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Primary Care Pearls

Primary Care Pearls (PCP) Podcast

26 episodes

3 months ago

In this episode, Dr. Liang chats with Alexis and Dr. Quinn about the challenges involved with helping adolescents transition care into the adulthood. === Outline === Chapter 1: Building a team of specialists Chapter 2: Transitions to adult care Chapter 3: The role of parents Chapter 4: Parting advice Chapter 5: Conclusion === Learning Points === While it’s tempting to think of adolescents as simply younger versions of adult patients, we need to recognize that they have their own needs and...

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In this episode, Dr. Liang chats with Alexis and Dr. Quinn about the challenges involved with helping adolescents transition care into the adulthood. === Outline === Chapter 1: Building a team of specialists Chapter 2: Transitions to adult care Chapter 3: The role of parents Chapter 4: Parting advice Chapter 5: Conclusion === Learning Points === While it’s tempting to think of adolescents as simply younger versions of adult patients, we need to recognize that they have their own needs and...

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Episodes (20/26)

Primary Care Pearls

"The doctor is also just a person" - Transitions of Care for Adolescents (Part II)

In this episode, Dr. Liang chats with Alexis and Dr. Quinn about the challenges involved with helping adolescents transition care into the adulthood. === Outline === Chapter 1: Building a team of specialists Chapter 2: Transitions to adult care Chapter 3: The role of parents Chapter 4: Parting advice Chapter 5: Conclusion === Learning Points === While it’s tempting to think of adolescents as simply younger versions of adult patients, we need to recognize that they have their own needs and...

3 months ago

42 minutes

Primary Care Pearls

"We Have a Voice" - Mental Health, Social Media, and Sexual & Reproductive Health in Adolescents (Part I)

In this episode, Dr. Liang interviews Dr. Quinn (Adolescent Health Provider) and Alexis (Teenager) on her personal experience with navigating social media, mental health struggles, and reproductive health with her healthcare providers. === Outline === Chapter 1: Definitions Chapter 2: Establishing a relationship with the patient Chapter 3: Mental health Chapter 4: Social media Chapter 5: Sexual and reproductive health Chapter 6: Conclusion === Learning Points === First impressions a...

4 months ago

41 minutes

Primary Care Pearls

"My whole life changed." - Dialysis and Kidney Transplantation (ESRD, Part II)

In the final episode of the ESRD series, Dr. Montano and Bernstein discuss the implications and mechanisms behind dialysis and our patients share their experiences with both dialysis and kidney transplantation. === Outline === Chapter 1: Approaching dialysis Chapter 2: Hemodialysis vs peritoneal dialysis Chapter 3: Practicalities of living on dialysis Chapter 4: Kidney transplantation === Learning Points === Hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis are the two primary options for long-term re...

6 months ago

45 minutes

Primary Care Pearls

"Is this really happening to me?" - Diagnosing End-Stage Renal Disease (Part I)

In this first episode of the ESRD series, Dr. Montano and Bernstein discuss how to diagnose kidney failure while Drs. Hart and Aklilu wrestle with the fraught history of using race in the measurement of kidney function. === Outline === Chapter 1: A gradual progression Chapter 2: A history of EGFR through the lens of race Chapter 3: Involving the nephrologist Chapter 4: Medication adjustments and monitoring === Learning Points === The symptoms underlying a progression from CKD to ESR...

6 months ago

51 minutes

Primary Care Pearls

"A light that is slowly going to turn off." - Dementia (Geriatric Series Part II)

In our final episode of the Geriatric series, Dr. Xu and Drs. Ouellets discuss how to manage neurocognitive disorders in elderly patients. Daniel facilitates the conversation with a sweet couple navigating these challenges. === Outline === Chapter 1: An Unexpected Diagnosis Chapter 2: Diagnosing Dementia Chapter 3: Dementia Treatment and Specialist Care Chapter 4: Supporting Caregivers === Learning Points === Dementia is characterized by both functional and cognitive impairment. Whil...

