

The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast
The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast
The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast brings you expert interviews, clinical pearls, and practice-changing knowledge — plus the occasional bad joke. Trusted by 100,000+ health professionals every month, we cover the full spectrum of internal medicine to keep you learning and laughing. No boring lectures here, just high-value content and a healthy dose of humor. Fantastic for Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Primary Care, and Hospital Medicine.
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Nov 16, 2020 • 1h 20min
#242 Wilderness Medicine: Prepare for Disaster
Join Dr. Thomas DeLoughery, a Professor at Oregon Health & Science University and wilderness medicine expert, as he shares essential survival skills for outdoor adventures. Discover how to manage altitude sickness, frostbite, and animal bites with practical tips. Learn about creating a personalized emergency kit and the importance of thermoregulation. Dr. DeLoughery also discusses the nuances of snake bites, offering crucial first aid techniques, including the effective use of tourniquets. Prepare to explore the great outdoors safely!

Nov 9, 2020 • 58min
#241 Chronic Cough
Rejoice! as our phenomenal guest Dr. Brad Hayward @bradleyjhayward (Weill Cornell Medicine) demystifies chronic cough for the primary care provider. Dr. Hayward, an internist, pulmonologist, intensivist AND palliative care physician sits down with us to discuss common causes for chronic cough, work up pearls and options for treatment. Follow him on Twitter, @BradleyJHayward. Listeners can claim free CE credit through VCU Health at http://curbsiders.vcuhealth.org/ (CME goes live at 0900 ET on the episode’s release date). We hope you enjoy learning from this episode as much as we enjoyed producing it!
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Credits Written (including CME questions) and Produced by: Cyrus Askin MD Infographic by: Cyrus Askin MD Cover Art: Kate Grant MBChb, MRCGP Hosts: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Stuart Brigham MD; Paul Williams MD, FACP Editor: Emi Okamoto MD (written materials); Clair Morgan of nodderly.com
Guest: Brad Hayward MD
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VCU Health CE The Curbsiders are partnering with VCU Health Continuing Education to offer FREE continuing education credits for physicians and other healthcare professionals. Visit curbsiders.vcuhealth.org and search for this episode to claim credit. See info sheet for further directions. Note: A free VCU Health CloudCME account is required in order to seek credit.
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00:00 Intro, disclaimer, guest bio; Guest one-liner and Pick of the Week* 06:23 Sponsor - Panacea Financial panaceafinancial.com
07:30 Case of Post Infectious Cough; Basic definitions for cough Important aspects of the history Empiric therapies for post-viral cough 22:50 Case of idiopathic chronic cough; Physical exam 29:20 Basic testing and empiric therapy for the common causes of chronic cough 41:51 When to refer to pulmonology; Therapy for idiopathic chronic cough; OTC cough meds 54:28 Take home message; Outro Sponsor - VCU Health CE curbsiders.vcuhealth.org
Links*
90 Day Fiancé (show)
Below Deck Mediterranean (show)
Mastering Communication with Seriously Ill Patients by Anthony Back, Robert Arnold & James Tulsky (book)
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Goal Listeners will develop a pragmatic approach to evaluating subacute and chronic cough in adult patients.
Learning objectives After listening to this episode listeners will be able to…
... define sub-acute vs chronic cough ... build a repertoire of history questions geared towards identifying the etiology of cough in a patient ... build a toolbox of diagnostic studies / tests that can be used in the evaluation of cough ... marry history, physical and diagnostic studies into a coherent approach to diagnosing subacute and chronic cough through a tiered/logical approach ... understand empiric therapies for cough that may have an advantageous risk-reward profile, even in the absence of diagnosis ... educate patients on common causes for subacute cough and chronic cough, as well as how to appropriately set expectations regarding symptoms severity and duration
Disclosures Dr. Hayward reports no relevant financial disclosures. The Curbsiders report no relevant financial disclosures.
