GeriPal

MAY 9, 2024

all of whom focus their efforts on educating the general public about living and dying with a serious illness. Why focus on the public rather than other health care providers? Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guests Matt Tyler, Sammy Winemaker and Hsien Seow have no relationships to disclose.

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ABIM

JUNE 4, 2025

See the discussion on the Special Consideration IMG (International Medical Graduates) Pilot Pathway below.) Special Consideration IMG Pilot Pathway* In August 2024 , the ABIM Council proposed a pilot model for exceptionally qualified IMGs pursuing accredited subspecialty fellowship in the U.S. APDEM Matthew J.

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Diabetes Board-Certified Telehealth Government 52

GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

Panelists David Bekelman, Lyndsay DeGroot, and Diah Martina have no relationships to disclose. With their regular providers? And really learning from them about what kinds of things healthcare might provide, that might be of help to them. AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s) ™. In their communities? How might we help this population?

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

There is a special emphasis on the use of public health models that prioritize harm reduction and person-centered care to prevent drug-related fatalities and curb the opioid epidemic along lines of race and class. They can use their training and privilege to advocate for meaningful policy reform.

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Community Patient-Centered Mental Health Board-Certified 52

The Clinical Problem Solvers

APRIL 5, 2022

This is the last of three episodes interrogating the relationships between race, place, housing, and health. Dr. Kushel and Mr. Watts remind healthcare providers to speak out about the structural causes of homelessness. This episode was hosted by Sudarshan Krishnamurthy, Jazzmin Williams, and Alec Calac.

Community 52

Community Patient-Centered Emergency Room Medical 52

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

** Claim your CME credit for EP297 “The Nature of Suffering” [link] Note : If you have not already registered for the annual CME subscription ( cost is $100 for a year’s worth of CME podcasts ), you can register here [link] For more info on the CME credit, go to [link] Disclosures: Moderators Drs Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose.

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IT Families Family Physicals 137

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guest hosts Lynn Flint and Anne Kelly have no relationships to disclose. Anne: Well, speaking of your kids, a very special, sometimes listener, chimed in named Ren Smith. AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s) ™. I’m sure we all have the same issue. Alex: Okay.

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IT Patient-Centered Illness Education 127

GeriPal

JULY 11, 2024

Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guests Kirsten Engel, Sarah Gillespie-Heyman, Brittany Waterman, & Amy Johnson have no relationships to disclose. And, you know, I just thought it was a really special song. AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s) ™. And so I thought it was appropriate. Alex 01:55 Yeah, great choice.

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Patient-Centered IT Patients Clinic 110

GeriPal

MAY 22, 2025

My voice is nothing special. Relationships are usually more complicated. Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guests Jenny Chen, Tyler Jorgensen, & Theresa Allison have no relationships to disclose. I rely on recorded music for my patients mostly, and I think that’s based on my singing.

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IT Patient-Centered Patients Board-Certified 98

GeriPal

JUNE 5, 2025

Despite these substantial needs, specialized palliative care beyond hospice is rare in nursing homes. How to think about primary and specialized palliative care in this setting. So the palliative care service doesn’t necessarily need to provide those potentially. Many also suffer from distressing symptoms like pain.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 29, 2024

And for many years, I think there was a focus on physicians and then providers. We’ve done work with medical improvised, we’ve done work in museum based education. Gordon 12:01 One absolute right answer to all these questions, and we will provide that. All right, experts, are you ready? Anne 11:57 Scenario uno.

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IT Illness Families Family 133

GeriPal

APRIL 4, 2024

Arguing for the state of Missouri against the Cruzan’s was Ken Starr, who would later be assigned the role of special prosecutor in the investigation of the Clintons (Whitewater, Lewensky, etc). Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guest Laurie Dornbrand has no relationships to disclose.

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Families Family Patient-Centered IT 113

GeriPal

JULY 28, 2022

Alex: And we are also delighted to welcome Areej El-Jawahri, who is an oncologist at Massachusetts General Hospital as well, who specializes in blood cancers. So I really opted to specialize in lung cancer because I thought that was the appropriate population to build a supportive and palliative care research agenda. Jennifer: Thanks.

Illness 111

Illness Hospital Patient-Centered Patients 111

GeriPal

APRIL 10, 2025

Most emergency providers wanted to do the right thing for seriously ill patients, but they didnt have the knowledge, skills, or experience to do it. primary palliative care interventions seem to fail, whereas specialized palliative care interventions have a relatively robust track record of success. Why do so many (most, all??)

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Patient-Centered IT Hospital Patients 78

GeriPal

APRIL 28, 2022

He uses comics and other artwork to share his experiences in palliative care and educate others about topics like empathy and communication skills. Because just like in the bedside space, if you are using humor in a way that builds bonds and relationships with the patient can be really beautiful, and normalizing. Nathan: Yeah.

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IT Hospital Patients Illness 145

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

So I make the point, they often say, “Oh, you have this special population,” like pediatrics, where it’s 10% or something. So I would say that a lot of the education we received were on cutting edge research and the latest drugs in clinical trials, the latest cellular therapies that are coming out.

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Patient-Centered IT Patients Clinic 130

GeriPal

MAY 8, 2025

So in our trial, because of security reasons, we are required by Health Canada to store the substance in a special secure area in my office. 7 out of 10 of these patients said it was one of the top five most educational and meaningful experiences of their entire lives. Do you educate them not to drive? The flight instructions.

