Center for Family Medicine

APRIL 21, 2025

Sleep apnea leads to poor sleep quality and potential health hazards like cardiovascular disease. Stress, alcohol use, caffeine, mental health challenges, or unhealthy work hours are typical risk factors. Some devices can provide helpful tips, leading to overall improvements in health and sleep.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Incarceration of BIPOC mothers 29:30 Health Impacts on Children and Young Adults with History of Parental Incarceration 35:24 Remedying Health of Women and Children Impacted by the Criminal Legal System 45:55 Key takeaways Episode Takeaways: Prisons are not places of healing.

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GeriPal

JULY 27, 2023

Alex: Here, I thought it was just like a relationship tension and breakup song. And very common symptom or coexists commonly with other health conditions and in medications that are used, impacted. But I’m also thinking about other health conditions and other medications that might be causing them trouble.

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The Physicians Foundation

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The State of Current and Future Physician Wellbeing Since the pandemic, the state of physician wellbeing remains low—and the wellbeing of residents and medical students is even lower. Burnout is leading to challenges and tragic outcomes affecting mental health with many still afraid of seeking help.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

MARCH 4, 2024

Together, our guests offer context around how the medical and carceral systems are deeply intertwined and go hand-in-hand. Further, they expand on this to discuss how we might use stories in the form of visionary and speculative fiction to reimagine new landscapes of health care.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Content Warning: This episode contains themes of violence, trauma-induced mental health concerns, and brief mentions of suicide. Appreciate how intergenerational trauma may surface amongst Asian-Americans, and how these intergenerational relationships may also offer fertile ground for generating understanding.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Jordan begins our episode by framing the racialization and criminalization of substance use in the larger history of the United States, emphasizing that American society has seen substance use as “criminal behavior” or a moral failing, rather than as a medical condition, which began towards the early 2000s.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Thats my main take-home point after learning from our three guests today when talking about trauma-informed care, an approach that highlights key principles including safety, trustworthiness, peer support, collaboration, empowerment, and cultural sensitivity. Eric 00:15 And we have three guests to help us talk about trauma informed care.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Panelists Elissa Kozlov and Desiree Azizoddin have no relationships to disclose. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit. Des, welcome to the GeriPal podcast. Eric: Yeah.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Unfortunately, medical practice does not always allow us to slow down and take this time to listen. When interviewing community members in Philadelphia, she shared that longstanding disinvestments in their communities made them feel “unimportant” and “neglected” by society, which had effects on their mental health.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

Panelists David Bekelman, Lyndsay DeGroot, and Diah Martina have no relationships to disclose. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit. These were general medical nurses or social workers. David: Thank you.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Harrison Time Stamps 00:00 Opening 00:45 Introductions 03:07 Guest Introduction 1 04:46 Guest Introduction 2 08:15 On the Intersection of Black, Fat, and Trans Communities and the Medical-Industrial Complex 13:35 History and the Racial Underpinnings of Food Shaming in the U.S.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

** Claim your CME credit for EP297 “The Nature of Suffering” [link] Note : If you have not already registered for the annual CME subscription ( cost is $100 for a year’s worth of CME podcasts ), you can register here [link] For more info on the CME credit, go to [link] Disclosures: Moderators Drs Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

And it’s with this information from the geriatric assessment that we can really create interventions, and so that’s something that Alex and I strongly believe that we should move forward with. So falls, mobility concerns, polypharmacy, comorbidities, nutrition, social support, and mental health.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

Lastly, we discuss Katie’s paper on substance use disorder in an aging population and how one can incorporate the 5 Ms (ie, matters most, medications, mind, mobility, and multicomplexity) into a framework for age-friendly care for older adults with substance use disorder. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024.

