Influence of Hospital Culture on Intensity of Care: Liz Dzeng
December 14, 2023
One of the things I love about Liz Dzeng’s work is the way in which it draws upon, echoes, and…
Aging and Climate Change: Karl Pillemer, Leslie Wharton, & Ruth McDermott-Levy
December 7, 2023
To my teenagers, climate change is an existential crisis. It’s the end of the world as we know it. They…
Redefining Alzheimer’s Disease: A Podcast with Heather Whitson, Jason Karlawish, Lon Schneider
December 1, 2023
There is a growing push to change how we define Alzheimer’s disease from what was historically a clinically defined syndrome…
Should you have a coach? Greg Pawlson, Beth Griffiths, & Vicky Tang
November 9, 2023
Coaching is in. During the later stages of the pandemic, it seemed every other person, and particularly the junior faculty…
The Future of Geriatrics: A Podcast with Jerry Gurwitz, Ryan Chippendale, and Mike Harper
November 2, 2023
What does the future hold for geriatrics? I’ve seen this question come up a lot since finishing fellowship nearly two…
Palliative Rehab?!?: Ann Henshaw, Tamra Keeney, and Sarguni Singh
October 26, 2023
Often podcasts meet clinical reality. That’s why we do this podcast- to address real world issues in palliative care, geriatrics,…
POLST Evidence and Update: Kelly Vranas, Abby Dotson, Karl Steinberg, and Scott Halpern
October 19, 2023
What level of evidence do we need for POLST to use it ourselves, to advocate for wider usage, and for…
Surgical Communication: A Podcast with Gretchen Schwarze, Justin Clapp and Alexis Colley
October 12, 2023
For surgeons and patients, deciding if and when to operate can be challenging. Often, the way surgeons communicate about these…
The Language of Serious Illness: A Podcast with Sunita Puri, Bob Arnold, and Jacqueline Kruser
October 5, 2023
Communicating about a serious illness is hard. Last week’s podcast we talked about the challenge around miscommunication in serious illness.…
Miscommunication in Medicine: A podcast with Shunichi Nakagawa, Abby Rosenberg and Don Sullivan
September 28, 2023
Medical communication is tough, although fundamentally at its most basic unit of delivery, it includes really only three steps. First,…