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Surrogate Decision Making: Bernie Lo and Laurie Dornbrand

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Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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Advance Care Planning Discussion: Susan Hickman, Sean Morrison, Rebecca Sudore, and Bob Arnold

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Alex: Also returning Rebecca Sudore, who is professor of medicine at the UCSF in the division of geriatrics, and is a geriatric and palliative care doctor. So what we’re talking about here are living wills, right? So I think that really questioning what we do is a good thing that routes to improved patient care.

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Should We Shift from Advance Care Planning to Serious Illness Communication?

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We want to do meaningful work and so we want to know that the conversations we have impact patient care. The post Should We Shift from Advance Care Planning to Serious Illness Communication? appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional.

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Books on Becoming A Better Mentor (and Better Person): Bob Arnold

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It helped me to understand and justify my interest in (this won’t surprise you) EVERYTHING related to geriatrics or palliative care. Bob: It’s a little bit like patient care, right? That happened to me when reading “Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World.” It’s more of a conversation.

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