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Illness Patient-Centered Screening Clinic 136

GeriPal

JUNE 19, 2025

And so when I had decided to socially, medically, and surgically transition, I had to really sit down with members of the department and really did a lot of in services. Jace 29:36 We see higher rates of mental health challenges that I think are due to overcoming adversity. Eric 04:53 How is it public? Noelle Marie 04:57 Yeah.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 11, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary Four percent of deaths in Canada are due to Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID). Panelists Bill Gardner, Sonu Gaind, Leonie Herx have stated they have no relationships to disclose. What’s up with Medical aid in dying in Canada? Four percent. Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 11, 2022

He’s assistant professor of medicine at UCSF, and he’s one of my former research mentees, and he’s very interested in medical ethics and decision making in the ICU. I was a medical and psychiatric resident between 1977 and 1982. He is a pulmonologist and critical care physician. Brian: Thanks so much.

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GeriPal

MARCH 6, 2025

We discuss the principles of harm reduction, social determinants of health, and trauma informed care. How are the health systems designed or not designed to meet the needs of people experiencing homelessness? And during my residency training, upon myself to explore every social determinant of health.

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GeriPal

JULY 11, 2024

Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guests Kirsten Engel, Sarah Gillespie-Heyman, Brittany Waterman, & Amy Johnson have no relationships to disclose. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

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GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

A friend of GeriPal, and prior guest, Guy Micco commented today that we need an RCT for chaplaincy is like the idea that the humanities need to justify their value in medical training: “It’s like being told to measure the taste of orange juice with a ruler.” There was an assessment that was focused on four spiritual domains.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

And then we incorporated that information into the consultation process. Later on, of course, we added health professionals to, you know, give us more information. You just email them or email them information on prepare for your care. From just the abstracts we had so many questions. So their caregivers did focus groups.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 7, 2023

And it is going to affect, if it hasn’t already, our food quality, the food that’s available, our medications. There’s an issue with an extreme heat, the medications may lose its efficacy, and there’s certain medications that make someone more vulnerable to heat emissions- Eric: And the power outages that we see.

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Healthcare IT Education Hospital 129

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

They had access to the cancer center resources, but they didn’t have access to sort of regular contact with palliative care mental health professionals. It’s about establishing a relationship and rapport. Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Was that the same at MGH for.

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GeriPal

JULY 7, 2022

Well, Haider has an intimate relationship with pain, having experienced chronic pain himself and now having dove deep into the latest research on pain for his new book The Song of Our Scars: The Untold Story of Pain. . I thought I couldn’t finish medical school. I heard this loud click. I couldn’t move any of my body.

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GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

I’ve been on a quest to build those services and support so that people can make true, informed decisions for themselves and their families. I have 24,500 veterans on our caseload, 14,000 individuals with diagnosed mental health issue, 8,500 with an alcohol and substance abuse. Eric: Great, thank you both.

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Maine Academy of Family Physicians

JUNE 21, 2024

Please consider getting involved here in Maine - the Maine Medical Association & the Maine Osteopathic Association have a joint Legislative Committee that meets weekly during the session (usually January - May). Family Physicians Relieved SCOTUS Preserves Patient-Physician Relationship The June 13 U.S.

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Medical Xpress

JUNE 8, 2025

This research can inform future beach safety strategies and educational initiatives." More information: Buly A Cardak et al, The safety actions of surfers in Victoria, Australia: Assessing the impact of water safety and first aid training, Safety Science (2025). The content is provided for information purposes only.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

MAY 2, 2023

Together, our guests explain how trauma shows up in those who experience resettlement, and the role of trauma-informed and culturally-responsive care for refugee, asylee, and immigrant population in clinical practice.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 12, 2024

We are delighted to welcome back returning guest Jenny Blumenthal-Barb y , who’s a philosopher and bioethicist and associate director of the center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the Baylor College of Medicine. And so there’s chances that we could do better with this information. Jenny 01:27 Thanks.

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GeriPal

JUNE 2, 2022

But we have very little information, almost no information. People who had had long standing relationships with their doctors wanted to change doctors. Part of our recovery is mental health and seeing each other’s faces. And all these tools I’m mentioning to you are medical. Eric: Yeah.

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