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Time to stop driving? Podcast with Emmy Betz and Terri Cassidy

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We learned this and much more, and I had a great time making engine noises singing the Woody Guthrie song “driving in my car.” . Eric: But before we jump into talking to your patients about driving retirement cessation, let’s talk about what is the role of the healthcare professional in this at all? OT programs).

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Improving Nursing Home Quality: Jasmine Travers, Alice Bonner, Isaac Longobardi, and Mike Wasserman

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Summary Transcript Summary In April 2022, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) issued a report on how the United States delivers, regulates, finances, and measures the quality of nursing home care. Those are just all things that you’re right, they’ve been going on for a long time.

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Artificial Intelligence: Charlotta Lindvall, Matt DeCamp, Sei Lee

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I think the AI can allow for that complexity but still provide some guidance. Charlotta: But that’s where generative AI, what I’m like, one thing I’m really excited about is this new field called prompt engineering. Alex: I want to hear more use cases. There’s this epidemic of loneliness and social isolation.

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Coping with Serious Illness: Danielle Chammas and Amanda Moment

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Like, how do we help ourselves maintain psychological integrity in the face of the stressors that we have to manage? That’s how I managed without screaming at my 4 year old who was coping. Well, maybe they’re an engineer and understanding makes them feel rooted. There was less in the repertoire that I could touch.

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Dementia and high risk surgery: Joel Weissman and Samir Shah

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Should she be treated non-operatively, with aggressive symptom management? What does it mean for functional status, symptom management, location of care? You had a magic wand, you can make one change around this topic, policy, individual provider, patient, family, anything, Samir, what are you going to use that magic wand on?

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Nudges for Prognosis and Comfort Care in the ICU: Kate Courtright, Scott Halpern, & Jaspal Singh

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At one end of the spectrum you can provide decision makers with information that doesn’t work very well in most contexts. But you know, we managed to work it through and people got used to it and throughout the duration of the trial. I think it’s good to place nudges in context. Kate 23:23 Hospital length of stay.

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

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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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