Conversions: Mary Lynn McPherson and Drew Rosielle

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And really, the best that had ever been looked at, especially in our population and sort of a cancer serious illness population. I know this is like, we’re talking about math and so that makes it all a little complicated, but think about it this way. Landmark study. The old table, 1.5 Why not have one place on the web?

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

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Emily 06:11 Yeah, we definitely have a pill for every ill. But I had a terrific MSTAR medical student working with me this past summer who was looking to see whether there were the type of medication, like the half life or was a Z versus a benzo. Alex 13:34 MSTAR medical students in aging research apply now.

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

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There were a number of opportunities to be involved in medical oncology and doing medical oncology rotations as a medical student, as an internal medicine residential. So we need to have a discussion upfront about how we’re managing the patient’s pain. There really was very little. And was that okay?

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Aging and the ICU: Podcast with Lauren Ferrante and Julien Cobert

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This idea that for critically ill patients in the ICU, geriatric conditions like disability, frailty, multimorbidity, and dementia should be viewed through a wider lens of what patients are like before and after the ICU event was transformative for our two guests today. I think we’re probably managing sicker patients on the floor.

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Palliative Care in India: M.R. Rajagopal

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In this podcast, we cover a great deal of ground, including: Early challenges Dr. Raj faced in pain management: access to opioids, corruption, a system that doesn’t see addressing suffering as a priority. Raj: It was indeed very, very gradual, and the seeds were sown when I was a medical student. Was it that thunderclap moment?

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The Angry Patient: A podcast with Dani Chammas and Keri Brenner

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The last time this happened to me I immediately went on the defensive despite years of training in serious illness communication skills. Managing anger is hard, it’s really hard. And yet we don’t ever talk about how to manage it. Summary Transcript Summary Think about the last time a patient yelled at you in anger.

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