Citation Askin CA, Hayward B, Williams PN, Brigham SK, Okamoto E, Watto MF. “241: Chronic Cough”. The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast. https://thecurbsiders.com/episode-list Original Air Date: November 9, 2020.
Tags Cough, dyspnea, asthma, COPD, eosinophil, IL-5, allergy, ENT, allergist, pulmonary, pulmonologist, PFT, spirometry, post-nasal drip, GERD, reflux, eczema, rash, atopy, mucus, bronchiectasis, lung, antihistamine, CT, X-Ray, smoking, vaping, birds, dust, cockroaches, steroids, ICS, inhaled, gabapentin, primary care, assistant, care, doctor, education, family, FOAM, FOAMim, FOAMed, health, hospitalist, hospital, internal, internist, meded, medical, medicine, nurse, practitioner, professional, primary, physician, resident, student

Nov 2, 2020 • 1h 6min
#240 Elbow Pain: Straighten it out
Returning guest expert Dr Ted Parks helps us get the elbow straight with a simple approach to common causes of elbow pain for primary care. Listen as he guides Stuart through physical exam techniques (or watch them on YouTube) for epicondylitis and learn what the bursa is there for anyways. Find out what fracture you can treat in your office, why you shouldn’t stab straight into the olecranon bursa and when elbow pain should be referred. Feel confident when your patient comes in with elbow pain!
Listeners can claim Free CE credit through VCU Health at http://curbsiders.vcuhealth.org/ (CME goes live at 0900 ET on the episode’s release date).
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Credits Written and Produced by: Molly Heublein, MD Cover Art and Infographic: Edison Jyang Hosts: Stuart Brigham MD, Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Molly Heublein, MD Editor: Emi Okamoto, MD (written materials); Clair Morgan of Nodderly.com (audio/video) Guest: Ted Parks, MD
Sponsors
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VCU Health CE The Curbsiders are partnering with VCU Health Continuing Education to offer FREE continuing education credits for physicians and other healthcare professionals. Visit curbsiders.vcuhealth.org and search for this episode to claim credit. See info sheet for further directions. Note: A free VCU Health CloudCME account is required in order to seek credit.
Time Stamps Sponsor - Provider Solutions and Development https://curbsiders.vcuhealth.org/
Sponsor - VCU Health CE curbsiders.vcuhealth.org
00:00 Intro, disclaimer, guest bio 04:00 Picks of the Week* Sponsor - Provider Solutions and Development https://curbsiders.vcuhealth.org/
09:50 Medial and lateral epicondylitis case, Elbow anatomy 13:00 Pathophysiology of epicondylitis, Epicondylitis exam, Epicondylitis treatment 34:11 Olecranon bursitis, Bursitis diagnosis and aspiration 46:12 Radial head fracture diagnosis, Radial head fracture treatment 55:30 Cubital tunnel nerve entrapment 57:45 Platelet rich plasma 60:39 Take home points, Plug and Outro 64:00 Bonus Pick of the Week Sponsor - VCU Health CE curbsiders.vcuhealth.org
Goals Listeners will have a working differential of elbow complaints that commonly present in primary care, and understand how to diagnose these and initiate treatment.
Learning objectives After listening to this episode listeners will...
Perform an exam for medial and lateral epicondylitis. Describe treatment options for medial and lateral epicondylitis Identify when further evaluation for clinical olecranon bursitis beyond clinical exam is needed Explain how radial head fractures differ from most other fractures, and why casting or surgery is generally not needed.
Links* Molly’s Pick: The Warmth of Other Suns (book) by Isabel Wilkerson Stuart’s Pick: The Fringe (TV show), JJ Abrams Practical Office Orthopedics (textbook) by Ted Parks, MD
*The Curbsiders participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising commissions by linking to Amazon. Simply put, if you click on our Amazon.com links and buy something we earn a (very) small commission, yet you don’t pay any extra.
