Joy in Family Medicine Coaching

JANUARY 17, 2025

If you’re already waking up refreshed and energized throughout the day—keep doing what works for you. However, most physicians will admit they’re running low on sleep, whether it’s due to intrinsic or external factors, or choices within their control. Let’s apply these proven sleep hygiene tips to our own lives.

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My Green Doctor

APRIL 4, 2025

In This Issue : New Research: Teaching Patients about Climate Resilience Make the Pledge Today to Go Green Get Ready for Earth Day 2025 (part 2)! It tells your office colleagues and patients that your healthcare practice or clinic is committed to forging a healthier work space and community. of total U.S.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 26, 2025

For physicians, nurses, medical assistants, and support staff, workplace violence (WPV) is now a daily hazard, inflicting physical injury, emotional trauma, and eroding the quality of patient care. The emergency room has become a pressure cooker, and healthcare professionals are paying the price. The Warner Bros.

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Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

MAY 15, 2025

Make An Impact on Your Community Healthcare is more than a job — it’s a calling. Many healthcare professionals are drawn to the field because they want to help others and make a positive impact on people’s lives. For some, that involves providing high-quality care to individual patients.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

Patients with ulcerative colitis report better quality of life after IPAA, but bowel symptoms like urgency and incontinence continue to have a negative impact. They asked the patients with various pouch-related conditions about their post-IPAA experiences and symptoms. Barnes, MD, MPH tells Physician’s Weekly ( PW ).

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Center for Family Medicine

MAY 14, 2025

With appropriate treatment and proactive measures, individuals with arthritis can improve daily life while minimizing discomfort and adding years of relief. A pharmacist or doctor should advise on the best dosage to meet individual needs. Consulting a healthcare professional is crucial before beginning any new regimen.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 11, 2025

First, to meet protein needs, patients can be counseled to include 30 grams of high-quality protein sources at each meal. I envision primary care clinicians playing an important role in assessing the individual needs of the older adult patient and helping them access essential elements of the care plan.

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Plum Health

MAY 19, 2023

Raquel Orlich treats a Plum Health member Are you a self-employed individual, uninsured, underinsured, or enrolled in a high deductible catastrophic health plan in the Detroit or Royal Oak area? Ready to transform your healthcare experience? Always consult with a healthcare professional for any medical condition or health concern.

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My Green Doctor

MAY 3, 2025

Powering Health, Protecting the Planet – Why Renewable Energy Belongs in Every Clinic Healthcare professionals have always been trusted voices on public health. This isn’t just about saving the planet—it’s also about saving money, protecting patients, and strengthening our healthcare systems from the inside out.

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BMJ

DECEMBER 16, 2021

following individual or groups of participants). Specifically, LQR can illuminate patients’ experience of both health and primary care services over time, and explore the transition process from the perspective of individuals (including patients, healthcare professionals and policy makers) and organisations.

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Rao Doctor

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

F (37°C), although this can vary slightly among individuals and throughout the day. Hello friend, I am sure that you must have suffered umpteen times with high body temperature aka fever. In this article today, I am going to answer a few frequently asked questions about this illness and also learn how to get rid of it. What does fever do?

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Imperial Center Family Medicine

JUNE 9, 2025

Effective blood pressure management requires taking the appropriate medicine as prescribed by a healthcare professional and implementing appropriate lifestyle changes. Many individuals with high blood pressure must take specific drugs to keep it at a healthy level. The goal is to find the best mix with minimal side effects.

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Imperial Center Family Medicine

JUNE 9, 2025

Effective blood pressure management requires taking the appropriate medicine as prescribed by a healthcare professional and implementing appropriate lifestyle changes. Many individuals with high blood pressure must take specific drugs to keep it at a healthy level. The goal is to find the best mix with minimal side effects.

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East Cary Family Physicians

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Genetic counseling and testing can help individuals understand their risk. The average risk of a woman in the U.S. developing breast cancer sometime in her life is about 12%, or a 1 in 8 chance. While it primarily affects women, men can also develop this disease. Understanding Signs and Symptoms: Breast cancer can manifest in various ways.

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GeriPal

MAY 19, 2022

A patient is on morphine and you want to convert it to another opioid like hydromorphone (dilaudid). Dr. Akhila Reddy and colleagues study looking at converting hospitalized cancer patients from IV hydromorphone to PO morphine, PO hydromorphone, or PO oxycodone. Summary Transcript Summary. How do you do that? Mary Lynn: Thank you.

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GeriPal

MARCH 14, 2024

This simple challenge was focused on putting ourselves in the shoes of our patients with dysphagia who are prescribed thickened liquids. We also talk about the importance of a proactive approach to involving speech-language pathologists in the care of individuals early on with neurodegenerative diseases like dementia and ALS.

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Family Physicians of Greeley

MAY 17, 2023

If you struggle with sleep difficulties, consider implementing relaxation techniques or consulting with a healthcare professional. Surround yourself with supportive and positive individuals who uplift you and provide a sense of belonging. Maintaining good mental health is essential for our overall well-being.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 4, 2022

My take home from this is that while the most preferred explanation for deprescribing statins and sedative-hypnotics is one focused on the risk of side effects, we also need to individualize it to the patient and the medication that they are taking. Alex: No, I think we did one other super special. Alex: So this is Super special 2.

