5-Minute Clinical Update and Grand Rounds with Dr. Thomas McGinn

Oct 22 2024 106 ep. 25 mins 3

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Hosted by Dr. Thomas McGinn, Professor, Baylor College of Medicine; Clinical Professor of Medicine at Creighton University School of Medicine; EVP CommonSpirit Health Physician Enterprise. Dr. McGinn brings the latest healthcare news to physicians and advanced practice providers.

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5-Minute Check In: Antimicrobial Stewardship

Oct 22 2024 4 mins

Topics covered: - Defining antimicrobial stewardship- New randomized clinical trial looking at how stewardship prompts improve antibiotic selection for pneumonia- Resources and how CommonSpirit Health is taking action and addressing this important topicGuest expert: Dr. Renuga Vivekanandan, Infectious Disease Expert, Division VP and CMO Physician Enterprise - Midwest, Professor, As

5-Minute Check In: Fall Virus Outlook

Sep 23 2024 5 mins

Infectious Disease expert Dr. Renuga Vivekanandan joins us for a preview of what to expect this season. Topics covered:- Viruses- Influenza- COVID-19- RSV- West Nile- MPox - VaccinesGuest: Dr. Renuga Vivekanandan, infectious Disease expert and Division VP and CMO Physician Enterprise - Midwest, Professor, Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, Creighton University School of Medicine.

Myth Busting: Is exercise = to other treatments to help depression? Do tattoos cause lymphoma?

Aug 12 2024 5 mins

Back by popular demand, our mythbusting team takes looks at two new health topics making headlines and compares popular beliefs to the latest evidence: Is exercise as effective as other treatments to help depression?Meta-analysis: https://www.bmj.com/content/384/bmj-2023-075847Do tattoos cause lymphoma?Study: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(24)00228-

5-Minute Check In: Social Connection and Mortality

Jul 30 2024 7 mins

Components of social connection are associated with mortality, but research examining their independent and combined effects in the same dataset is lacking. That has now changed thanks to a recent study published in BMC Medicine. We're joined by the primary author of that study to discuss the results and to get his perspective on social connectivity, loneliness and isolation and th

Myth Busting: Are full body, preventative scans helpful or harmful for healthy individuals?

Jul 09 2024 7 mins

Back by popular demand, the latest myth-busting episode of the 5-Minute Check In with Dr. McGinn takes a closer look at another popular and controversial topic: Are full body, preventative scans helpful or harmful for healthy individuals?Watch as we separate fact from fiction and compare popular beliefs to the evidence. Previous Myth-Busting EpisodesMyth-Busting — Fasting and Sta

Virtual Grand Rounds/Clinical Update: Fast Track Insights: Rapid Review of Impactful Articles

Jun 28 2024 53 mins

Learning Objectives (and corresponding articles): Identify medications best avoided by older adults in most circumstances or specific clinical scenarios (JAGS)Discern the benefits, harms, and efficacy of different smoking cessation pharmacotherapies and e‐cigarettes (Annals of Internal Medicine)Evaluate the effectiveness, harms, and benefits of newer diabetic medications on morta

Virtual Grand Rounds: Implementation of Race-Neutral GLI Equation for Pulmonary Function Tests

Jun 27 2024 50 mins

Learning Objectives:-Review the history and flawed assumptions in the use of race and how race-specific PFT reference equations might lead to health disparities.-Understand the evidence behind the recommendation to use race-neutral reference equations.-Review the quantitative impact of switching from race-specific to race-neutral reference equations.-Assess the many remaining gaps

5-Minute Check In: Evaluating the Use of Resmetirom in Patients with NASH and Liver Fibrosis

May 15 2024 5 mins

First-of-its-kind medication shows promise for liver disease patientsMetabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), formerly known as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), is estimated to affect nearly one-quarter of adults in the United States. Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a form of MASLD that can cause liver fibrosis, cirrhosis, liver failure, an

Virtual Grand Rounds/Clinical Update: Game-Changing Updates in Management of Sickle Cell Disease

Apr 23 2024 63 mins

This special session will explore the transformative impact of gene therapy for sickle cell disease. The session includes the firsthand perspective of Ms. Victoria Gray. Ms. Gray is the first patient in the United States to undergo revolutionary CRISPR treatment for Sickle Cell Disease. After decades of pain and struggle, Ms. Gray's CRISPR procedure has not only modified her affect

5-Minute Check In: The Impact of Race and Ethnicity in Pulmonary Function Testing

Apr 18 2024 6 mins

As part of our ongoing commitment to advancing health equity and evidence-based medicine, CommonSpirit Health has been leading the way in adjusting the use of race and ethnicity in various clinical calculators, first with eGFR and now with pulmonary function tests. In this 5-minute check in, we take a look at:The history and flawed assumptions in the use of race and how race-specif