Postcall Podcast

Nick Andrews and Emi Okamoto, MD, talk about spending the holidays in the hospital, take a holiday quiz, and Nick reads the winning essay from the American College of Surgeons' RAS essay contest.

Host Nick Andrews and Emi Okamoto, M.D., discuss how patients choose their doctors. Plus, Kristen Aliano Messina, a plastic surgeon in Plano, Tx., talks with Nick about resiliency among surgical residents.

Nick Andrews and Emi Okamoto, MD, discuss the new Nike shoe for "Everyday Heroes," Google enters the EHR space (sort-of) and the American Medical Association gives 570 Hahnemann residents $125,000 for relocation and other fees such as immigration proceedings. The guest this week is David Fajgenbaum, MD, whose book, Chasing My Cure documents his struggle with Castleman Disease as well as his fortitude to use his medical training to find a cure and unite the cause. Links: Nike Shoe Reddit reaction Google EHR Video Reddit reaction AMA grant for Hahnemann residentsAcademic profileTwitter New York Times profile

Medical Muggle Nick Andrews and Emi Okamoto, MD, talk about all things Thanksgiving in this special edition of the Postcall Podcast. We recommend saving this episode for Thanksgiving or Black Friday if you can't be with your friends/family for this holiday season. In the episode, we talk about how sharing with patients increases trust, the best gifts for doctors, what we're thankful for, a good in-hospital, on-call workout, and codes that you may need for your Thanksgiving shift. *** Help us make this podcast better! Please take our short, anonymous listener survey by clicking here. *** Links: Sharing stories with patientsWeighing yourself every day helps with holiday poundageOn-Call workout20 Thanksgiving CodesThe best gifts for doctors this season For more MDedge Podcasts, go to mdedge.com/podcasts Email the show: podcasts@mdedge.com Interact with MDedge on Twitter: @MDedgeTweets

Medical Muggle Nick Andrews and Emi Okamoto, MD, discuss how docs feel about Elizabeth Warren's plan for Medicare-for-all. They also discuss how bingeing on your favorite show affects sleep and how TV and films get medical care so wrong. The guest this week is Ashley Alker, MD, who is a medical consultant for various TV programs and films -- she helps them get it right. The interview starts at 20:20. *** Help make this podcast better! Please take our short listener survey here. *** Links: What it means for doctor payHow docs feel about it Netflix is taking your sleep awayThe BlacklistThe Good Doctor The Sentinel AwardsWebsiteTwitter For more MDedge Podcasts, go to mdedge.com/podcasts Email the show: podcasts@mdedge.com Interact with Nick on Twitter: @Nick_Andrews__

Medical Muggle Nick Andrews and Emi Okamoto, MD, discuss a new survey about using the appropriate language when referring to patients. They also get into how banning sugary drinks went over at one California institution and talk about what physicians need to know about CBD. *** Help us improve this podcast! Please click here to take this short listener survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/podcastsurveyOct2019 *** The interview this week is with Elisabeth Poorman, MD, MPH. Dr. Poorman is a clinical instructor of medicine at the University of Washington, Seattle. *** Timestamps: *** Links: UCSF Bans Sugary DrinksCardiologists and treating diabetesReferring to patients by their diseaseWhat you need to know about CBDElisabeth Poorman, MD, MPH WebsiteAcademic BioTwitterMDedge Writings *** You can contact Nick and Emi by emailing podcasts@mdedge.com and you can follow on Twitter at @Nick_Andrews__ or on Instagram @medicalmuggle. For more MDedge Podcasts, go to mdedge.com/podcasts.

Medical Muggle Nick Andrews and Emi Okamoto, MD, talk about the recent research in the New England Journal of Medicine about burnout and harassment in surgical residency. They also discuss the research in JAMA Internal Medicine about how patient behavior positively and negatively affects physicians, trainees, and medical students. * * * Help us make this podcast better! Please take our short listener survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/podcastsurveyOct2019 * * * The interview this week is with MDedge reporter Kari Oakes on her article about addressing female physicians by their appropriate title: Doctor. You can follow Nick on Twitter at @Nick_Andrews__ and on Instagram @medicalmuggle. Timestamps: Links: Jack Strong, MD, Obit/MemoriamDiscrimination, abuse, harassment, and burnout in surgical residency trainingN Engl J MedDemeaning patient behavior takes a toll#MyFirstNameIsDoctorThe scene from A Few Good Men For more MDedge Podcasts, go to mdedge.com/podcasts Email the show: podcasts@mdedge.com Interact with us on Twitter: @MDedgeTweets