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GeriPal

JUNE 20, 2024

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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GeriPal

OCTOBER 13, 2022

When I’m on service these days there is inevitably a moment when a resident says “Patient so-and-so is on X” – and I have absolutely no idea what X is. It’s Lona Mody who is a translational infectious disease researcher at the University of Michigan and VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System. Summary Transcript Summary.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 2, 2022

So on today’s podcast we invite four brilliant individuals to talk about their perspective on how to change how we as a society and health care system partner with individuals with dementia. She directs UCSF MERI’s patient, family, and clinician support with classes and consultation on resiliency, well-being, and grief.

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GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

What should we use to screen individuals? Summary Transcript Summary The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) concluded back in 2000 that there is insufficient evidence to recommend for or against routine screening for dementia in older adults. Should it? If so, how do we screen and who do we screen? Who should get it if anyone?

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GeriPal

MAY 5, 2022

We talk with Nick and Meg about: Why hearing loss is important not just in geriatrics but also for those caring for seriously ill individuals. Communication techniques we can use when talking to individuals with hearing loss. COVID-19, masks, and hearing difficulty: Perspectives of healthcare providers. I’m guessing not.

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GeriPal

JUNE 8, 2023

When I’m on palliative care consults and attending in our hospice unit we have to counsel patients about deprescribing and de-intensifying diabetes medications. And we invited Tamryn Gray from the Dana Farber joins us to ask insightful questions, including: What blood sugar range should we target for patients in the nursing home or hospice?

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

AUGUST 25, 2020

Pearls Defining Structural Racism Structural racism is a term that acknowledges that racism is perpetuated beyond individual interactions and interpersonal racism, but is present in the systems and policies that govern our everyday lives.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary Coaching is in. During the later stages of the pandemic, it seemed every other person, and particularly the junior faculty in our Division, were either being coached, in training to coach, or coaching others. When I was a junior faculty, coaching wasn’t a thing. We address: What is coaching? This is Eric Widera.

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FDA Law

MARCH 16, 2023

This device is indicated for the following use: for the rapid, qualitative detection of SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein antigens directly in anterior nasal swab specimens from individuals with signs and symptoms of upper respiratory infection (i.e., symptomatic) when testing is started within 6 days of symptom onset.

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GeriPal

MAY 11, 2023

Kristine, do you have a song request for Alex? Kristine: Well, I did have a song, but I was negligent at giving it to him. So, he tried to read my mind… Eric: What was your song? Kristine: I was going to do David Bowie Changes for a variety of reasons, but it was sort of somewhat around the topic. Alex: (singing) Eric: That was wonderful.

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GeriPal

JUNE 12, 2025

Summary Transcript CME Summary If you’re anything like me, you might find the process of what happens to patients when they visit a radiation oncologist somewhat mysterious. Anish 01:02 Well, I speak, you know, from a physician lens of some of the patients that I get referred, and by the time there’s. Emily, welcome to GeriPal.

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GeriPal

JUNE 19, 2025

Noelle Marie 01:24 I think it really speaks a lot to my own personal journey and I’m pretty sure a lot of trans and gender diverse individuals also resonate with and it really speaks about our transition, celebrating our authentic selves, how society views us and how we view ourselves when we stand in front of a mirror.

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Rao Doctor

APRIL 3, 2025

Rectal method is more appropriate for infants, children and unconscious or comatose patients who are not able to hold the thermometer in their mouth. The choice of method depends on the patient’s age, condition, and preference, with rectal measurements often being the most precise for infants and young children.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Along the way we address: Is this degree of slowed cognitive decline meaningful to patients or care partners? Eric: So patient narrative storytelling, independent of what we call it, I’d like to turn to both of you and just how you got interested in this as a subject. Summary Transcript Summary. Transcript. Here we go.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

He also found gaps, including very few studies of patients with lung disease, and little impact of trials on quality of life. Summary Transcript Summary In a JAMA 2020 systematic review of palliative care for non-cancer serious illness, Kieran Quinn found many positives, as we discussed on our podcast and in our editorial. Is it you Lyndsay?

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GeriPal

JANUARY 30, 2025

In one corner, weighing in at decades of experience, well known for heavy hits of bedside assessments, strong patient-family relationships, and a knockout punch of interdisciplinary collaboration, we have in-person palliative care consults. Summary Transcript CME Summary It is a battle royale on this weeks GeriPal podcast. But watch out!

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GeriPal

AUGUST 29, 2024

We must often deliver complex medical information that carries heavy emotional weight in pressured settings to individuals with varying cultural backgrounds, values, and beliefs. We’re going to be talking about a little bit about this book, V ital T alk and thinking that the navigating communication with serious ill patients by.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

We talk about what is heart failure, particularly HFpEF, how we treat it (including the use of sodium–glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2’s), and how we should apply guidelines to individual patients, especially those with multimorbidity who are taking a lot of other medications. He’s in Boston. Parag 01:06 Thank you.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

We address: Why is caring for patients with this overlap so hard? Sach Kale set up an outpatient clinic focused on substance use disorder for patients with cancer. Who follows the patient once the cancer goes into remission? What is making this hard for me? What is harm reduction and how can we implement it in practice?

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