19 episodes
The Secret Life of Neurohospitalists Jennifer Jones
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- Health & Fitness
Join host Dr. Jennifer Jones as she explores the relatively new subspecialty of neurohospitalist ~ a board certified neurologist who works exclusively in the hospital to treat patients for neuro events like seizures, brain injury and their specialty, stroke care. Come explore life on the floor and what it feels like to work a seven-day week treating patients. Should doctors pray with the sick? Is there enough time to do yoga between calls? Let's think about it here, on The Secret Life of Neurohospitalists.
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Training a New Generation of Doctors
Your Host Dr. Jennifer Jones continues her conversation with colleague Rebecca Bernstein, M.D. This time it's about what is happening with Interns and Residents in the MAHEC program here in Asheville, NC. Dr. Bernstein reminds us how a robust and supportive student-teacher relationship can mean better medicine for all parties involved.
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DEI in Medicine
Your Host Dr. Jennifer Jones tallks to colleague Rebecca Bernstein, M.D. about what it means when human bias affects patient care. Is your doctor judging you? Listen to this thoughtful discussion about how being a better doctor sometimes means checking old ideas at the consult door.
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Hard to Swallow
While neurology may focus on the Central Nervous System, a side effect of many neurological events can be the loss of basic functions we take for granted like talking, chewing, and reading. For some patients it can even be hard to swallow. Join your host Dr. Jennifer Jones as she talks to Speech Pathologist Maggie Lance Grucci on how these two specialites in medicine work together.
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Functional Neurology
In this episode Dr. Jennifer Jones and guest Dr. Nicole Tweedy discuss functional neurology and psychogenic non-epileptic seizures. Why are sufferers so diffiucult to treat and is "functional" a medical misnomer for these mysterious and often non-medical episdoes? Listen to this thoughtful chat on why just listening is often the most comforting medicine for some patients. We want to hear from you! Send all questions, thoughts and ideas about the show to secretlifeneuro@gmail.com
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Burnout
Dr. Jennifer Jones wraps up her year with a relentless work week, a factor that leads to burnout for many on call physicians. Listen in as Dr. Jones talks to her overworked colleague Dr. Robby Hendry about how to handle the symptoms of work fatigue and how they both might find some relief in the new year.
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The Omnipresence
Dr. Jennifer Jones revisits the topic of telehealth with Dr. Melanie Greenway and Nurse Practitioner Aubry Donoghue as the world of AI and communcative technology keeps offering new ways to deliver medicine remotely. But who's watching and how does the method deliver in real time? Join us for this timely discussion.