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Treacle

Adventures of a Sick Doctor

There were more of the "my heart is beating really fast in my chest and I don't know why" calls, and the "I have panic attacks on my way to work" calls, and the "my son with special needs is desperately in need of routine and support" calls. Emergency education, someone called it, and that makes so much more sense.

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Utilizing Community Outreach Workers to address COVID-19 Misinformation [COVID-19]

Annals of Family Medicine

Background: The University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) combats COVID-19 misinformation in youth to reduce vaccine hesitancy through targeted outreach and education. Methods: UMSOM connected with organizations that have roots in local communities in areas with high vaccine hesitancy rates.

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STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America’s FDA Task Force Dismayed by Kennedy Testimony

Doctors for America

during yesterday’s Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing. The standard response of activating the public health officers to educate, engage and vaccinate did not happen due to funding cuts. Kennedy Jr.

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Optimizing Nutrition in Aging: A Podcast with Anna Pleet, Elizabeth Eckstrom, and Emily Johnston

GeriPal

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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Anti-Asian Hate: Russell Jeung, Lingsheng Li, & Jessica Eng

GeriPal

Like, do you think maybe, you know, let’s educate. We could wear masks against Covid, but we couldn’t vaccinate against racism. Families have really checked up on their elders and really, again, sought to care for their elders in special ways during the pandemic. It was like talking about smoking cessation.

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Aging and Homelessness: Margot Kushel

GeriPal

Alex: But the longer title’s Ethno-Geriatrics and Special Populations. You add to that employment discrimination, criminal justice discrimination, and of course educational system discrimination, and of course, we pay for our public schools based on local taxes. Maybe vaccines, maybe. HPV vaccine. Margot: Yes.

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What Lessons Have We Learned from the First COVID Surges? Jim Wright & Darrell Owens

GeriPal

Alex: We are delighted to welcome back two very special guests who were with us early in the COVID pandemic, and really shown a light on what was happening for the rest of us who could see this giant wave coming, and were just thirsty for information and experiences from those people who were experiencing it early. This is Eric Widera.