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

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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 00:03 This is Alex Smith.

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Should you have a coach? Greg Pawlson, Beth Griffiths, & Vicky Tang

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Eric: … the acknowledgement more, do you want to specialize in geriatrics and be that your focus, or do you want to just have really good skills- Greg: Yes, absolutely. For me, I personally prefer folks that have walked in my shoes, or are specialized in, for example, academic life or something like that. I never did fellowship.

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Prevention of Dementia: Kristine Yaffe

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It’s just another example of, I think, that there’s a little extra special sauce there in the Beeson program. Should do medicine?” ” Because I loved internal medicine. I was a psychobiology major, surprise, surprise, one of the first at Yale. Should I do neuro? But something with behavior.

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Palliative Care Pioneer: Susan Block

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Susan led the Project on Death in America’s Faculty Scholars program , used her dual training in internal medicine and psychiatry to shine a light on psychosocial aspects of palliative care, and founded the Department of Psychosocial Care at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. . That was one thing.

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Music as Medicine: Jenny Chen, Tyler Jorgensen, & Theresa Allison

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My voice is nothing special. MOC points per podcast in the American Board of Internal Medicines (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. The post Music as Medicine: Jenny Chen, Tyler Jorgensen, & Theresa Allison appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional.

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Guidelines or Goals in Heart Failure: A Podcast with Parag Goyal, Nicole Superville, and Matthew Shuster

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Because I think we have someone special, a guest host. The post Guidelines or Goals in Heart Failure: A Podcast with Parag Goyal, Nicole Superville, and Matthew Shuster appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional. Transcript Eric 00:00 Welcome to the GeriPal podcast.

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Comics and Humor in Palliative Care: A Podcast with Nathan Gray

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Times , The BMJ , and Annals of Internal Medicine. . I think that there are times when we use humor to cope, and that’s a special and very tender space for of people to share in, but is not something that you want to expose to the light of the world. Alex: And you published in Washington Post, Annals of Internal Medicine.

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