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The VCU GenMed podcast provides updates on medical education, clinical conundrums, and scholarship opportunities for generalists and anyone interested in learning about how doctors are trained, how we keep up our skills, and how we contribute to the science of medicine! Check out rampages.us/dgimpo…

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    Episode 39: Combating Burnout in the Healthcare Setting with Dr. Curtis Sessler

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2018


    On this week’s episode, Dr. Curtis Sessler speaks about the significance of burnout in healthcare and the signs of burnout in clinicians. Listen to this week’s episode to learn how team members can combat this issue on an individual and institutional level. … Continue reading →

    Episode 38: Improv Comedy Techniques to Improve Communication in Healthcare with Dr. Bedoya

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2018


    On this episode, Dr. Pablo Bedoya speaks about how techniques used in improv comedy promote the use of crucial skills when communicating with patients and team members. This technique not only enhances the quality of care but also saves time … Continue reading →

    Episode 37: The Opioid Crisis: Pain, Addiction, and Public Health Solutions with Dr. Mishka Terplan

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2018


    Close to 80 percent of the nearly 1,000 fatal drug overdoses in Virginia in 2014 involved opioids in the form of prescription opioids or heroin.  In this talk, Dr. Mishka Terplan discusses the current opioid crisis in the United States … Continue reading →

    Episode 36: Mentors in Research: Making All the Difference in Your Academic Career with Dr. Nana-Sinkham and Dr. Abbate

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2018


    Dr. Patrick Nana-Sinkam and Dr. Antonio Abbate discuss how mentorship is essential to success in academic your career and tools you can use to identify different types of mentors, as well as the new VCU Rising Scholar Program. For more information on the … Continue reading →

    Episode 35: The Annual Exam: Deconstructing Everything You Were Taught with Dr. Christine Isaacs

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2018


    On this week’s episode, Dr. Christine Isaacs discusses why and how to reevaluate what we know about the annual woman’s exam. Dr. Isaacs will also review evidence-based portions of the annual well woman exam. This innovative discussion is aimed to improve … Continue reading →

    Episode 34: Creating the Healthy Living Health Care System to Combat Chronic Diseases with Dr. Ross Arena

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2017


    In this talk, Dr. Ross Arena, Chair of the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Illinois at Chicago emphasizes how the healthy lifestyle is a vital medicine to patients. He also presents creative methods on how to present patients … Continue reading →

    Episode 33: Training the Reflective Practitioner

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2017


    On this week’s episode, Dr. Jason Cook discusses health disparities from here in Richmond, VA to rural Honduras and how VCU Internal Medicine trains reflective practitioners to help tackle these disparities. Listen to this week’s episode to also hear about opportunities the health disparities pathway … Continue reading →

    Episode 32: Finding Your Academic Society Home with Dr. Alan Dow and Dr. Wally Smith

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2017


    With conference season quickly approaching, Dr. Alan Dow and Dr. Wally Smith discuss how faculty can find their academic home as well as how they can benefit the most from their conferences. Listen to this week’s episode before attending conferences to … Continue reading →

    Episode 31: A Culture of Safety and Collaboration

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2017


    During this episode, Dr. Leah Couture speaks about how her innovative work in procedure and collaborative medicine to help build future internists at VCU. Listen to how methods including the “20 Minutes with Chocolate” focus group, the “Pathology Reports” tab, … Continue reading →

    Episode 30: SGLT2 Inhibitors, Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Diabetes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2017


           In this week’s episode, Dr. Antonio Abbate, Dr. Dave Dixon, and Salvatore Carbone, and I will take a look at the research being conducted in the VCU Department of Internal Medicine on SGLT2 Inhibitors for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Events … Continue reading →

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