Vital Minds

By PA Foundation

Each Vital Minds episode will feature a conversation between host James Millward, an early career PA, and a guest expert on a topic of relevance to the PA and healthcare provider audience, ranging fro... more

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October 11, 2018 Episode 9 – Diet Dialogue: Approaching Patient Conversations Using National Nutrition Data
Vital Minds is a podcast of the PA Foundation, a national nonprofit organization that promotes better health and wellness by providing PAs and PA students with philanthropic opportunities and resources. Each Vital Minds episode features a conversation between host James Millward, an early career PA, and a guest expert on a topic of relevance to the PA and healthcare provider audience, ranging from mental health to obesity to pain management and many more.
Episode 9 – October 2018
Topic: Diet Dialogue: Approaching Patient Conversations Using National Nutrition Data
Host: James Millward, DMSc, PA-C
Guests: Chris Taylor, PhD, and Ashlyn Smith, PA-C
Support for this episode of Vital Minds is provided by Abbott Nutrition.
Resources:
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999–2016 Survey Content Brochure
Long Term Effects of a Lifestyle Intervention on Weight and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes: Four Year Results of the Look AHEAD Trial
The Look AHEAD Trial: Implications for Lifestyle Intervention in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP)
USDA Food and Nutrition Services
AACE 2018 DM2 Guidelines (pp. 3-4, 24)
ADA Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes 2018 (pp. 47-51)
Why Muscle Mass Matters
Costs of Malnutrition in Institutionalized and Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Systematic Review
USDA: What We Eat in America
Patient Resources:
My Game Plan: Food and Activity Tracker
AADE Diabetes Wellness Program
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
USDA MyPlate
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26min
October 02, 2018 Episode 8 – National Trends in PA Leadership
Vital Minds is a podcast of the PA Foundation, a national nonprofit organization that promotes better health and wellness by providing PAs and PA students with philanthropic opportunities and resources. Each Vital Minds episode features a conversation between host James Millward, an early career PA, and a guest expert on a topic of relevance to the PA and healthcare provider audience, ranging from mental health to obesity to pain management and many more.
Episode 8 – September 2018
Topic: National Trends in PA Leadership
Host: James Millward, DMSc, PA-C
Guest: Andrea Lowe, PA-C, MHA
Support for this episode of Vital Minds is provided by the American Academy of PAs.
Resources:
CHLM Case Study: “Utilizing PAs and NPs as autonomous clinicians in the clinic setting”
CHLM Case Study: “Leadership Structure: System Case Study”
CHLM Case Study: “Leadership Structure: Departmental Case Study”
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16min
June 25, 2018 Episode 7 – Opioid and Alcohol Use Disorder
Vital Minds is a podcast of the PA Foundation, a national nonprofit organization that promotes better health and wellness by providing PAs and PA students with philanthropic opportunities and resources. Each Vital Minds episode features a conversation between host James Millward, an early career PA, and a guest expert on a topic of relevance to the PA and healthcare provider audience, ranging from mental health to obesity to pain management and many more.
Episode 7 – June 2018
Topic: Extending the Practice Environment for Treating Patients with Opioid and Alcohol Use Disorder
Guest: Christopher Ortiz, PA-C, EMT-P
Support for this episode of Vital Minds is provided by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, Clinical Trials Network Dissemination Initiative.
CME credit is available through AAPA Learning Central for this episode. Visit the Learning Central site to access the podcast episode and evaluation.
Resources:
NIDA CTN Dissemination Initiative
Adolescent Substance Use Screening Tools
SAMHSA Opioid Overdose Prevention Toolkit
STAT News: How effective is medication-assisted treatment for addiction? Here’s the science
Comparative effectiveness of extended-release naltrexone versus buprenorphine-naloxone for opioid relapse prevention (X:BOT): a multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled trial
Allied Against Opioid Abuse
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24min
December 05, 2017 Episode 6 – Older Adult Flu Prevention
Vital Minds Podcast
Vital Minds is a podcast of the PA Foundation, a national nonprofit organization that promotes better health and wellness by providing PAs and PA students with philanthropic opportunities and resources. Each Vital Minds episode features a conversation between host James Millward, an early career PA, and a guest expert on a topic of relevance to the PA and healthcare provider audience, ranging from mental health to obesity to pain management and many more.
Episode 6 – December 2017
Topic: Older adult flu prevention
Guest: Don Solimini, PA-C, MHA, DFAAPA
Support for this episode of Vital Minds is provided by Seqirus, a major contributor to the prevention of influenza globally.
Resources:
Be FLUent Initiative
The Impact of Influenza on Older Adults: The Facts
Tips for Discussing the Importance of Flu Vaccination with Older Patients
Educational brochure – The Importance of Flu Prevention for Older Adults
Patient vaccination reminder card
CDC: What You Should Know and Do this Flu Season If You Are 65 Years and Older
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11min
November 07, 2017 Episode 5 – Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease
Vital Minds Podcast
Vital Minds is a podcast of the PA Foundation, a national nonprofit organization that promotes better health and wellness by providing PAs and PA students with philanthropic opportunities and resources. Each Vital Minds episode features a conversation between host James Millward, an early career PA, and a guest expert on a topic of relevance to the PA and healthcare provider audience, ranging from mental health to obesity to pain management and many more.
Episode 5 – November 2017
Topic: Diabetes and cardiovascular disease
Guest: Scott Urquhart, PA-C, DFAAPA
Support for this episode of Vital Minds is provided by Novo Nordisk, a global healthcare company with more than 90 years of innovation and leadership in diabetes care, and experience that enables them to help people defeat other serious chronic conditions including: rare bleeding disorders, growth hormone-related disorders, and obesity.
Resources:
Diabetes Leadership Edge: Advancing PA Leadership in the Management of Type 2 Diabetes | Module 4 – Pharmacotherapy
Diabetes resources – AAPA Learning Central
Multifactorial Intervention and Cardiovascular Disease in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
Cardiovascular risk assessment in patients with diabetes
Current perspectives on cardiovascular outcome trials in diabetes
Clinical Implications of Cardiovascular Outcome Trials in Type 2 Diabetes: From DCCT to EMPA-REG
Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
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14min
August 23, 2017 Episode 4 – Mental Health First Aid
Vital Minds Podcast
Vital Minds is a podcast of the PA Foundation, a national nonprofit organization that promotes better health and wellness by providing PAs and PA students with philanthropic opportunities and resources. Each Vital Minds episode features a conversation between host James Millward, an early career PA, and a guest expert on a topic of relevance to the PA and healthcare provider audience, ranging from mental health to obesity to pain management and many more.
Episode 4 – August 2017
Topic: Mental Health First Aid
Guest: Susan Salahshor, PhD, PA-C, DFAAPA
Support for this episode of Vital Minds is provided by Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.
Resources:
Mental Health First Aid
MHFA Course Evaluations
Mental Health First Aid Efficacy: A Compilation of Research Efforts
NPR Morning Edition: Mental Health First Aid, How to Help in an Emotional Crisis
ABC News: Mental Health First Aid Courses Teach Mental Health Awareness
NPR Talk of the Nation: A First Aid Kit for Mental Health Emergencies
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10min
July 25, 2017 Episode 3 – Oral Health
Vital Minds Podcast
Vital Minds is a podcast of the PA Foundation, a national nonprofit organization that promotes better health and wellness by providing PAs and PA students with philanthropic opportunities and resources. Each Vital Minds episode features a conversation between host James Millward, an early career PA, and a guest expert on a topic of relevance to the PA and healthcare provider audience, ranging from mental health to obesity to pain management and many more.
Episode 3 – July 2017
Topic: Oral health
Guest: Melinda Thomas, PA-C
Support for this episode of Vital Minds is provided by the National Interprofessional Initiative on Oral Health with funding from the DentaQuest Foundation and the Arcora Foundation.
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19min
July 24, 2017Episode 2 – Mood Disorders and Depression
Vital Minds Podcast
Vital Minds is a podcast of the PA Foundation, a national nonprofit organization that promotes better health and wellness by providing PAs and PA students with philanthropic opportunities and resources. Each Vital Minds episode features a conversation between host James Millward, an early career PA, and a guest expert on a topic of relevance to the PA and healthcare provider audience, ranging from mental health to obesity to pain management and many more.

