The Clinical Excellence Podcast: Recent Episodes

Adam Cifu, MD

The Clinical Excellent Podcast, sponsored by the Bucksbaum Institute for Clinical Excellence is a biweekly podcast hosted by Drs. Adam Cifu and Matthew Sorrentino. The podcast has three formats: discussions between doctors and patients, discussions with authors of research pertinent to improving clinical care and the doctor-patient relationship and discussions with physicians about challenges in the doctor-patient relationship or in the life of a physician.

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Can we teach medical students by teaming them up with patients?

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Making the family and social history a meaningful part of the medical history.

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Many physicians perceive their profession as a vocation. In this episode we talk about how this affects our lives and our practice.

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What is lifestyle medicine and how can it add value to traditional primary care medicine.

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What needs to be considered when caring for people with whom you work.

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A patient recounts years of interacting with the medical field.

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Dr. Stacy Lindau, the director of PRISM, of the Program in Integrative Sexual Medicine, talks about discussing sensitive topics with patients.

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Dr. Valerie Press' work primarily focuses on improving patient-centered education for underserved patients with chronic disease and limited health literacy through novel interventions in the community and hospital settings targeted at both patients and clinicians. Dr. Matthew Sorrentino will discuss Dr. Press's latest research projects.

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Unsalvageable relationships. Terminating the physician-patient relationship.

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A patient talks about Dr./Pt communication.

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Dealing with patients who aren't happy when a second opinion turns out to be the same as the first.

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Physician burnout for physicians who hate hearing about burnout.

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Breaking bad news in surgical practice and preparing patients for the possibility of bad news.

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Drs. Adam Cifu and Matthew Sorrentino discuss the new Clinical Excellence podcast. The podcast has three formats: discussions between doctors and patients, discussions with authors of research pertinent to improving clinical care and the doctor-patient relationship and discussions with physicians about challenges in the doctor-patient relationship or in the life of a physician.