7 months ago

51 minutes

Primary Care Pearls

"You have to be willing to talk about death." - Advance Care Planning (Geriatric Series Part I)

In our first episode of the Geriatric series, Dr. Xu and Drs. Ouellets discuss how to have difficult topics with patients involving death and loss of function. Darius facilitates the conversation with a beautiful couple facing these existential questions. === Outline === Chapter 1: Introduction to Advance Care Planning Chapter 2: Discussing Difficult Topics Chapter 3: Who’s in the room? Stakeholders Chapter 4: Key Elemaents of an Advance Care Plan === Learning Points === We can define adv...

7 months ago

51 minutes

Primary Care Pearls

"You need to create a new life, whatever that life is gonna be" - Managing Alcohol Use Disorder (Part II)

In this episode, Dr. Barenboim and Dr. Holt discuss the important role that medications and mutual support groups play in helping James maintain sobriety from alcohol. Share your reactions and questions with us at Speak Pipe . We might feature you on a future episode! === Outline === Chapter 1: Managing Alcohol Withdrawal in the Outpatient Setting Chapter 2: Medications for AUD Chapter 3: Recovery Group/Social Support === Learning Points === Although our training has historically f...

8 months ago

48 minutes

Primary Care Pearls

"His best friend was Alcohol.. I wanted my best friend back" - Diagnosing Alcohol Use Disorder (Part I)

In this episode, Dr. Barenboim and Dr. Holt explore a couple's journey through a changing relationship to alcohol and when it became an alcohol use disorder. Share your reactions and questions with us at Speak Pipe . We might feature you on a future episode! === Outline === Chapter 1: Early Development of a Relationship with Alcohol Chapter 2: Diagnosing AUD Chapter 3: Approaching the Conversation Chapter 4: Motivational Interviewing === Learning Points === Someone’s relationship w...

8 months ago

39 minutes

Primary Care Pearls

"This Isn't a Goodbye. It's a 'See You Later'" - Season 1 Finale

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2 years ago

7 minutes

Primary Care Pearls

"Reach out for Help" - Metabolic Health (Part II)

In this episode, Dr. Vasudevan and Dr. Moreno explore the ever-expanding treatment options for Obeisty, and our patient tells us about his experience with some of these interventions. Share your reactions and questions with us at Speak Pipe . We might feature you on a future episode! === Outline === 1. Introduction 2. Chapter 1: Lifestyle Changes (Diet/Exercies) 3. Chapter 2: Weight Loss Medications 4. Chapter 3: Bariatric Surgery 5. Chapter 4: Advise to Young Clinicians and Fell...

2 years ago

46 minutes

Primary Care Pearls

"I Miss Hiking" - Metabolic Health (Part I)

In this episode, Dr. Vasudevan and Dr. Moreno unpack our patient's experience with weight and how it's impacted his life. Share your reactions and questions with us at Speak Pipe . We might feature you on a future episode! === Outline === 1. Introduction 2. Chapter 1: Personal Relationship to Weight 3. Chapter 2: Impact of Weight on Mental Health 4. Chapter 3: Relationship with PCP 5. Conclusion === Learning Points === Commonly used measures of obesity include BMI and waist circ...

2 years ago

39 minutes

Primary Care Pearls

"A refrigerator full of ice cream" - Nutrition Medicine (Part IV)

In this episode, Nate and Justin discuss ways that Tina could modify her food environment to keep moving toward her health goals. They also discuss the tricky aspect of social determinants of health and how that may (or may not?) hamper our efforts to help patients achieve healthy lifestyles. Share your reactions and questions with us at Speak Pipe . We might feature you on a future episode! === Outline === 1. Introduction 2. Chapter 1: Food Environment 3. Chapter 2: Social Deter...

2 years ago

36 minutes

Primary Care Pearls

"I can't discipline myself, but I don't want to disappoint you" - Nutrition Medicine (Part III)

In this episode, Nate and Justin discuss the powerful technique of motivational interviewing to figure out how to help Tina inch closer towards her own goals. Share your reactions and questions with us at Speak Pipe . We might feature you on a future episode! === Outline === 1. Introduction 2. Chapter 1: Taking a Dietary History 3. Chapter 2: Motivational Interviewing 4. Conclusion === Learning Points === Changes in food habits and eating patterns can mean breaking patterns that have ...

