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
Mark Supiano Podcast - How Low Should We Go with Blood Pressure in Older Adults
In this GeriPal Podcast we talk with Dr. Mark A. Supiano about a blood pressure management in older adults in the light of new evidence from the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT). I…
00:29:54 |
Tue 28 Feb 2017
Jessica Zitter on Palliative Care in the ICU
We talk with Dr. Jessica Zitter, a pulmonary critical care and palliative medicine physician, and author of Extreme Measures: Finding a Better Path to the End of Life. We talk with Jessica about her …
00:28:56 |
Mon 20 Feb 2017
Nate Goldstein - The Role of Palliative Care in Heart Failure
On todays podcast we interview Nathan Goldstein, MD, Chief of the Division of Palliative Care for Mount Sinai Beth Israel. We discuss his experiences and research focused on improving communication a…
00:21:40 |
Wed 01 Feb 2017
Vicki Jackson on Building the Evidence Base for Palliative Care
On todays podcast, we talk with Vicki Jackson, Chief of the Palliative Care Division at Massachusetts General Hospital and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, about her work in…
00:23:04 |
Sun 22 Jan 2017
Rejecting Neutrality - Reducing Burdensome Hospitalizations For Nursing Home Residents
Nursing home residents are often sent to the hospital for care that often offers little hope of improving quality of life or changing the course of illness. Some facilities though seem to do much bet…
00:20:02 |
Thu 15 Dec 2016
Improving Serious Illness Communication By Developing Formulations
Clinical formulations, something that few of us outside of mental health providers know about, but are critical in improving communication skills, especially around serious illness. Learn about them …
00:20:53 |
Thu 08 Dec 2016
The Conversation - Angelo Volandes On Video Advance Care Planning
On todays podcast, we talk with Angelo Volandes about the use of video to improve advance care planning.
00:24:52 |
Thu 01 Dec 2016
Cranberries and Urinary Tract Infections
Just in time for Thanksgiving, we are having an episode dedicated to the humble cranberry. We discuss the use of cranberries to preventing urinary tract infections with Dr. Manisha Juthani-Mehta. In …
00:22:15 |
Tue 22 Nov 2016
Hallelujah: Integrating Primary Palliative Care In The ICU
There are a lot of ways one can imagine on how to integrate palliative care into the intensive care unit (ICU). Today, we talk with ICU doctor and researcher, Bill Ehlenback, about his recent study o…
00:24:36 |
Sat 19 Nov 2016
Sweet Little Lies: When Is It Ok To Lie To Patients?
Truth telling is an ethical pillar of medicine. But, are there instances when it is ever ok to lie? In this episode of the GeriPal podcast we explore the use of deception and lies in modern healthcar…
00:27:29 |
Wed 02 Nov 2016
Keep Your Hands To Yourself - Mechanical ventilation in Advanced Dementia
This week’s GeriPal podcast is all about mechanical ventilation in nursing home residents with advanced dementia. In particular, we discuss a new finding that use of mechanical ventilation doubled fo…
00:14:57 |
Thu 27 Oct 2016
When Breath Becomes Air - A Review of a Review
The second GeriPal podcast is a book review of "When Breath Becomes Air."
00:14:58 |
Tue 18 Oct 2016
Bed Alarms and why Not to Use Them
This is the first of the GeriPal podcasts focused on all things geriatrics, hospice, and palliative care.
00:15:13 |
Wed 05 Oct 2016
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