The Overlooked Never Event
by: Ryan Van Wert, MD John’s Story Since his college days, John was always a runner. Now at age 65, limping…
by: Ryan Van Wert, MD John’s Story Since his college days, John was always a runner. Now at age 65, limping…
In the notes of the three nephrologists who had seen Carlos Garcia in the weeks before me, I read about…
by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD There's been some terrific discussion about the ICU trial published in JAMA. I'd like to share…
by: Eric Widera (@ewidera) It was with some hesitancy I decided last year to take the VitalTalk Faculty Development course.…
My husband and I took a beginner’s improv class not long ago. Two of the most fundamental rules they taught…
by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD As it's early in the year, we usually like to post about some advice for trainees,…
by: Alex Smith @AlexSmithMD In a recent study in the American Journal of Infection Control, researchers coated a gloved hand in…
by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD What is this term "palliative chemotherapy"? Are the words "palliative" and "chemotherapy" so incompatible that their…
A video example of palliative care communication techniques in the wrong hands by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD Major paper in JAMA…
by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD Ronald Reagan died in 2004 of advanced dementia Some great paper GeriPal readers should be award…