References Johnson GW, Cadwallader K, Scheffel SB, Epperly TD. Treatment of lateral epicondylitis. Am Fam Physician. 2007 Sep 15;76(6):843-8. PMID: 17910298. Simental-Mendía M, et al. Clinical efficacy of platelet-rich plasma in the treatment of lateral epicondylitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized placebo-controlled clinical trials. Clin Rheumatol. 2020 Aug;39(8):2255-2265. doi: 10.1007/s10067-020-05000-y. Epub 2020 Feb 26. PMID: 32103373. Parks, Ted. Practical Office Orthopedics. McGraw-Hill Education / Medical; 1st Edition (December 29, 2017). Khodaee M. Common Superficial Bursitis. Am Fam Physician. 2017 Feb 15;95(4):224-231. PMID: 28290630. Liow RY, Cregan A, Nanda R, Montgomery RJ. Early mobilisation for minimally displaced radial head fractures is desirable. A prospective randomised study of two protocols. Injury. 2002 Nov;33(9):801-6. doi: 10.1016/s0020-1383(02)00164-x. PMID: 12379391. Boone S, Gelberman RH, Calfee RP. The Management of Cubital Tunnel Syndrome. J Hand Surg Am. 2015 Sep;40(9):1897-904; quiz 1904. doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2015.03.011. Epub 2015 Aug 1. PMID: 26243318.
Tags Elbow, orthopedics, olecranon bursitis, bursa, aspiration, septic joint, medial epicondylitis, lateral epicondylitis, radial head fracture, PRP, platelet rich plasma, humerus, olecranon, radius, tendonitis, primary care, assistant, care, doctor, education, family, FOAM, FOAMim, FOAMed, health, hospitalist, hospital, internal, internist, meded, medical, medicine, nurse, practitioner, professional, primary, physician, resident, student
Disclosures Dr Parks reports is the author of Practical Office Orthopedics (McGraw-Hill 2017) . The Curbsiders report no relevant financial disclosures.
Citation Heublein M, Parks T, Jyang E, Brigham SK, Okamoto E, Watto MF. “#240 Elbow Pain: Straighten it out. A dabble into elbow care with Dr Ted Parks”. The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast. https://thecurbsiders.com/episode-list November 02, 2020.

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Oct 23, 2020 • 1h 15min
#239 Sinusitis: It’s Not That Tricky
Joining the discussion is Dr. Dink Jardine, a general otolaryngologist and Navy Commander, passionate about medical education. He shares insights on diagnosing and managing rhinosinusitis, emphasizing the distinction between viral and bacterial infections. Practical tips on nasal irrigation and effective communication with patients are explored. The conversation also touches on chronic rhinosinusitis through a detailed case study, highlighting the importance of tailored treatment plans and proper follow-up care for improved patient outcomes.

Oct 22, 2020 • 30min
#238 DVT / PE Triple Distilled
Dr Oren Friedman and Dr Michael Streiff discuss VTE diagnosis, risk stratification, anticoagulation choice, treatment duration, workup for unprovoked BTE, anticoagulation in special populations, and the indications for using IVC filters.

Oct 19, 2020 • 1h 2min
#237 Ophthalmology for Primary Care
Fun, fluorescein, and fundoscopy unite as our esteemed guest, Dr. Nisha Chadha @iEducatorMD (Mount Sinai School of Medicine) brings us ophthalmology for primary care! Dr. Chadha is a medical educator and the content creator of the med-ed simulation website 20/20 Sim. She teaches us the 3-vital signs of ophthalmology, how to recognize common diabetic eye diseases, how to explain diabetic retinopathy to our patients, how to optimize a patient for cataract surgery and so much more. This episode is truly vision-ary!
Listeners can claim Free CE credit through VCU Health at http://curbsiders.vcuhealth.org/ (CME goes live at 0900 ET on the episode’s release date).