Episode 2 – July 2017
Topic: Mood disorders and depression
Guest: Roger S. McIntyre, MD, FRCPC
Support for this episode of Vital Minds is provided by Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.

Resources:
Assessing and measuring cognitive function in major depressive disorder
Evidence for Neurocognitive Improvement After Bariatric Surgery: A Systematic Review
Validation of the THINC-IT Tool for Cognitive Dysfunction in Major Depressive Disorder
THINC-it: a cognitive screening tool
THINC-it: What is it?
The Behavioral Health Workforce Needed for Integration with Primary Care: Information for Health Workforce Planning
The State of Mental Health in America
The Psychiatric Shortage: Causes and Solutions
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18min
July 19, 2017 Episode 1 – Obesity
Vital Minds Podcast
Vital Minds is a podcast of the PA Foundation, a national nonprofit organization that promotes better health and wellness by providing PAs and PA students with philanthropic opportunities and resources. Each Vital Minds episode features a conversation between host James Millward, an early career PA, and a guest expert on a topic of relevance to the PA and healthcare provider audience, ranging from mental health to obesity to pain management and many more.

Episode 1 – June 2017
Topic: Obesity
Guest: Larry Herman, PA-C, MPA, DFAAPA
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19min

FAQs about Vital Minds:

How many episodes does Vital Minds have?

The podcast currently has 29 episodes available.