Medical Muggle Nick Andrews and Emi Okamoto, MD, talk about football: the injuries, the NFL's Crucial Catch campaign, and what to tell patients and parents about football injuries and injuries from all sports. * * * Help us make this podcast better! Please take our short listener survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/podcastsurveyOct2019 * * * The interview this week is with Jeff Pearson, DO, a family practice clinician practicing in Carlsbad, Calif. Dr. Pearson uses humor, magic, and general tomfoolery to forge a connection with his patients. Timestamps: Relevant links: Dogs extend life (WebMD)Dogs combat burnout (MDedge)NFL Crucial Catch campaignCrucial Catch criticism (KevinMD)NFL player Kelechi Osemele fined for getting surgery (ProFootballTalk)Football (European Soccer) Neuromuscular disorders (MDedge)Brain Injuries from sports linger for one year (MDedge)Medicine-in-Motion You can contact Nick and Emi by emailing podcasts@mdedge.com and you can follow Nick on Twitter at @Nick_Andrews__ or on Instagram @medicalmuggle. For more MDedge Podcasts, go to mdedge.com/podcasts. Email the show: podcasts@mdedge.com

Nick Andrews and Emi Okamoto, MD, talk about how to decrease the number of phone calls to your office, how more and more people view mental illness as a threat, and how to handle it when your family and friends ask for medical advice. The interview this week is Taylor Brana, DO, the founder, producer, and host of the Happy Doc Podcast. Timestamps: Links: People view mental illness as a threat (Medscape)#MyFirstNameIsDoctor (MDedge)Decreasing office phone calls (reddit)Charging your family and friends for medical advice? (reddit)The Happy Doc Podcast For more MDedge Podcasts, go to mdedge.com/podcasts Email the show: podcasts@mdedge.com

In episode 51, Nick and Emi Okamoto, MD, discuss what makes a good doctor-patient relationship, how EMRs affect burnout, and when, if ever, it's okay to have had a drink before a clinical shift. The interview portion of this episode comes from Ilana Yurkiewicz, MD, who hosts a discussion about difficult conversations that residents and fellows need to have with their patients. Dr. Yurkiewicz, along with Emily Bryer, DO, and Ronak Mistry, DO, address those times when a patient asks what you would do if the patient were your family member, and how much patients really want to know about their situation. Dr. Yurkiewicz is a hematology/oncology fellow at Stanford (Calif.) University and the host and producer of the Clinical Correlation segment of Blood & Cancer, the official podcast of MDedge Hematology/Oncology. Dr. Bryer and Dr. Mistry are both at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. You can contact Nick and Emi by emailing podcasts@mdedge.com, and you can follow Nick on Twitter at @nick_andrews__ or Instagram at @medicalmuggle. Time stamps: Links: What Makes a Good Doctor-Patient Relationship?The electronic medical record's role in ObGyn burnout and patient care Downloadable PDFHaving a beer before a shift Academic ProfileBlood & CancerHard Questions ColumnEmily Bryer, DO Ronak Mistry, DO For more MDedge Podcasts, go to mdedge.com/podcasts Email the show: podcasts@mdedge.com

Nick and Emi Okamoto, MD, talk about the changes you'd like to see to electronic medical records systems as well as some issues with data and reporting in recent dietary studies. The interview this week is Luke S. Johnson, MD, a dermatologist with a focus on pediatric dermatology at the University of Utah. Dr. Johnson is the founder and co-host of the brand new Dermasphere podcast. You can contact Postcall at podcasts@mdedge.com and you can follow Nick Andrews on Twitter at @nick_andrews__. Timestamps: Links: Transplant surgeon gets Hep C-positive heartNew Kids' Guidelines: Drink Milk, Water, Avoid Plant-Based 'Milk'New recommendations on what young children should drink Red Meat OK'd in New Guideline But Critics Call FoulPanel releases guidelines for red meat, processed meat consumption EMR/EHR changes Reddit thread Luke Johnson, MDDermasphere Podcast HomeMDedge IQ Dermatology Quizzes

The creator of The Nocturnists podcast, Emily Silverman, MD, talks inspiration, storytelling, time management, and being a doctor. Nick and Emi Okamoto, MD, discuss the latest medical school to make their tuition free, which internal medicine subspecialties women are and aren't choosing, and more. Links: Weill Cornell free tuitionWomen residency/subspecialty choicesVideo games and your heartTwitter (@ESilvermanMD)WebsiteProfessional BioWebsiteUpcoming eventsEpisodes Contact the show at podcasts@mdedge.com or follow host Nick Andrews on Twitter: @Nick_Andrews__

Nick Andrews and Emi Okamoto, MD, break down the screens and devices doctors interact with in and out of the clinic. The interview guest this week is Sarah Mojarad (@Sarah_Mojarad), who is a medical and science educator and lecturer. Ms. Mojarad gives Tweetorials about social media and medicine. Time Stamps: Relevant Links: Are patients the next cyberattack targets?If you spend more than 80% of your day staring at a screen, you are no longer a doctorTime-squeezed physicians: Here's how your colleagues obtain key informationTwitterAcademic biographyPersonal website You can contact Postcall by emailing us at podcasts@mdedge.com.

