Vital Minds

Vital Minds

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Vital Minds episodes

  • 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
    26 min
  • 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”
    16 min
  • 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
    24 min
  • 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
    11 min
  • 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
    14 min
  • 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
    10 min
  • 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.

    19 min
  • Episode 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
    • 18 min
    • 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

      19 min

    About Vital Minds

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    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 from mental health to obesity to pain management and many more. The series will explore nuances of the featured topic and provide solid tips and information PAs can put into practice to benefit patients.