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Credits Written, Produced, and Infographic by: Carolyn Chan, MD Cover Art: Kate Grant Hosts: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Carolyn Chan, MD Editor: Emi Okamoto MD (written materials); Clair Morgan of nodderly.com
Guest: Dr. Nisha Chadha
Sponsors:
National Internal Medicine Day Help ACP celebrate National Internal Medicine Day on October 28th. Visit https://www.acponline.org/NIMD20 to learn how you can show your internal medicine pride. Be sure to tag @ACPInternists and use the hashtags #NationalInternalMedicineDay, #IMProud, and #IMEssential.
VCU Health CE The Curbsiders are partnering with VCU Health Continuing Education to offer FREE continuing education credits for physicians and other healthcare professionals. Visit curbsiders.vcuhealth.org and search for this episode to claim credit. Note: A free VCU Health CloudCME account is required in order to seek credit.
Time Stamps Sponsor – National Internal Medicine Day, The American College of Physicians Sponsor – VCU Health Continuing Education
00:30 Intro, disclaimer, guest bio 03:21 Guest one-liner, Carolyn’s Pick of the Week 09:05 Picks of the Week* 10:13 Case from Kashlak, 3 - Vital Signs of Ophthalmology 17:09 Ocular complications of diabetes 20:22 Screening for diabetic retinopathy; Reports and Abbreviations 26:07 Counseling Patients: The eye is a camera; Clinical symptoms of ocular complications 32:07 Fluorescein Stain; Treatment Options for Diabetic Eye Disease: NPDR, PDR, VH, and RD 41:16 Eye Vitamins for Macular Edema 43:35 Cataracts 47:22 Missing Glaucoma Drops 50:50 Periop Optimization for Cataract Surgery, Anticoagulation and Other Medical Management 58:14 Take Home Points, Plug: 20/20 Sim; Outro Sponsor – VCU Health Continuing Education
Links*
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dwek Crackdown Podcast 20/20 Sim Site
*The Curbsiders participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising commissions by linking to Amazon. Simply put, if you click on our Amazon.com links and buy something we earn a (very) small commission, yet you don’t pay any extra.
Goal Listeners will discuss screening, counseling, and management of common ocular diseases seen within primary care.
Learning objectives After listening to this episode listeners will…
Define and assess the three vital signs of ophthalmology. List ocular complications of diabetes. Counsel a patient on a new diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy. Describe treatments for diabetic retinopathy. Define proliferative retinopathy, non-proliferative retinopathy, and macular edema. Compose a perioperative medication management plan for cataract surgery
Disclosures Dr. Chadha reports no relevant financial disclosures. The Curbsiders report no relevant financial disclosures.
Citation Chan C., Chadha N., Okamoto E., Watto MF. “#237 Ophthalmology for Primary Care”. The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast. https://thecurbsiders.com/episode-list Original air date October 19, 2020.
Tags Eye, ophthalmology, ophtho, optometry, glaucoma, diabetes, diabetic retinopathy, macular edema, cataracts, cataract surgery, perioperative management, physical exam, primary care, assistant, care, doctor, education, family, FOAM, FOAMim, FOAMed, health, hospitalist, hospital, internal, internist, meded, medical, medicine, nurse, practitioner, professional, primary, physician, resident, student

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Oct 12, 2020 • 41min
#236 Approach to Shortness of Breath: Physical Exam Series
Learn which exam maneuvers are worthwhile and which ones are worthless in your approach to shortness of breath. In our evidence based series on the physical exam, we discuss the approach to the dyspneic patient with Dr. Brian Garibaldi (Hopkins, SBM), associate professor of pulmonary and critical care medicine at Johns Hopkins, and co-president of the Society of Bedside Medicine. We discuss the physical exam’s effect on our differential diagnosis, maneuvers that are commonly taught, and some simple tests with great data that may go overlooked. Be prepared, this episode may take your breath away!