National Suicide Prevention Week interview with Janae Sharp of the Sharp Index, which is a resource for physician suicide awareness, prevention, and research. Emi Okamoto, MD, and Nick have a mini journal club about the med student perspective on suicide and burnout and how Groupon can save you and/or your patients money on some medical procedures. Time stamps: Relevant links: Groupon (Medscape)Med student perspective (Medscape)Flavored vape banJanae Sharp LinkedInJanae Sharp TwitterSharp IndexQuestionnaireDonateScholarships You can contact Postcall by emailing Nick and/or Emi at podcasts@mdedge.com or finding Nick on Twitter @Nick_Andrews__

A special lecture for suicide prevention day, week, and month from our sister podcast, the Psychcast. Click here for more episodes of the Psychcast. Show Notes By Jacqueline Posada, MD Introduction Risks factors for physician suicide Psychological: Historical and genetic risk factors: Workplace risk factors: Change in culture References: NCHS Data Brief No. 330. 2018 Nov.Acad Med. 2017 Jul. 92(7):976-83J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2014 Feb;21(e1):e100-61Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2013 Jan-Feb;35(1):45-9 ACGME Symposium on Physician Well-Being

Physician mental health policy grades for every state, microplastics in stools all around the globe, and a moving eulogy for a hospital? After penning a eulogy for the hospital that agreed to train her as a surgical resident, Lynsey Daniels, MD, (@DanielsLynsey) joins Nick to talk about the closure, the hospital's finals days, and moving forward. Nick and Emi Okamoto, MD, talk about microplastics in people's stools all over the world and break down how states measure up with regard to mental health policy for physicians. Time Stamps: Relevant Links: Question 1Question 2Question 3Question 4Question 5Microplastics turning up in human stoolPhysician-friendly states for mental health: A review of medical boardsA medical resident's eulogy for Hahnemann Hospital

New York Times contributor Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD, joins the show to talk about writing, the clinic, the system, and the Bellevue Literary Review. Emi Okamoto, MD, is back on the program. Time Stamps: Relevant links: Question 1Question 2Question 3Question 4Question 5The WHO and malariaWebsiteBiography (Wikipedia)TwitterTEDMEDBuy her booksNew York Times op-ed

MedTwitter stars and clinicians give their best advice for medical students as medical school resumes and @dr.skinandsmiles (Julie Amthor Croley, MD) joins Nick Andrews to talk about doctors on social media, podcasting, long-distance doctor marriages, and more. Links: Twitter advice for medical students threadInstagramProfileOn social media in dermatologyBeing on-call as a derm residentTips on patient communicationPrescribing combined OCsDr. Croley on MDedge MDedge Podcasts You can email the show at podcasts@mdedge.com you can email Nick at nandrews@mdedge.com, and you can follow Nick on Twitter @tribnic For more MDedge Podcasts, go to mdedge.com/podcasts

Dr. Richard Balon gives a lecture on physician burnout and mandated wellness and Nick Andrews talks to Damian McNamara about the final days of Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia. Masterclass guest Richard Balon, MD: professor of psychiatry and training director at Wayne State University, Detroit. In March, Dr. Balon spoke at the American Academy of Clinical Psychiatrists 2019 annual meeting in Chicago, sponsored by Global Academy for Medical Education. Global Academy and this news organization are owned by the same company. Lecture Notes By Jacqueline Posada, MD, who is a consultation-liaison psychiatry fellow with the Inova Fairfax Hospital/George Washington University program in Falls Church, Va. Physician burnout and effective interventions Maslach Burnout InventoryExcessive workload:“Moral injury”:Work environment and organizational culture: Burnout is a problem for health care organizations as a whole Interventions for burnout In a systematic review and meta-analysis in JAMA Internal Medicine, Maria Panagioti, PhD, and colleagues found that: Approaches identified by staff can lead to meaningful change, as outlined by in a New England Journal of Medicine article by Melinda Ashton, MD. References Panagioti M et al. Controlled interventions to reduce burnout in physicians: A systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA Intern Med. 2017 Feb 1;777(2):195-205. Ashton M. Getting rid of stupid stuff. N Engl J Med. 2018 Nov. 8;379(10):1789-91.