Education Physicals Primary Care Referral 
GeriPal
JUNE 12, 2025
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?). The physics and mathematics that went into radiation therapy planning. Eric 04:49 Drew me to the field physics and math. So I think education is key.
PEMBlog
OCTOBER 2, 2024
You just got to take a good history and do a physical examination, especially when the symptoms are typical, like regurgitation, heartburn, or epigastric pain in an older child or adolescent. Again, otherwise the diagnosis is based on history and physical examination. You want to take a good history on feeding or dietary habits.
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GeriPal
OCTOBER 13, 2022
As you know, our population is aging at a rapid speed and older, adult older persons is no longer cared for only by a geriatrician or a primary care physician. And so to develop that equation, they use the cohort of individuals and their data, their blood samples, creatine and other physical attributes.
GeriPal
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
So, the question becomes, what, if anything, should we do differently in the primary care setting to diagnose the disease? On todays podcast, weve invited Nathaniel Chin back to the GeriPal podcast to talk about what primary care needs to manage this new world of Alzheimers disease effectively. Great to be back.
GeriPal
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
The insight started when Carmen, an orthopedic surgeon-researcher, and Katie, a physical therapist- researcher participated in ride-alongs with EMS providers to patient’s homes. But thankfully, I think the osteoporosis edge that has kind of come out is we do spend a lot of time educating about bone health optimization. Carmen: Yeah.
GeriPal
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Alex 00:12 We have a guest host who has requested this episode, Matt Shuster, who’s a geriatrician and palliative care doc. And also I was in the HVMA primary care program. So kind of from a primary care point of view, the guys are doing okay. He’s in Boston. And Matt brought today’s topic to us.
GeriPal
JULY 21, 2022
Or somebody who has other physical cognitive problems at any age. This is something we’ve heard from people: that if you just bring it up every year as part of your routine physical, like, “Any concerns about driving?” And the primary care provider had assumed he was no longer driving, I think.
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