Credits Written and Produced by: Justin Berk, MD, MPH, MBA and Sam Masur, MD Infographic: Sam Masur, MD, Beth Garbitelli Cover Art: Beth Garbitelli Hosts: Stuart Brigham, MD; Matthew Watto, MD, FACP; and Paul Williams, MD, FACP Editor:Justin Berk MD; Clair Morgan of nodderly.com
Guest(s): Brian Garibaldi, MD
Sponsors:
National Internal Medicine Day Help ACP celebrate National Internal Medicine Day on October 28th. Visit https://www.acponline.org/NIMD20 to learn how you can show your internal medicine pride. Be sure to tag @ACPInternists and use the hashtags #NationalInternalMedicineDay, #IMProud, and #IMEssential.
VCU Health CE The Curbsiders are partnering with VCU Health Continuing Education to offer FREE continuing education credits for physicians and other healthcare professionals. Visit curbsiders.vcuhealth.org and search for this episode to claim credit. Note: A free VCU Health CloudCME account is required in order to seek credit.
Time Stamps Sponsor – National Internal Medicine Day, The American College of Physicians Sponsor – VCU Health Continuing Education
00:00 Intro, disclaimer, guest bio Sponsor – National Internal Medicine Day, The American College of Physicians 03:47 Introduction to evidence-based exam, pre-test probability, and likelihood ratios 05:29 Case from Kashlak Memorial 06:51 Dr. Garibaldi’s initial maneuvers for the dyspneic patient 11:33 Recapping the exam maneuvers 14:05 Likelihood ratios for common maneuvers 18:25 Over 6/Under 6 maneuvers 25:30 Recap of Dr. Garibaldi’s go-to maneuvers 28:19 Role of labs and diagnostic imaging 31:03 Role of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) 34:10 Friday at 5pm 36:31 Take home points 39:25 Outro Sponsor – VCU Health Continuing Education
Links* Stanford 25: Teaching and promoting bedside exam skills to students, residents and healthcare professionals both in person and online The 5 Minute Moment at the Society of Bedside Medicine The POCUS Atlas: Evidence Based Point of Care Ultrasound
Goal Listeners will feel confident how to optimally use the physical exam to guide clinical decision-making in patients presenting with dyspnea.
Learning objectives After listening to this episode listeners will…
Describe the effectiveness of the exam when it comes to aiding diagnosis in a patient with dyspnea Identify specific exam maneuvers that can aid clinical decision-making Identify exam maneuvers that may not offer more information compared to imaging such as POCUS
Disclosures This episode was made with assistance from the Society of Bedside Medicine and funding from the New York Academy Medicine. Dr Garibaldi reports no relevant financial disclosures. The Curbsiders report no relevant financial disclosures.
Citation Masur S, Garibaldi BT, Watto M, Williams P, Brigham S, Berk J. #236 Physical Exam Series: Approach to Shortness of Breath. The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast. https:/www.thecurbsiders.com/episode-list. Original Air Date October 12, 2020.
References Mochizuki K et al. Importance of respiratory rate for the prediction of clinical deterioration after emergency department discharge: a single-center, case-control study. Acute Med Surg. Nov 2016. doi:10.1002/ams2.252
Sarkar M et al. Physical signs in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Lung India. 2019. doi:10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_145_18
Fagan TJ. Letter: Nomogram for Bayes theorem. N Engl J Med. 1975;293(5):257. doi:10.1056/NEJM197507312930513
Simel, David, et al. Rational Clinical Examination, McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing, 2009. ProQuest Ebook Central
McGee, Steven. Evidence-based physical diagnosis [4th edition] Elsevier, 2018. Clinical Key
Benbassat, J., Baumal, R. Narrative Review: Should Teaching of the Respiratory Physical Examination Be Restricted Only to Signs with Proven Reliability and Validity?. J GEN INTERN MED 25, 865–872 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-010-1327-8
Al Deeb M et al. Point-of-care ultrasonography for the diagnosis of acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema in patients presenting with acute dyspnea: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Acad Emerg Med. 2014;21(8):843-852. doi:10.1111/acem.12435
Yousefifard et al. Screening Performance Characteristic of Ultrasonography and Radiography in Detection of Pleural Effusion; a Meta-Analysis. Emerg (Tehran). 2016;4(1):1-10.