2 years ago

33 minutes

Primary Care Pearls

"I loved [Keto] because I lost the weight" - Nutrition Medicine (Part II)

In this episode, Nate, Justin, and Tina sit around the proverbial dinner table to discuss different types of eating patterns or "diets" and why a whole food plant-based diet might deserve a spot at the top of the food chain. Share your reactions and questions with us at Speak Pipe . We might feature you on a future episode! === Outline === 1. Introduction 2. Chapter 1: Types of Eating Patterns 3. Chapter 2: Whole Food Plant-Based Diet 4. Chapter 3: Emotional and Psychological Nature of...

2 years ago

26 minutes

Primary Care Pearls

"Nothing was ever real food..." - Nutrition Medicine (Part I)

In our inaugural episode of the nutrition series, Nate, Justin and our patient, Tina, tackle nutrition myths and what it means to eat for joy. Pretty ambitious... did they bite off more than they can chew?? Listen to find out. Share your reactions and questions with us at Speak Pipe . We might feature you on a future episode! === Outline === 1. Introduction 2. Chapter 1: Tina's Story 3. Chapter 2: Eating for Joy 4. Chapter 3: Busting Nutrition Myths 5. Conclusion === Learni...

3 years ago

27 minutes

Primary Care Pearls

Elderly, Kidney Disease, and Pregnancy - Hypertension (Part III)

In the final episode of our hypertension series, Taylor and Dr. Gallagher discuss the causes of high blood pressure and management in special populations. Share your reactions and questions with us at Speak Pipe . We might feature you on a future episode! === Outline === 1. Introduction 2. Chapter 1: Causes of Primary Hypertension 3. Chapter 2: Secondary Hypertension 4. Chapter 3: Treating Hypertension in Special Populations 6. Conclusion === Learning Points === About 90% of patie...

3 years ago

53 minutes

Primary Care Pearls

"The Big Ask" - Hypertension (Part II)

In the second episode of our hypertension series, Taylor and Dr. Gallagher discuss lifestyle modifications and medications used in the treatment of high blood pressure. Share your reactions and questions with us at Speak Pipe . We might feature you on a future episode! === Outline === 1. Introduction 2. Chapter 1: Setting goals 3. Chapter 2: Lifestyle modifications 4. Chapter 3: Initiating Pharmacotherapy 5. Chapter 4: Adherence to Medications 6. Conclusion === Learning Points ==...

3 years ago

46 minutes

Primary Care Pearls

"This Seems Crazy... Nothing's Wrong with Me." - Hypertension (Part I)

In the first episode of our hypertension series, our patient Taylor joins us for a discussion on receiving and coming to terms with a diagnosis of high blood pressure. Share your reactions and questions with us at Speak Pipe . We might feature you on a future episode! === Outline === 1. Introduction 2. Chapter 1: Taylor's Story/Hypertensive Urgency 3. Chapter 2: Defining Hypertension 4. Chapter 3: Measuring Blood Pressure 5. Chapter 4: White Coat Hypertension 6. Concl...

3 years ago

39 minutes

Primary Care Pearls

"You have gotten to the point where you have to take insulin" - Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (Part III)

In the third episode of our type II diabetes series, our patient Tabby joins us to speak about her experience with insulin, monitoring blood glucose, and lifestyle modifications. We wrap up the mini-series with some specific advice from both our patient and expert interviewees. Share your reactions and questions with us at Speak Pipe . We might feature you on a future episode! === Outline === IntroductionChapter 9 - Starting InsulinChapter 10 - Day-to-Day ManagementChapter 11 - Hypoglycemia a...

3 years ago

48 minutes

Primary Care Pearls

"One Month I'll take it, Next Month I Wouldn't" - Type 2 Diabetes (Part II)

In the second episode of our type II diabetes series, our patient Tabby joins us for a discussion on non-insulin therapies. Share your reactions and questions with us at Speak Pipe . We might feature you on a future episode! === Outline === IntroductionChapter 5 - Patient Centered ApproachChapter 6 - MedicationChapter 7 - ComorbiditiesChapter 8 - Barriers to medicationConclusion=== Learning Points === There are several non-insulin medications for diabetes that can be differentiated by...

3 years ago

40 minutes