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Anti-inflammatory Pain Management with Dr Saloni Sharma
Dr. Saloni Sharma is our special guest this week and you don't want to miss her interview! Dr. Sharma is an integrative pain medicine specialist and she shares practical, evidence-supported lifestyle techniques to...
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When Patients Push Your Buttons
We are physicians but we're also humans. Because we're humans our "buttons" can get pushed by our encounters with patients and this can impact our clinical care, our rapport and even our mood. We may not even realize...
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5 tips for dealing with angry patients
Everyone has patients or patients' family members that get angry. It doesn't feel good and you may not know exactly how to handle this challenging situation. In this episode you'll learn 5 tips for dealing effectively...
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Gratitude and toxic positivity - what is the difference?
Positive thinking is good, right? Well... sometimes. A regular gratitude ritual can help improve mood and wellbeing but imposing positivity on another person (or even on ourselves) can make people feel alone in their...
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Teaching Medical Learners: 5 common mistakes to avoid
Wouldn't it be nice to win a teaching award? Many of us teach medical learners from medical students to residents to fellows to attendings. Teaching effectively makes us look good and it makes us feel good. Come learn...
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When your brain's "smoke alarm" is out of whack - teaching patients about central sensitization
Central sensitization is the brain's way of keeping us safe. The brain's "smoke alarm" becomes overly sensitive and makes us feel pain when there is no actual tissue damage. Basically the brain lies to us and this lie...
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What is a Mind-Body Specialist? Special guest Lolly Forsythe-Chisolm, M.S.
Special guest Lolly Forsythe-Chisolm, M.S. joins us to talk about her work as a mind-body specialist with an inpatient and outpatient palliative care team. She will share practical, easy to use techniques that we can...
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What your inner critic is saying and how to get them to shut up
We all have an inner critic who whispers mean and nasty things to us - things that we would never say to a friend. The technique of identifying, naming and even drawing our inner critic is a powerful way to help our...
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Meditation is so much easier than you think! A primer for you and your patients.
"I tried to meditate and it doesn't work for me"I've heard this from so many patients. But once they learn what meditation actually is they realize that it is an easy and valuable tool for wellbeing. It helps them...
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Practicing Medicine - It Takes Bravery!
In case no one has told you this lately, you are brave! Being a physician takes bravery and we don’t talk about this enough. We need to recognize and appreciate our bravery and then tell our peers that they are brave...
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Advance Care Planning - Taking the Mystery Out of Making Medical Decisions and Filling Out All The Forms
What is a MOLST? POLST? Advance Directive? Living will? We’ll straighten out the confusion and discuss how you can best help your patients to make complicated medical decisions and communicate them effectively.Come...
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Physicians Nurturing Themselves Out loud – Why You Should Use The Good Towels
Do you ever feel like the medical system is gaslighting you? “Thanks for being a healthcare hero – now go generate more RVUs!” We need to change the martyr physician culture that we all grew up in that taught us that...
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