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Exploring Medical Trainees Perspectives on Narrative Medicine Education and Narrative Humility [Qualitative research]

Annals of Family Medicine

Population Studied: Participants were mainly medical students, as well as residents and clinicians. Intervention: We designed an hour-long student-led workshop to present to event attendees, focusing on narrative structures, their powerful influence on the illness experience, and the concept of narrative humility.

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Clinical Reasoning Corner: Illness Script

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Today we are going to talk about Illness scripts ! Define an illness script 2.- Describe the core components of an illness script 3.- Demonstrate the utility of an illness script in clinical reasoning 4.- Practice applying an illness script as a learning tool What is an Illness script? So let’s dive in!

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How Locum Tenens Fits Into Modern Healthcare Staffing Solutions

Barton Associates

Doing so builds your reputation in the community as a trusted source of excellent care, but relying solely on permanent staff can present challenges in maintaining this standard. Relying solely on permanent staff can lead to periods of over- or under-staffing, as patient volumes fluctuate due to various factors: Seasonal illnesses (e.g.,

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Episode 209: Antiracism in Medicine Series – Episode 12 – Our Land is Our Health: Addressing Anti-Indigenous Racism in Medicine

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Episode Learning Objectives: After listening to this episode learners will be able to… Understand the historical and present-day role of settler colonialism behind health disparities in Indigenous populations. Tom Sequist “Paving the Way — Providing Opportunities for Native American Students” N Engl J Med 2005; 353:1884-1886.

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Rethinking Opioid Conversions: Mary Lynn McPherson and Drew Rosielle

GeriPal

And really, the best that had ever been looked at, especially in our population and sort of a cancer serious illness population. I expect my colleagues to know that there’s a large amount of sophisticated, nuanced knowledge that all of us who do high risk pain management for seriously ill patients need to be aware of.

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Avoiding the Uncanny Valley in Serious Illness Communication: Josh Briscoe

GeriPal

Coming off as rote and scripted during a serious illness conversation can have a similar off-putting impact on patients and families. One bump is just the classic pitfalls we often talk about in serious illness communication: being very jargony, very information focused, and just providing information. It flows very well. Eric: Yeah.

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Storycatching: Podcast with Heather Coats and Thor Ringler

GeriPal

Many links: VA Presents: My Life, My Story: George: A Voice To Be Heard on Apple Podcasts. Unpacking characteristics of spirituality through the lens of persons of colour living with serious illness: The need for nurse-based education to increase understanding of the spiritual dimension in healthcare. Tell me about your illness.