Martindale et al. Diagnosing Acute Heart Failure in the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Acad Emerg Med. 2016;23(3):223-242. doi:10.1111/acem.12878
Caldentey et al. Prognostic value of the physical examination in patients with heart failure and atrial fibrillation: insights from the AF-CHF trial (atrial fibrillation and chronic heart failure). JACC Heart Fail 2014.. doi:10.1016/j.jchf.2013.10.004
Tags Physical exam, dyspnea, shortness of breath, auscultation, PMI, percussion, heart failure, wheeze, POCUS, COPD, JVD, hepatojugular reflux, observation, asymmetry, Brian Garibaldi, practice, pallor, lung, heart, hands.

Oct 5, 2020 • 50min
#235 Spooky Cakes: Dapa-CKD, Turmeric for Knee Pain, Honey for URTI
Time for spooky cakes with a side of candy corn. We discuss Dapagliflozin (SGLT2i) for CKD, Turmeric for knee pain and Honey for URTI (cough) on this halloween themed hotcakes with Rahul Ganatra MD, MPH @rbganatra
Listeners can claim Free CE credit through VCU Health at http://curbsiders.vcuhealth.org/ (Note: CME for this episode won’t be available until 10/12/20. We apologize for the inconvenience).
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Credits Producer: Sarah Phoebe Roberts Written by: Rahul Ganatra MD, MPH, Stuart Brigham MD; Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP, Sarah Phoebe Roberts MPH Cover Art: Matthew Watto MD, FACP Hosts: Rahul Ganatra MD, MPH, Stuart Brigham MD; Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP, Sarah Phoebe Roberts MPH Editor: Matthew Watto MD (written materials); Clair Morgan of nodderly.com
Sponsors National Internal Medicine Day Help ACP celebrate National Internal Medicine Day on October 28th. Visit https://www.acponline.org/NIMD20 to learn how you can show your internal medicine pride. Be sure to tag @ACPInternists and use the hashtags #NationalInternalMedicineDay, #IMProud, and #IMEssential.
VCU Health CE The Curbsiders are partnering with VCU Health Continuing Education to offer FREE continuing education credits for physicians and other healthcare professionals. Visit curbsiders.vcuhealth.org and search for this episode to claim credit. Note: A free VCU Health CloudCME account is required in order to seek credit.
Time Stamps 00:00 Sponsor – National Internal Medicine Day, The American College of Physicians 00:25 Sponsor – VCU Health Continuing Education
00:40 Intro, disclaimer, Picks of the Week 07:38 Sponsor – National Internal Medicine Day, The American College of Physicians 08:40 Dapa-CKD 20:00 Turmeric for Knee Osteoarthritis 32:10 Honey for URTI and Cough 46:32 Shout out to @votehealth2020 and PatientVoting.com 48:25 Outro Sponsor – VCU Health Continuing Education
Links* Candy Corn (autumn mix) and (classic) Paul’s Halloween movie marathon: Cabin in the Woods, The Descent, The Witch, Ghostbusters
*The Curbsiders participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising commissions by linking to Amazon. Simply put, if you click on our Amazon.com links and buy something we earn a (very) small commission, yet you don’t pay any extra.
Goal Listeners will review and perform critical appraisal of recent articles with the potential to change internal medicine practice
Learning objectives After listening to this episode listeners will…
Review the potential benefits of dapagliflozin for prevent of CKD progression and death Evaluate the utility of turmeric for osteoarthritis with inflammatory synovitis Discuss the efficacy of honey for the treatment of acute upper respiratory tract infection and persistent post-infectious cough
Disclosures The Curbsiders report no relevant financial disclosures.
