The Texas Tech Medcast
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The Texas Tech Medcast is a podcast for medical residents, medical students, practicing physicians, and others involved in medical education and high quality, patient-centered primary care. The Texas Tech MedCast Series are available as a subscription or as individual episodes at no charge from the Apple iTunes Music Store (search Texas Tech or MedCast).
Click on the episode titles below to listen to the episodes. |
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Texas Tech MedCast Podcast Series:
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| Episode
title Link to the MP3 File & Fact Sheet (pdf) |
Description & Learning Objectives | Presenters | Date
Posted/ Length |
| Geriatric Polypharmacy | This
episode outlines 5 strategies for effective prescribing in the elderly Learning Objectives: the physician audience should be able to:
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 Mike Ragain, MD  Kathryn McMahon, PhD Pharmacology & Neurosciences  Lynn Bickley, MD Internal Medicine Lubbock |
9/14/2006
19:06 |
| Geriatric Incontinence | This
episode provides an overview of the prevalence and types of urinary incontinence,
as well as techniques for effective history-taking and treatment recommendations. Learning Objectives: the physician audience should be able to:
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 & Fiona Prabhu, MD Family Medicine, Lubbock |
9/14/2006
17:34 |
| Assessing the Older Adult: Approach to the Patient | This
episode addresses techniques for obtaining a health history from an older
adult, focusing on the physician’s demeanor, communication style,
and approach to the patient. Learning Objectives: the physician audience should be able to:
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Lynn
Bickley, MD Internal Medicine  & Betsy Jones, EdD Family Medicine, Lubbock |
9/26/2006
21:32 |
| Nursing Home Visits: A How-To Guide | This
episode includes a how-to guide for effective nursing home visits, focusing
on the admission H&P, routine nursing home visits, annual exams, and
acute/ urgent care visits. Learning Objectives: the physician audience should be able to:
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 Laura Baker, MD Family Medicine Lubbock & Betsy Jones, EdD Family Medicine, Lubbock |
9/26/2006
19:26 |
| Health
Literacy and the Older Adult Fact Sheet |
This
episode includes an overview of health literacy with special emphasis on
health literacy issues that affect the older adult and includes strategies
for helping older patients overcome problems with health literacy. Learning Objectives: the physician audience should be able to:
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 Lorraine Wallace, PhD Family Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville & Betsy Jones, EdD Family Medicine, Lubbock |
10/13/2006
17:14 |
| Evaluation of Falls in the Elderly | This
episode outlines the clinical significance of falls in the elderly, the
consequences of falls, risk factors for falls, and clinical approaches to
the elderly patient who falls. . Learning Objectives: the physician audience should be able to:
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 Paul Casner, MD Internal Medicine El Paso & Mike Ragain, MD Family Medicine, Lubbock |
11/14/2006
19:44 |
| Narrative Medicine | This
episode provides an overview of narrative medicine and outlines benefits
of engaging in the narrative medicine process to both patient and physician. Learning Objectives: the physician audience should be able to:
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 Lance Evans , PhD Family Medicine Lubbock & Betsy Jones, EdD Family Medicine, Lubbock |
12/8/2006
16:29 |
| Geriatric Functional Assessment | This episode gives an overview of the purposes of functional assessment of the elderly as well as tools for easy assessment in the office setting. Learning Objectives: the physician audience should be able to:
Useful Links for this episode:
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Mike Ragain, MD Kathryn Family Medicine Lubbock Fiona Prabhu, MD Family Medicine Lubbock Lynn Bickley, MD Internal Medicine Lubbock |
1/19/2007
17:37 |
| BPH: Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
Fact Sheet |
This episode discusses issues related to BPH, benign prostatic hyperplasia (or hypertrophy). Learning Objectives: the physician audience should be able to:
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 Tommie Farrell, MD Family Medicine, TTUHSC, Lubbock  Rachel Bramson, MD Family Medicine, Texas A&M  Julie McKee, MD Family Medicine University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston  Richard Usatine, MD Family Medicine University of Texas HSC, San Antonio |
1/29/2007
18:18 |
| Plantar Fasciitis
Fact Sheet |
This episode outlines issues related to Plantar Fasciitis, a common condition in older adults. Learning Objectives: the physician audience should be able to:
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 Jennifer Mitchell, MD, FAAFP Family Medicine Lubbock & Betsy Jones, EdD Family Medicine, Lubbock |
2/19/2007
11:24 |
| Mini Mental State Exam | This episode illustrates the use of the Mini Mental State Exam (MMSE), a brief instrument useful for assessing mental status in the elderly. Learning Objectives: the physician audience should be able to:
This episode was recorded and edited during a seminar at the Southern Group on Educational Affairs (SGEA) Conference at the Brown Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky, on Thursday, April 19, 2007. |
Tommie Farrell, MD Family Medicine Lubbock Stephen Fath, PhD, University of Texas HSC Houston & Betsy Jones, EdD Family Medicine, Lubbock |
4/24/2007
18:00 |
| Nutritional Issues and Concerns in the Elderly | This episode outlines nutrition issues and concerns in elderly patients. Learning Objectives: the physician audience should be able to:
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 Kathy Chauncey PhD, RD
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5/15/2007
15:17 |
| Preventive Screening for the Elderly
Fact Sheet |
This episode outlines preventive screening recommendations for elderly patients. Learning Objectives: the physician audience should be able to:
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Tommie Farrell, MD Family Medicine, Lubbock Anthony Carter, MS4 |
7/2/2007
25:44 |
For more information about the Texas Tech MedCast series or the research project
"Using Podcasting to Deliver Resident Cardiovascular Training in a Practice-Based Primary Care Research Network,"
contact Betsy Goebel Jones, EdD, Podcast Producer and Project PI.
