UR Medical Timeout: Topics in Palliative Care

UR Medical Timeout EP7: Looking in to the crystal ball: Sharing bad news and the art of prognosticating.

In this episode, we’ll talk about why warning shots and asking permission are the most important things to do when you are sharing bad news with our patients.

UR Medical Timeout EP6.2: That Bright Pink Paper: How to Approach Code Status and the MOLST Form

In this episode, we’ll take a deeper dive into how to talk about life sustaining treatments without spooking our patients.

UR Medical Timeout EP6.1: That Bright Pink Paper: How to Approach Code Status and the MOLST Form

In this episode, we’ll break down the “how to’s” of introducing code status conversations and the logistics of filling out the MOLST form.

UR Medical Timeout EP5.2: Anatomy of a Family Meeting, Part Two: Navigating Words and Emotions

In this episode, we’ll talk about picking our battles and choosing the right words to say when emotions are running high.

UR Medical Timeout EP5.1: Anatomy of a Family Meeting: How to approach goals of care discussions.

In this episode, we’ll lay the foundation for setting agendas, organizing, and orchestrating family meetings for goals of care discussions.

UR Medical Timeout EP4: Who Gets to Decide: Advance Directives and Surrogate Decision Making in New York State

Who gets to decide? In this episode, we introduce the basics of advance directive documents and the laws around surrogate decision making in NYS as defined by the Family Health Care Decisions Act of 2010.

UR Medical Timeout EP3: Consult Nuts and Bolts: When and How to Consult Palliative Care

Consult nuts and bolts: in this episode, we discuss the who, the when, and the how of palliative care consultation. What patients are most appropriate, when in the course of their illness should they be referred, and some consult etiquette.

UR Medical Timeout EP2: Opioids 101: Basic Approaches to the Inpatient with Pain

Opioids 101: In this episode, we discuss the different types of pain people present with, what type of pain is appropriate for a palliative care consult, and how to approach opioid treatment safely and effectively.

UR Medical Timeout EP1: Introduction to Palliative care and Hospice

Introduction to Palliative Care and Hospice: in this episode, we dive right in to what palliative care is as a medical specialty, how we explain it to our patients and families, and how it differs from Hospice.