Scope of the Practice Podcast: Recent Episodes
Angela David and Eleni Ramphos
The podcast where two healthcare professionals, and yoga teachers, discuss the intersection of yoga and wellness with modern medical science.
In this episode, Angela and Eleni sit down with Dr. Reza Manesh to discuss his book, Finding Joy in Medicine.
In this inspiring conversation, Dr. Manesh candidly shares stories of the personal and professional challenges he faced at each phase of his journey to becoming a physician, and how he overcame those challenges to find joy in the practice of medicine.
Although written from a physician's perspective, Dr. Manesh makes it clear that the lessons in Finding Joy in Medicine are for everyone. His passion for learning and teaching is evident in his ability to creatively relate concepts in his memoir to the practice of yoga, making the content accessible to health care professionals and yogis alike.
This conversation is sure to leave you feeling uplifted and inspired!
Reza Manesh, MD is an award-winning teaching physician who wants to help others find joy in their health care training and careers. Reza co-founded The Clinical Problem Solvers Podcast with the mission to democratize the teaching of diagnostic reasoning. To find out more information about his book, please visit his website at https://www.rezamanesh.com/
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The dietary supplement business is a multibillion dollar industry, estimated at $46 billion in 2020 in the United States alone. According to the CDC, 57.6% of adults over the age of 20 report using dietary supplements, the most popular categories of which are vitamins, minerals, and botanicals. This usage has increased during the Covid-19 pandemic, as many have been seeking ways to strengthen their immune system to ward off or combat viral infection.
The use of supplements has long been prevalent in yoga and wellness communities due to a preference for a more natural or earth-based approach to health and medicine. Additionally, some yoga practitioners choose to avoid conventional Western medicine due to a mistrust of the healthcare system.
In this episode, Angela and Eleni are joined by Lindsey Tincher, a clinical pharmacist, to discuss many aspects of supplement usage including: regulation, risks, benefits, interactions, and how to approach the use of supplements safely. As always, the goal of this episode is to provide accurate information to empower listeners to make informed choices about their health and the health of their loved ones. We hope it inspires thoughtful inquiry and conversation in the yoga community and beyond. Thank you for joining the conversation.
Resources:
Supplement fact sheet https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/list-all/
In the past year, medical skepticism has seemingly increased within many western yoga and wellness communities with some yoga teachers and wellness influencers using their large social media platforms to disseminate misinformation about the Covid-19 pandemic. Since the development and distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, the spread of misinformation online could potentially lead to an increase in vaccine hesitancy during a crucial time in our fight against this pandemic, the race to reach herd immunity. In our first episode, Angela sits down with Dr. Paul Kamitsuka, a hospital epidemiologist and infectious disease specialist, to discuss the Covid-19 vaccines. Topics include vaccine development, safety concerns, the importance of herd immunity, how to compassionately discuss vaccine hesitancy, and more. The goal of this episode is to provide accurate information to empower our listeners, members of the yoga community and beyond, to make informed choices about their health and the health of their loved ones. Thank you for joining the conversation.
In this episode sneak peek, Angela and Eleni share their take on the impact that social media and the pressure to perform can have on mental and emotional well-being.
In this episode teaser, Angela and Eleni talk scope of practice for healthcare professionals, yoga, and more!