Physician's Weekly

JUNE 15, 2025

This review compares guidelines from the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the European School of Oncology-European Society of Medical Oncology (ESO-ESMO), the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), and the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC) for managing sexual health symptoms.

Management 52

Management Referral Relationship Physicals 52

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!

Telehealth 106

Telehealth Patient-Centered IT Patients 106

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The insight started when Carmen, an orthopedic surgeon-researcher, and Katie, a physical therapist- researcher participated in ride-alongs with EMS providers to patient’s homes. Panelists Carmen Quatman and Katie Quatman-Yates have no relationships to disclose. laughter] Carmen, welcome to the GeriPal podcast! Carmen: Thank you.

Community 116

Community Transportation IT PCP 116

GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

Emmy: But we know that physiologic changes with aging, like decreasing night vision and so forth, as well as medications, as well as medical conditions, can all affect whether you can drive. Or somebody who has other physical cognitive problems at any age. They’re really not. Those things do just accumulate with age.

Families 102

Families IT Family Diagnosis 102

GeriPal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Summary Transcript CME Summary When treating heart failure, how do we distinguish between the expanding list of medications recommended for “Guideline Directed Medical Therapy” (GDMT) and what might be considered runaway polypharmacy? He’s a medical director of H ebrew S enior L ife outpatient clinic at Newbridge.

Primary Care 114

Primary Care Patient-Centered IT Patients 114

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Panelists Elissa Kozlov and Desiree Azizoddin have no relationships to disclose. A lot of those symptoms of depression can also be attributed to different kinds of physical symptoms. If you’re low energy, well, is that the illness or depression? Eric: Go ahead.

Mental Health 123

Mental Health Patient-Centered Illness Screening 123

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

And then the duo, physical and cognitive function, those are the seven that… Alex: Oh, that’s a good way of remembering it. ” Whether it’s referrals that need to be made, or whether they’re specific actions that the person at home needs to take, like a home safety change. Drugs has to do with polypharmacy.

Patient-Centered 130

Patient-Centered IT Patients Clinic 130

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. Eric 07:08 Which of the patients that you think you’re helpful for, you want referrals? Eric 07:02 And real quick, Sarah, who do you see?

Patient-Centered 110

Patient-Centered IT Patients Clinic 110

GeriPal

MARCH 6, 2025

link] Toronto Star Feature [link] CityNews Toronto Feature [link] Psychosocial Interventions at PEACH In addition to medical care, PEACH also runs two key psychosocial interventions for our clients: PEACH Grief Circles Structured spaces for workers in the homelessness sector to process grief. those experiencing homelessness).

Healthcare 102

Healthcare IT Community Illness 102

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.

IT 99

IT Patient-Centered Families Family 99

GeriPal

OCTOBER 27, 2022

But if they’re not going to live another 20 years, then there’s no point in giving them the extra medication for lowering their A1C. So just using in that context of a trusted kind of clinician-patient relationship and seeing how we can better improve shared decision-making. ” It allows that relationship.

IT 95

IT Clinic Screening Patients 95

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

And now when I think about the clinic at Duke, when we’re really running on all cylinders, we can get ourselves up to a five, six, seven week wait for a new palliative care referral. It’s about establishing a relationship and rapport. It’s not just about physical symptom management. It’s about coping.

Patient-Centered 120

Patient-Centered IT Patients Hospital 120

GeriPal

JUNE 6, 2024

There is a patient caregiver relationship that evolves over time, and there’s less of a focus on intimacy in that relationship. It sits at the intersection of emotion, interpersonal, physical, psychological, cultural. So there’s a lot of factors that contribute beyond the biology, if you will. You can’t even.

Illness 131

Illness IT Physicals Patients 131

GeriPal

MARCH 27, 2025

But most people with dementia are initially diagnosed and medically managed in primary care, and they really desire clinicians to initiate these conversations but there are a number of really important barriers for these conversations taking place. Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. We were agnostic on the timing.

Primary Care 80

Primary Care IT Clinic Illness 80