GeriPal - A Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine Podcast
A geriatrics and palliative medicine podcast for every health care professional.
Two UCSF doctors, Eric Widera and Alex Smith, invite the brightest minds in geriatrics, hospice, and palliative care to talk about the topics that you care most about, ranging from recently published research in the field to controversies that keep us up at night. You'll laugh, learn, and maybe sing along.
CME and MOC credit available (AMA PRA Category 1 credits) at www.geripal.org
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 42 minutes
- Episodes
- 373
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Covid19: Podcast with Lona Mody and John Mills
Covid19 is changing the way we interact with each other (from 6 feet away or via Zoom) the way we care for out patients (increasingly by video or telephone) and for some unfortunate few, the way we d…
00:36:21 |
Wed 18 Mar 2020
Project ENABLE: Podcast with Marie Bakitas and Nick Dionne-Odom
Project ENABLE is a landmark palliative care intervention. And yet, I will admit (Eric did too) we didn’t really understand what it was. So we interviewed ENABLE founder Dr. Marie Bakitas and ENABLE …
00:51:10 |
Thu 12 Mar 2020
Uncovering Medication Related Problems: A Podcast with Mike Steinman and Francesca Nicosia
"Tell me about the problems you have with your medications." A simple open-ended question that is probably rarely asked, but goes beyond the traditional problems that clinicians worry about, like non…
00:40:17 |
Thu 05 Mar 2020
Home-based Palliative Care: Podcast with Brook Calton and Grant Smith
Home-based palliative care is booming. And with the growth of home-based palliative care come unique struggles and challenges: how can it be financed, what does the ideal team look like (or do you ne…
00:40:58 |
Thu 27 Feb 2020
Health Care of Older Persons - Time to Think Different: A Podcast with David Reuben
On this week's podcast we have the honor of talking with David Reuben about health care for older adults and how it's time to think different. It really is a smörgåsbord of topics, ranging from how t…
00:39:23 |
Thu 20 Feb 2020
All about Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators and Resynchronization: Podcast with Dan Matlock
We had fun on this in-studio podcast with Dan Matlock, geriatrician and palliative care clinician researcher at the University of Colorado, and frequent guest and host on GeriPal. We most recently ta…
00:37:29 |
Thu 13 Feb 2020
Food Insecurity in Older Adults: Podcast with Hilary Seligman
In this week’s podcast we talk about food insecurity in older adults with UCSF’s Hilary Seligman, MD. Hilary has done pioneering work in this area. Some of this work was funded by Archstone Foundatio…
00:46:37 |
Thu 06 Feb 2020
Geriatric Assessment in Oncology Practice: Podcast with Supriya and William Dale
Should Geriatric Assessments be part of the routine ontological care for older adults with cancer? On this weeks podcast we attempt to answer this question with national experts in Geriatric Oncology…
00:42:20 |
Thu 30 Jan 2020
Depression at the end of life: Podcast with Elissa Kozlov and Claire Ankuda
You’ve probably heard patients say, “Of course I’m depressed, I’m dying. Wouldn’t you be?” This is a fundamental question - to what extent are depressive symptoms “normal” at the end of life? To what…
00:43:39 |
Thu 23 Jan 2020
Opioids for Breathlessness: A Podcast with David Currow
Do opioids improve breathlessness? A simple question that unfortunately doesn't seem to have a simple answer. We get into the nitty-gritty of potential answers to this question with a preeminent rese…
00:43:49 |
Thu 16 Jan 2020
Integrating Social Care into Health Care: Podcast with Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo
In this weeks podcast we talk with Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, general internist, Professor of Medicine and Epi/Biostats at UCSF, and chair of a National Academies of Sciences task force on Integrating …
00:37:49 |
Thu 19 Dec 2019
Do Nurses Die Differently: A Podcast with Julie Bynum
On this weeks podcast we talk to Julie Bynum on the question "Do Nurses Die Differently?" based on her recent publication in JAGS titled "Serious Illness and End-of-Life Treatments for Nurses Compare…
00:37:01 |
Thu 05 Dec 2019
Patient Priorities Care: Podcast with Mary Tinetti
We have had some amazing guests on our Podcast. True luminaries in geriatrics and palliative care. This week we are fortunate to be joined by none other than Mary Tinetti, MD, to talk about her recen…
00:45:19 |
Wed 27 Nov 2019
The 100th GeriPal Podcast Special - It's a Celebration
On today's podcast we take a moment to celebrate 100 episodes of the GeriPal podcast. Yes, 100 episodes that have covered everything from cranberry juice for UTIs to medical aid in dying. In this epi…
00:36:01 |
Wed 20 Nov 2019
Palliative Care in Nursing Homes: Discussion of a Multinational Trial with Lieve Van den Block
Nursing homes are a tough place to do palliative care. There is extremely high staff turnover, physicians are often not present except for the occasional monthly visit, many residents die with untrea…
00:45:37 |
Thu 14 Nov 2019
Allowing for Chemotherapy in Hospice: A Podcast About Concurrent Care With Vince Mor
A recent study by Vince Mor published in JAMA Oncology found that veterans with advanced lung cancer treated in Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Centers with high hospice use were more likely to receive…
00:35:49 |
Thu 31 Oct 2019
Health Navigators Improve Dementia Care: Podcast with Kate Possin and Sarah Dulaney
Do you remember the scene from the movie The Graduate where Ben's dad says, "One word: Plastics"? Well, I write this blog post from the National Palliative Care Research Center's annual Foley retreat…
00:39:23 |
Thu 24 Oct 2019
Architecture and Medicine: Podcast with Diana Anderson and Emi Kyota
Before we get into this week's topic, would you please take 1 MINUTE to complete this GeriPal survey! It will really help us out. We swear, only 1 minute! Click the link below to access the survey (o…
00:47:08 |
Thu 17 Oct 2019
Opening the Black Box of LTACs: Podcast with Anil Makam
What happens in Long Term Acute Care Hospitals, or LTACs (pronounced L-tacs)? I've never been in one. I've sent patients to them - usually patients with long ICU stays, chronically critically ill, wi…
00:35:58 |
Thu 10 Oct 2019
Geroscience and it's Impact on the Human Healthspan: A podcast with John Newman
Ok, I'll admit it. When I hear the phrase "the biology of aging" I'm mentally preparing myself to only understand about 5% of what the presenter is going to talk about (that's on a good day). While I…
00:46:59 |
Thu 03 Oct 2019
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