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

GeriPal

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. I think the application medications are due soon, Eric.

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Rethinking Opioid Conversions: Mary Lynn McPherson and Drew Rosielle

GeriPal

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. I really am not buying that it’s too complicated to do A over B, equal C over D, if you know three of the four variables. Part of my proposal is, again, that we can actually use very similar information.

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When Should Doctors Begin Investing in Real Estate?

The Motivated MD

I would argue that if you are in the throes of your medical education and training, i.e., a medical student, resident, or fellow, AND you are actively accumulating student debt or still paying it down, then it may not be a great time to explore the world of real estate investing…yet. As always… Stay motivated!

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

GeriPal

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. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

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A family physician's response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade

Vida Family Medicine

When I was a medical student at Baylor College of Medicine, I participated in their Ethics track. This included additional classes in medical ethics as well as a scholarly project examining the medical ethics of a specific clinical situation.

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Miscommunication in Medicine: A podcast with Shunichi Nakagawa, Abby Rosenberg and Don Sullivan

GeriPal

To me, that feels hard because I guess my inclination is that I want communication to be fixable, and there’s so much medical information and there’s a lot of reasons for families to feel like they’re struggling to understand. What was it, 5%? Eric: 2% of the time. Alex: 2% of the time. Eric: Yeah. Abby: I know.

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

GeriPal

I think it’s really, really complicated. Lauren: A lot of times we don’t have that information until the person’s already in the ICU, but then we can use that information to guide treatment preferences and continue in conversations with the patient and family, if the patient’s able to participate.