Citation Watto M, Ganatra R, Williams PN, Brigham SK, Roberts SP. “235 Spooky Cakes”. The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast. https://thecurbsiders.com/episode-list Final publishing date October 5, 2020.
Tags Dapagliflozin, slgt2i, sglt2 inhibitors, ckd, turmeric, curcumin, knee osteoarthritis, knee pain, synovitis, honey, urti, respiratory tract infection, cough, primary care, assistant, care, doctor, education, family, FOAM, FOAMim, FOAMed, health, hospitalist, hospital, internal, internist, meded, medical, medicine, nurse, practitioner, professional, primary, physician, resident, student

Sep 28, 2020 • 1h 17min
#234 The Breast Lump, and Breast Cancer Screening with Nancy Keating MD, MPH
Master your breast cancer screening spiel, cultivate your approach to the breast mass, and empower your patients with empathetic shared decision-making (which we know you’re all already fabulous at)! On this fantastic episode, we are joined by Dr. Nancy Keating @NancyKeatingMD, policy wonk and primary care doc extraordinaire at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. This episode is rife with drama, as the ACS butts heads with the USPTF and the ACR, and you have to figure out what’s right for the patient by talking with them--almost as exciting as that moment on Grey’s when Izzie cuts the...anyway, I won’t ruin a key plot point in the most excellent medical show of all time, all in a day’s work, here at The Curbsiders. Enjoy!
Listeners can claim Free CE credit through VCU Health at http://curbsiders.vcuhealth.org/ (CME goes live at 0900 ET on the episode’s release date).
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Credits Producer and Writer: Nora Taranto MD Show Notes: Nora Taranto MD, Isabel Valdez PA Infographic: Nora Taranto MD Cover Art: Kate Grant, MD Hosts: Stuart Brigham MD, FACP; Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP, Nora Taranto MD Editor: Matthew Watto MD (written materials); Clair Morgan of nodderly.com
Reviewer: Arielle Medford MD Guest: Nancy Keating MD, MPH
Sponsors Provider Solutions & Development Provider Solutions & Development is a community of experts dedicated to offering guidance and career coaching to physicians and clinicians throughout their entire career journey. With exclusive access to hundreds of opportunities across the nation, reach out today to begin the search for your perfect practice: www.psdrecruit.org/curbsiders.
VCU Health CE The Curbsiders are partnering with VCU Health Continuing Education to offer FREE continuing education credits for physicians and other healthcare professionals. Visit curbsiders.vcuhealth.org and search for this episode to claim credit. Note: A free VCU Health CloudCME account is required in order to seek credit.
Time Stamps Sponsor - Provider Solutions & Development www.psdrecruit.org/curbsiders. Sponsor - VCU Health Continuing Education
00:30 Intro & Guest Bio 03:27 Guest one-liner 05:27 Best Advice for Women in Medicine 07:34 Picks of the Week Sponsor - Provider Solutions & Development www.psdrecruit.org/curbsiders. 10:00 Case 1: Brenda Cantwell and Breast Lump DDx 13:39 Clinical Breast Exam vs Self Breast Exam 17:26 Practical Tips for the Clinical Breast Exam 21:50 Imaging to Evaluate the Breast Lump 26:36 Demystifying BIRADS 28:36 Epidemiology Potpourri 33:02 Breast Pain without a Mass 34:30 Case 2: Mammie Gram and Breast Screening 46:03 Average Risk vs High Risk Screening 47:18 Breast Risk Prediction Tools 48:51 Breast Density 53:16 Imaging Modalities 61:28 Shared Decision Making in Screening 68:04 Case 3: Ms Britta Lumpworth and When to Stop Screening Mammograms 74:42 Take Home Points and Outro Sponsor - VCU Health Continuing Education
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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
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Thomas, et al, Randomized trial of breast self-exam in Shanghai: final results. JNCI, 2002. Semagliazov et al, Results of a prospective randomized investigation [Russia] to evaluate the significance of self-examination for the early detection of breast cancer, Vopr Onkol, 2003. Fuller, M. S., Lee, C. I., & Elmore, J. G. Breast cancer screening: an evidence-based update. The Medical clinics of North America, 2015. Chan et al, False-negative rate of combined mammography and ultrasound for women with palpable breast masses. Breast Cancer Res Treat, 2015.
