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Deprescribing Super Special III: Constance Fung, Emily McDonald, Amy Linsky, and Michelle Odden

GeriPal

Summary Transcript CME Summary Its another deprescribing super special on today’s GeriPal Podcast, where we delve into the latest research on deprescribing medications prescribed to older adults. Eric 00:04 And Alex, we ve got another deprescribing super special with us today. This is Eric Widera. Alex 01:23 Yeah.

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Dr. Paul Thomas Gives the Welcome to Detroit Lecture for Incoming Class of 2027 at WSU SOM

Plum Health

These medical students will be immersed in the Detroit community over the next 4 years, and upon graduation, many of them will continue to serve the Detroit and Metro Detroit community. WSU SOM’s incoming class of 2026 had 300 Students, with 192 in-state and 108 out-of-state students.

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How Locum Tenens Fits Into Modern Healthcare Staffing Solutions

Barton Associates

flu season) Holidays and local events Unexpected emergencies or disasters Demographic changes in the community While historical data can provide some guidance, it’s nearly impossible to predict with 100% accuracy the exact staffing needs at any given time. Why leverage a locum tenens medical staffing network?

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Rethinking Opioid Conversions: Mary Lynn McPherson and Drew Rosielle

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary. A patient is on morphine and you want to convert it to another opioid like hydromorphone (dilaudid). How do you do that? Do you do what I do, pull out a handy-dandy opioid equianalgesic table to give you a guide on how much to convert to? . which advocates for an updated, wait for it… equianalgesic table! . Drew: Yeah.

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Stories We Tell Each Other to Heal: Ricky Leiter, Alexis Drutchas, & Emily Silverman

GeriPal

The instructor, Fran Cook , gave all the students a survey without explanation. Alex 00:23 All right, first, we’re welcoming back Ricky Le it er, who’s a palliative care doc at Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Brigham Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School and is co-founder of the Palliative Story Exchange.

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

GeriPal

Alex Smith Links Link to the McGill National Grand Rounds Series on Palliative Care , Michael Kearney as initial presenter, and registration for future events. If you read just one, read Palliative Medicine – Just Another Specialty ? by Kearney. I promise its short. Ive got a name. No, you dont need to be Canadian.

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Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

GeriPal

But before we go into all of that, I think, Bill, you have a song request for Alex. Bill 01:52 I do. Bill 01:53 Alex asked me for a song that was resonating in my head at the time, and it would be Guy Clark’s song, T he Cape. Eric 02:01 Why guy Clark’s the Cape? Bill 02:03 Oh, it’s a long story. I’ll make sure. Here we go.