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Behind the stethoscope: A conversation with Dr. Osman Saleem

Sound Physicians

I was born and raised in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia, before immigrating to Toronto with my family. I went to the University of Toronto and finished my Bachelor of Science there in 2013. Our team’s bond with each other supports a type of flexibility not seen in most other healthcare programs. All rights reserved.

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Should Palliative Care be in the Survivorship Business? A Podcast with Laura Petrillo, Laura Shoemaker

GeriPal

09:04 And I think that’s where the irony came from as well, because of the not only confusion within our field, but the confusion of patients and families who are the consumers of palliative care and the referral sources. Their family may be impacted, they may have social pain. Is that what I’m hearing, Laura? 23:35 Right.

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On Racism & Ageism: Ramona Rhodes, Sharon Brangman, Tim Farrell, and Nancy Lundebjerg

GeriPal

I was involved in the ethics committee with Tim, and we started creating a series of webinars with an awesome group of collaborators that addressed implicit bias. It’s baked into people’s belief systems, who ultimately make laws and make policies, and it can influence healthcare.

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Assisted Living Communities: Podcast with Sheryl Zimmerman, Kenny Lam, and Ken Covinsky

GeriPal

For those of you who do family meetings, doesn’t that take a lot of time? What I’d like to see come out of it, and we’re going to be taking action, doing a webinar, and then trying… Not trying. And family members should know that this needs to go on.” ” Sheryl, what do you think?

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Hospital-at-Home: Bruce Leff and Tacara Soones

GeriPal

But as we talked to patients and providers, there was, really, this need for patients who wanted services, like IV antibiotics and IV fluids, but wanted to be able to spend that time at home, with their family, even if it meant it was their last days or weeks. We have, about, monthly webinars. We did our initial pilot study.

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