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Harding Center for Risk Literacy Fact Box
Keating et al, Breast Cancer Screening in 2018: Time for Shared Decision Making, Jama Insights, 2018. ePrognosis life expectancy calculator
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Goal Listeners will learn how to evaluate a breast lump in the primary care clinic, what the guidelines recommend for asymptomatic breast cancer screening, and how to engage a patient in shared-decision making given the data available on mammograms.
Learning objectives After listening to this episode listeners will…
Triage and evaluate the Breast Lump Perform breast cancer risk assessment Recall the Guideline Recommendations for Breast Cancer Screening and how they vary Engage patients in conversation about b...

Sep 21, 2020 • 1h 20min
#233 Giving Effective Feedback with Drs. Abby Spencer and Alia Chisty
Listen to our medical education heroes, Dr. Abby Spencer, @abbyCCim (Cleveland Clinic), and Dr. Alia Chisty, @aliachisty (Penn State Health), school us on how to give effective and meaningful feedback! Topics include: the ADAPT framework, how to give difficult feedback, keywords and phrases when giving feedback, how to avoid gender and racial bias when giving feedback, giving feedback to your peers and how to solicit effective feedback as a team leader.
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Credits Written and Produced by Paul Williams MD, FACP Cover Art: Paul Williams, MD, FACP Infographic: Edison Jyang Hosts: Stuart Brigham MD; Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP Editor: Matthew Watto MD (written materials); Clair Morgan of nodderly.com
Guests: Abby Spencer MD and Alia Chisty MD
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00:30 Intro, disclaimer, guest bio, pun 04:00 Guest one-liners, Picks of the Week* (see links below) 10:25 Sponsor - Provider Solutions & Development www.psdrecruit.org/curbsiders. 11:00 Case from Kashlak, Feedback definitions 15:00 Addressing perceived barriers to feedback 31:45 ADAPT model of feedback 38:10 Addressing potentially gendered feedback; 42:45 Giving feedback to those who lack insight 48:29 Feedback and racial bias 52:25 Giving peer feedback 58:10 Tips for soliciting feedback as a supervisor 69:05 Does giving difficult feedback mean people won’t like you? 75:10 Take home points and Outro Sponsor - VCU Health Continuing Education
Links* Radical Candor (book) Host (film)
Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief movie Hamilton on Disney Plus
Her (film)
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Goal Listeners will demonstrate effective techniques to deliver and solicit meaningful feedback.
Learning objectives After listening to this episode listeners will…
Discuss the definitions and terms used to discuss feedback. Deliver effective feedback that is concordant with the learning goals of their trainees. Address potential perceived barriers to feedback. Utilize the ADAPT framework to partner with their learners and develop shared goals. Develop strategies to mitigate against using gender- or racially-biased narrative language. Deliver feedback to learners with limited insight by leveraging the impact of perception on achieving goals. Solicit effective and meaningful feedback despite being in a position of authority
Disclosures Drs. Spencer and Chisty report no relevant financial disclosures. The Curbsiders report no relevant financial disclosures.
Citation Williams PN, Spencer A, Chisty A, Brigham SK, Jyang E, Watto MF. “#233 Giving effective feedback with Abby Spencer and Alia Chisty”. The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast. https://thecurbsiders.com/episode-list Final publishing date September 21, 2020.
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