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
Gretchen Schwarze on Using Scenario Planning to Facilitate Informed Decision Making
On this GeriPal podcast we discuss the value of "scenario planning" in informed decision making with Gretchen Schwarze, Associate Professor in the Division of Vascular Surgery at the University of Wi…
00:34:11 |
Tue 10 Oct 2017
Songs that Inspire, Move, or Make Us Think about Geriatrics or Palliative Care
Back in 2009, Pallimed created one of my favorite posts titled "Top 10 Contemporary Palliative Care Songs". In it, they made a list of "contemporary" songs from many different genres that have pallia…
00:17:15 |
Mon 11 Sep 2017
Sarah Hooper on Medical Legal Practice Clinics for Seniors
On this weeks podcast, we have Sarah Hooper, J.D., the Executive Director of the UCSF/UC Hastings Consortium on Law, Science and Health Policy, an interprofessional partnerships in education, researc…
00:32:53 |
Wed 06 Sep 2017
Zara Cooper the Need to Integrate Geriatrics and Palliative Care into Trauma Surgery
Zara Cooper the Need to Integrate Geriatrics and Palliative Care into Trauma Surgery by Alex Smith and Eric Widera
00:26:39 |
Fri 01 Sep 2017
How to have a code status conversation with Laura Petrillo and a live studio audience
How to have a code status conversation with Laura Petrillo and a live studio audience by Alex Smith and Eric Widera
00:36:34 |
Thu 17 Aug 2017
Vicki Jackson and David Ryan: Living with Cancer
Vicki Jackson and David Ryan: Living with Cancer by Alex Smith and Eric Widera
00:32:15 |
Mon 07 Aug 2017
The Battle For Veterans' Healthcare: An Interview with Suzanne Gordon
The Veterans Healthcare System is the largest integrated healthcare system in the United States and one that trains the majority of physicians who practice in the US. We interview journalist and auth…
00:35:33 |
Tue 01 Aug 2017
Optimizing Aging Collaborative: An Interview with Anna Chodos
We interview Anna Chodos, Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine and Division of Geriatrics at UCSF, about her work in creating the Optimizing Aging Collaborative. The collaborative's goal…
00:29:33 |
Sat 22 Jul 2017
Life After the Diagnosis: A Podcast with Steve Pantilat
On today's podcast, we interview Steve Pantilat about his new book "Life After the Diagnosis: Expert Advice on Living Well with Serious Illness for Patients and Caregivers." Steve is a Professor of M…
00:27:28 |
Mon 10 Jul 2017
Making Friends with the Enemies of the People: an Interview with NY Times Reporter Paula Span
This week's GeriPal Podcast features NY Times journalist Paula Span about what we can do as educators, as researchers, and as clinicians, to collaborate with the media. During Paula's extensive caree…
00:23:59 |
Thu 22 Jun 2017
How to Recommend to Stop Cancer Screening: An Interview with Nancy Shoenborn
What should you say to your older patient when it's time to stop cancer screening? This week's GeriPal Podcast features Nancy Shoenborn, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Shoenbor…
00:24:15 |
Sat 17 Jun 2017
Vanessa Grubbs on Hundreds of Interlaced Fingers
Today's GeriPal Podcast features Vanessa Grubbs, a nephrologist and Associate Professor of Medicine at UCSF. Vanessa talks with us about her forthcoming book titled, "Hundreds of Interlaced Fingers,"…
00:30:38 |
Fri 09 Jun 2017
Sandra Moody on Palliative Care in Japan
For this week's GeriPal podcast we talk with Sandra Moody, MD, about her experiences in geriatrics and palliative care in Kamogawa City, Japan. Sandra helped to start the hospice and palliative care …
00:23:18 |
Wed 31 May 2017
Rebecca Sudore on Advance Care Planning: The Prepare Trial
We talked with Rebecca about the results of The Prepare Trail, a randomized controlled trial of an easy-to-read advance directive PLUS a web-based decision aid vs the easy-to-read advance directive a…
00:19:35 |
Thu 18 May 2017
Churning Patients Through Care Settings at the End Of Life: An Interview with Shi-Yi Wang
A study published in JAGS reported approximately one-third of the Medicare beneficiaries who died in 2011 had four or more transitions within their last 6 months of life. We discuss with the studies …
00:23:06 |
Wed 10 May 2017
Samir Sinha: Redesigning Health Care Systems to Be Elder Friendly
On todays podcast, we interview Dr. Samir K. Sinha, MD on how he has influenced local and national policy to redesign the care we give to older adults. Dr. Sinha is the Director of Geriatrics at the …
00:36:49 |
Tue 02 May 2017
Palliative Care in Rural America: An Interview with Michael Fratkin
On this weeks podcast, we interview Michael D. Fratkin, a palliative care clinician and founder of ResolutionCare, a palliative care service for rural and resource poor areas in Northern California. …
00:31:23 |
Tue 25 Apr 2017
Sean Morrison on the Current State of Palliative Care
Today's GeriPal podcast features Sean Morrison, Geriatrician and Palliative Medicine physician, director of the National Palliative Care Research Center and the Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute at…
00:22:13 |
Tue 18 Apr 2017
Laura Hanson on Improving Advanced Dementia Care in Nursing Homes
Today's GeriPal podcast features Laura Hanson, Geriatrician and Palliative Medicine physician at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Laura discusses her recent JAMA RCT of a goals of care …
00:25:49 |
Mon 03 Apr 2017
Muriel Gillick: On Being Old and Sick in America's Health Care System
We discuss with geriatrician, palliative care clinician, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, and author Muriel Gillick about the state of our current health care system for older adults …
00:29:01 |
Tue 28 Mar 2017
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