Health and Medicine (Audio)

Paul Glassman, DDS. University of the Pacific School of Dentistry. Series: "Developmental Disabilities Update" [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 33509]

Kara Chien, JD. Managing Attorney, Mental Health Unit, Office of the Public Defender of San Francisco. Series: "Developmental Disabilities Update" [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 33510]

Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado, MD. Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases) and Health Research and Policy; Director, Global Child Health Program; Stanford University Series: "Developmental Disabilities Update" [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 33511]

Erica Monasterio, MN, FNP-BC. Clinical Professor; Director, Family Nurse Practitioner Program, Family Health Care Nursing. UCSF. Series: "Developmental Disabilities Update" [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 33512]

Michael S. Policar, MD, MPH. Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, UCSF School of Medicine Series: "Developmental Disabilities Update" [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 33513]

Finn Gratton, Psychotherapist. Series: "Developmental Disabilities Update" [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 33514]

Learn more about PRIME-US, a program to nurture, support and equip medical students to become leaders in underserved care. This is a five year supplementary curricular tract at UCSF School of Medicine and the UC Berkeley-UCSF Joint Medical Program. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Show ID: 32950]

Dr. Talmadge King, Jr. is Dean of the UCSF School of Medicine and Vice Chancellor for Medical Affairs at UCSF. Dr. King is an internationally known expert on interstitial lung diseases. In the interview with current chair of UCSF’s Department of Medicine, Dr. Bob Wachter, Dr. King describes his remarkable journey from a small town upbringing – including segregated schools – to the pinnacle of academic medicine. Dr. King is the recipient of several major honors, including the Trudeau Medal, the highest honor of the American Thoracic Society. Prior to assuming his role as dean, he was chair of UCSF’s Department of Medicine and Chief of the Medical Service at San Francisco General Hospital. Series: "Great Minds Gather Here" [Show ID: 32874]

UCSF Physical Therapist Monika Patel briefly describes both Multiple Sclerosis and its symptoms. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Show ID: 33481]

Even after medical school, learning for doctors continues in the form of residency, fellowship and lifelong learning. Dr. Robert Baron, Associate Dean for Graduate and Continuing Medical Education at UCSF, explains how doctors become specialists and then stay current throughout their careers. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Show ID: 32949]

Depression in older adults is under-recognized and under-treated. Sidney Zisook, MD, explores the initial response of bereavement, acute grief. Series: "Stein Institute for Research on Aging" [Show ID: 33482]

UCSF Physical Therapist Monika Patel answers the question, what is a stroke? Patel goes on to describe the issues associated with the occurrence of a stroke. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Show ID: 33479]

UCSF Physical Therapist Monika Patel goes over brain plasticity and suggests new skills as a way of maintaining it. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Show ID: 33480]

When you are feeling dizzy and falling how do you get an accurate diagnosis of the root cause? Kimberley Bell, DPT is a Doctor of Physical Therapy and a Vestibular Expert who specializes in treating patients with dizziness, vertigo, imbalance and unexplained repeated falls. She shares the typical symptoms to make note of and share with your doctor as well as treatment options. Series: "Stein Institute for Research on Aging" [Show ID: 33226]

There are obvious challenges with skill practice in medical education. Dr. Sandrijn van Schaik looks at how simulation is used and its limits and challenges. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Show ID: 32948]