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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. So you have the consultation. Eric 27:57 And for those, does everything just condense as far as consultation, simulation and dose?

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Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

They also noted a distinction in telehealth practices between remote consultations in different states and using telehealth to treat patients who live nearby. Efforts to recruit physicians and students to train in endocrinology have included working with the Latino Medical Student Association.

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Avoiding the Uncanny Valley in Serious Illness Communication: Josh Briscoe

GeriPal

So one end of the spectrum is somebody who’s just a total novice, and it’s clearly very awkward and they’re not used to talking to people in a clinical encounter, like a medical student or something like that. You had no relationship. And that’s very human, to be awkward. Josh: Mm-hmm. Yeah, totally.

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Palliative Care in India: M.R. Rajagopal

GeriPal

Raj: It was indeed very, very gradual, and the seeds were sown when I was a medical student. Raj: That’s one of the high tech medical absurdities that we have developed. And I’ll share that my own relationship with my father, who was a doctor, was a complicated one. Was it that thunderclap moment?

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The Roots of Palliative Care: Michael Kearney, Sue Britton, and Justin Sanders

GeriPal

You’re a disgruntled medical student. You’re thinking about dropping out of medical school. And so I went and I kind of reached out and found that they were doing a one week training, multidisciplinary training, which they offered me a place on as a medical student. But I want to go back in time now.

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Storycatching: Podcast with Heather Coats and Thor Ringler

GeriPal

Tell me how your illness has impacted your relationships with others, your healthcare team, your family, friends, your beliefs, your values, your preferences. So those questions we ask when we’re doing a palliative care consult. ” And my interview guide for the narrative analysis methods were, tell me about you.

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Is it time for geriatricians to get on board with lecanemab? Jason Karlawish and Ken Covinsky

GeriPal

Tell me how your illness has impacted your relationships with others, your healthcare team, your family, friends, your beliefs, your values, your preferences. So those questions we ask when we’re doing a palliative care consult. ” And my interview guide for the narrative analysis methods were, tell me about you.

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