Illness 109

Illness IT Patient-Centered Patients 109

GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

Practice-PC is an intentionally interprofessional and cutting edge year-long group continuing education course in palliative care for working professionals from all disciplines, in the Bay Area. Lexy: The domains were meaning and purpose, relationships, transcendence and peace, and self-worth and identity, and we developed those.

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IT Patient-Centered Families Family 99

GeriPal

JUNE 13, 2024

I feel like I recognize it when I see it, but I struggle to give a clear definition or provide effective ways to address it. Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guest Eduardo Bruera has no relationships to disclose. Summary Transcript Summary I always find cachexia in serious illness puzzling. Thank you.

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Illness Patient-Centered Patients IT 134

GeriPal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Because I think we have someone special, a guest host. And I think one key part is educating the field, not just my fellow cardiologists, but also primary care doctors, geriatricians, that there’s this heart failure syndrome that is kind of sneaky, and it’s kind of difficult to diagnose any. This is Eric Widera.

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Primary Care Patient-Centered IT Patients 114

GeriPal

AUGUST 11, 2022

Brian: I guess I’m thinking about hearing all this as a more recent product of medical education here. And learners were excited about it and interested in it because a lot of these people were fantastic educators. The things that I’m most proud of are my people, the people who I’ve educated and trained.

Illness 110

Illness IT Families Family 110

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Summary Transcript CME Summary Trauma is a universal experience, and our approach as health care providers to trauma should be universal as well. And we often do, as healthcare providers, care for people who are going through traumatic events, through just being sick in the hospital or a home or dying at home. Like, does that indirect?

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Patient-Centered IT Individual Screening 67

GeriPal

MARCH 20, 2025

And is there a middle path to provide some degree of comfort while also hastening the end of life? I mean, you know, we’re trying to both honor what, what the surrogate believes is the, the patient’s preference, which we do all the time with all kinds of other medical interventions and provide comfort in a humane way.

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IT Patient-Centered Patients Medical 89

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

They have a special skill, and when they see someone who needs it, they need to use it. That makes it really special for them and for me. And it’s not the same, but it does provide information. Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. And ed imbued in me the concept that physicians are like lifeguards.

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Patients IT Patient-Centered Hospital 98

GeriPal

DECEMBER 7, 2023

-@AlexSmithMD Additional links: JAMA paper on clinical research risks, climate change, and health Geriatric medicine in the era of climate change Health Care Without Harm: [link] Practice Green Health: [link] Global Consortium for Climate and Health Education: [link] Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal podcast. This is Eric Widera.

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Healthcare IT Education Community 130

GeriPal

APRIL 26, 2024

ELNEC (End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium) celebrates it’s 25th anniversary in 2025. Some numbers to back it up: ELNEC has trained more than 48,000 providers in a train the trainer model Over 1.5 Some numbers to back it up: ELNEC has trained more than 48,000 providers in a train the trainer model Over 1.5 Doing home care?

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Patient-Centered IT Patients Consulting 121

GeriPal

AUGUST 1, 2024

Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guests Anna Pleet, Elizabeth Eckstrom, and Emily Johnston have no relationships to disclose. Safe question from your thoughts, because you actually have a YouTube channel that focused on public education around this. AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s) ™. Anna 04:55 Yeah. Go on, Anna.

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IT Diabetes Chronic Disease Patient-Centered 118

GeriPal

JULY 25, 2024

Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guests Kara Bischoff, James Deardorff, and Elizabeth Lilley have no relationships to disclose. Eric 00:13 And Alex, we have a super special today, three different articles. Alex 00:18 Prognosis, super special today. Eric 25:08 Super special. This is Eric W id era.

Families 108

Families Family Patient-Centered Patients 108

GeriPal

APRIL 21, 2022

We talk not only about reading poetry, but also writing poetry, and using poetry in medical education as a healing modality. To the deeper emotions – of loss and grief, of wonder and transcendence – that are at the heart of the complex care we provide. So my only question is what my relationship will be to suffering.

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Patient-Centered IT Community Illness 93

GeriPal

JUNE 6, 2024

On today’s podcast Areej El-Jawahri, oncologist specializing in blood cancers at MGH, says that sexual health is one of the top if not the top issue among cancer survivors. Alex 00:06 We are delighted to welcome back Areej El-Jawahri, who’s an oncologist at Massachusetts General Hospital who specializes in blood cancers.

Illness 131

Illness IT Physicals Patients 131

GeriPal

MAY 1, 2025

Have been now a care provider for people with HIV for over 40 years. And I became more and more involved in it, including becoming involved in research and developing some of the programs initially to provide care for people with both drug use and HIV related problems, women with HIV vulnerable populations.

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Primary Care IT Clinic Provider 96

GeriPal

MARCH 27, 2025

And so a lot of it was the facilitators calling out with the approval of the provider to the patients ahead of time to see, like, you have a visit coming up. There’s also education that goes with it, educating, like, what does that mean? Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. This is what I do here.

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Primary Care IT Clinic Illness 80

GeriPal

JANUARY 5, 2023

“Typically when we think about conscience in medical ethics we think about it in terms of a negative claim of conscience, where a clinician refuses (or objects) to provide care. Lisa was writing about providing abortion care, but she just as easily could have been writing about providing medical aid in dying in states where it is illegal.

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