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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 00:24 Great.

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Episode 263: Neurology VMR – Diplopia

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Neurology DDx Schema John Acquaviva @DrJAStrange John Acquaviva is a fourth-year medical student attending Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine in Erie, Pennsylvania. He has special interests in neurophysiology, autoimmune neurology, and neuroimmunology, but is excited about all neurological fields.

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

GeriPal

So has a special resonance for, I think, a lot of people who are Tragically H ip fans. I’ve been running a medical storytelling program called the Nocturnus. And it was born when I was a medical resident at UCSF Internal Medicine. There’s obviously a lot of flaws in the healthcare system.

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Poetry about Aging: Marilyn McEntyre and Guy Micco

GeriPal

Who is a long time teacher in the joint medical program, now Emeritus. Joint medical program is between UC Berkeley and UCSF. I was a medical student there some 25 years ago or so. Steve had a very special ability in that. Oh, is emeritus professor at UCSF, internal medicine. Have you ever done that?

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

GeriPal

Anna Pleet is an internal medicine resident at Allegheny Health Network who has a collection of amazing YouTube videos on aging and the Mediterranean diet. Elizabeth Eckstrom is a geriatrician, professor of medicine at OHSU, and author of a new book, the Gift of Aging. AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s) ™. Great to be here.

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Exploring the Nature of Chronic Pain with Haider Warraich

GeriPal

Haider: Yeah, this is a special song. And I was an internal medicine resident. Something that I’d very little experience of having been a medical student in Pakistan. Eric: I don’t think we’re going to mention the cardiovascular system during this podcast. But my editor cut it, to my dismay.

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Books on Becoming A Better Mentor (and Better Person): Bob Arnold

GeriPal

That happened to me when reading “Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World.” One of the things I’m now involved in teaching medical students and the bottom line is that everybody who’s in medical school is smart enough to graduate medical school. Eric: Yeah. I would always volunteer.

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