**In this podcast Dr. G summarizes her personal experience from the 2024 American College of Physicians ACP annual Internal Medicine meeting held April 18th-20th in Boston, Massachusetts **

Show notes-

Mourning Dove Medical Presents Dr. G at the Heart of Healthcare

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Internal Medicine

-The cornerstone of healthcare

-Foundation of Adult Clinical Care

Mission-Educate & Empower in three parts, helping listeners ‘SEE’ what’s needed to navigate the healthcare system.

1. Story (theme) Beautiful Boston! Hit the ground running after a Red Eye🛫😵‍💫 no time to explore. Recall Boston based movie settings: Equalizer with Denzel Washington; The Town by Ben Affleck; Historic Boston Marathon

2. Educate -Teaching points

Thursday 18th Hit ground running❗️

- ACP logo photo

- Badge ✔️

- Opening Ceremony Dr. Eric Topol out of San Diego, founded med school at Cleveland Clinic. AI CHANGE medicine

- Early Career Physicians Networking Luncheon

Friday 19th

- Cardiology Update 🫀 Dr. Clyde Yancy NW Med🤯 Check out Summary new syndrome, CKM, PREVENT Equation https://professional.heart.org/en/guidelines-and-statements/prevent-calculator; Life’s Essential 8 https://www.heart.org/en/healthy-living/healthy-lifestyle/lifes-essential-8

- Breaking New Plenary: Annals of IM Authors Time-restricted eating doesn’t matter

- Lunch NY ACP #MedTwitter #SoMe friends “Bouncers” at Women Physicians

- Narrative Medicine (Humanities, wellness) “Stories that Heal and Reveal: A Radical Listening and Reflective Writing Workshop” Rumi poem THE GUEST HOUSE

- ACP California Reception: SoCal Regions 2&3 (Hawaii, Arizona, Nevada)

- LA Girls unite!

Saturday

- Saved Best for Last: “Palliative Care for Hospitalized Patients” Dr. Janet Abramh https://www.vitaltalk.org

- O’Connors Clam “Chada” & a Lobster Roll 🦞

3. Empower -A valuable a resource

https://www.acponline.org/about-acp

DEI shift ACP SoCal Region 3

https://www.thedeishift.com

Treat of music 🎶composer Chris Dingman vibraphonist

https://www.instagram.com/dingmanvibes?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

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