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Swallow Your Pride Podcast

159 – Words Matter: A Palliative Care Physician’s Perspective – Michael David Barnett MD, MS, FACP, FAAP, FAAHPM

Swallow Your Pride Podcast

Theresa Richard, MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-S

Education, Health & Fitness, Business, Careers, Medicine

4.8899 Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Barnett is a palliative care physician who knows a thing or two about having empathetic conversations and delivering difficult news.

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This is episode 159 of the Swallier Pride Podcast and today's guest is Dr Michael Barnett.

0:07.0

He is an associate professor of medicine and pediatrics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham,

0:12.0

having previously completed a residency in

0:14.2

combined internal medicine and pediatrics, and the Fellowship in Hospice and

0:18.2

Pallative Care for both children and adults, he now attends on the Pallative Care Services at UAB and adults. He now attends on the palliative care services at

0:23.9

U.A.B. and Children's of Alabama. He is the program director of the UAB hospice

0:29.0

and Pallative Medicine Fellowship and is the Associate Director of Education for the UAB Center for Palliative and Supportive Care.

0:35.8

He has been a faculty consultant and communication skills for the United States Medical

0:40.0

Licensing Clinical Skills exam and is a senior facilitator for the National Vital Talk Communication

0:45.9

Skills Training Program. He developed and leads an interprofessional

0:49.7

communication skills training program for the UAB health system.

0:54.0

Dr. Barnett is board certified in internal medicine, pediatrics, and hospice and palliative

0:58.8

medicine, and is a fellow of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, the American College of Physicians, and the American Academy of Pediatrics.

1:07.0

He has facilitated multiple train-the-trainer courses for medical educators and communication skills with particular focus on serious illness and end of life care.

1:16.0

And I know I'm not supposed to have favorite episodes you guys, but this might have been my most favorite episode ever.

1:22.0

And I only say that because this is just such a profound episode. It really truly is.

1:28.0

He had me just stop and think so many times which I, you know, it's hard for me to do as a podcast host but just

1:35.5

some really really good information in here and I'm so grateful to him and I'm so

1:40.5

grateful that he actually came and spoke at Asha a few years ago and that's how you'll hear that I discovered him.

1:46.6

So super grateful for him to come on the show and I really hope you all learn something from this episode because I think we all can. Welcome to the Swallier Pride Podcast. I'm your host Teresa Richard. I'm a board certified

2:13.4

specialist in swallowing and swallowing disorders, a mobile-fies business owner and

2:17.6

founder of the Med-SLP Collective. This podcast is all about delivering the

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