VCU Health GenMed Podcast

VCU Division of General Internal Medicine

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/dgimpodcast for shownotes and how to earn CME!

  • Episode 39: Combating Burnout in the Healthcare Setting with Dr. Curtis Sessler
    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 →
    24 April 2018, 11:00 pm
  • Episode 38: Improv Comedy Techniques to Improve Communication in Healthcare with Dr. Bedoya
    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 →
    21 March 2018, 1:25 pm
  • Episode 37: The Opioid Crisis: Pain, Addiction, and Public Health Solutions with Dr. Mishka Terplan
    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 →
    27 February 2018, 10:53 pm
  • Episode 36: Mentors in Research: Making All the Difference in Your Academic Career with Dr. Nana-Sinkham and Dr. Abbate
    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 →
    30 January 2018, 11:00 pm
  • Episode 35: The Annual Exam: Deconstructing Everything You Were Taught with Dr. Christine Isaacs
    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 →
    9 January 2018, 11:00 pm
  • Episode 34: Creating the Healthy Living Health Care System to Combat Chronic Diseases with Dr. Ross Arena
    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 →
    14 December 2017, 1:25 pm
  • Episode 33: Training the Reflective Practitioner
    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 →
    28 November 2017, 11:17 pm
  • Episode 32: Finding Your Academic Society Home with Dr. Alan Dow and Dr. Wally Smith
    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 →
    30 August 2017, 9:49 pm
  • Episode 31: A Culture of Safety and Collaboration
    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 →
    9 August 2017, 5:59 pm
  • Episode 30: SGLT2 Inhibitors, Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Diabetes
           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 →
    19 July 2017, 10:35 pm
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