Annals of Family Medicine Podcast

Ep. 13: Fall-Related Emergency Department Visits Among Adults With and Without Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities or Cerebral Palsy, featuring Teal Benevides, PhD, and Michael McKee, MD, MPH

Dr. Teal Benevides and Dr. Michael McKee join host Dr. Sherri Eldin to discuss their research brief, “Fall-Related Emergency Department Visits Among Adults With and Without Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities or Cerebral Palsy” (https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.250058). Dr. Benevides and Dr. McKee explain their findings that adults with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD) or cerebral palsy (CP) were more likely to visit the emergency department for a fall-related injury than adults without these conditions, and that this risk appears at earlier ages than is seen in the general population. They also discuss the barriers these populations face in accessing preventive care, and what primary care clinicians can do, from earlier fall risk screening to multidisciplinary care and medication review, to reduce falls, morbidity, and mortality in these patients. Teal Benevides, PhD, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA, is a professor in the Department of Community and Behavioral Health Sciences in Augusta University’s School of Public Health. She has a passion for describing, understanding, and addressing disparities among individuals on the autism spectrum and those with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities. Dr. McKee is an Associate Professor and board-certified in family medicine with an expertise in disability health. His research focus includes health disparities for individuals with various disabilities, health information accessibility, health literacy, and telemedicine applications.  The video interview will be available on the Annals of Family Medicine YouTube channel [https://www.youtube.com/@annalsoffamilymedicine]. As usual, the audio-only episode will also be available on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/75Eqot9yZ55uwuIrgLAaN6], Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/annals-of-family-medicine-podcast/id1755785647], Amazon Music [https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/613f93d5-fbb1-4d4e-962c-d38b77d0c733/annals-of-family-medicine-podcast], and the Podbean App [https://www.podbean.com/site/search/index?v=annals+of+family+medicie], as well as on the Annals of Family Medicine website [https://www.annfammed.org/content/annals-family-medicine-podcast-innovations-cutting-edge-family-medicine-research].

Ep. 12: Leveraging the Role of Chaplaincy to Enhance Care for Patients With Opioid Use Disorder, featuring Seth Hunter, MD, and Chaplain Dustin Hite

In this episode, authors Dr. Seth Hunter and Chaplain Dustin Hite join host Dr. Sherri Eldin [sherri_eldin@alumni.brown.edu] to discuss their Innovation in Primary Care article, “Leveraging the Role of Chaplaincy to Enhance Care for Patients With Opioid Use Disorder [https://www.annfammed.org/content/24/2/170.pdf],” by April D. Newton, PT, DPT, PhD, Dustin Hite, MDiv, Seth Hunter, MD, and Maeg Sauers, Ann Fam Med 2026;24. https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.25048 [https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.25048]. In this episode: In this episode: Many patients in early recovery face emotional distress and social isolation. To address these unmet needs, the Buprenorphine Clinic at Indiana University (IU) Health Primary Care in Indianapolis integrated a chaplain trained in recovery coaching into its interprofessional collaborative care team. The chaplain provides non-clinical, whole-person support, helping patients explore meaning, process emotions, and identify personal strengths. This role supports patients regardless of spiritual beliefs and complements the medical management of OUD by addressing emotional and existential concerns.

Ep. 11: Live from NAPCRG 2025: A Conversation with the Annals of Family Medicine Staff

Dr. Eldin is joined by her very own co-workers: the invaluable staff that is the driving force behind Annals of Family Medicine. Listeners can look forward to hearing about the team’s respective roles, their work at NAPCRG (including their acclaimed conference workshop), and the opportunity that the Annual Meeting provides to further foster relationships with authors and researchers at all stages of their careers. Sign up to be a peer reviewer with Annals of Family Medicine by clicking the link here [https://www.annfammed.org/content/information-reviewers]!

Ep. 10: Live from NAPCRG 2025: Dr. José Rodríguez

Episode #10 is a relaxed and informative conversation between Dr. Eldin and Dr. José Rodríguez, who stepped down as an Associate Editor for Annals of Family Medicine earlier this year. In this episode, they discuss the fun of attending NAPCRG, the importance of keeping the joy alive in one’s work (and what to do when it’s gone), and the road that led Dr. Rodríguez to his new position as the Frank S. Royal Professor and Chair of Family & Community Medicine at Meharry Medical College. Resources Mentioned:  STFM Leadership Through Scholarship Fellowship:  https://www.stfm.org/facultydevelopment/fellowships/leadershipthroughscholarship/overview/ [https://www.stfm.org/facultydevelopment/fellowships/leadershipthroughscholarship/overview/]

Ep. 9: Live from NAPCRG 2025: Dr. Felicity Goodyear-Smith

In this first episode of the 2025 Live from the North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) conference series, we interview Dr. Felicity Goodyear-Smith. She received her undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Auckland, where she now serves as Professor and Goodfellow Postgraduate Chair of General Practice and Primary Care. A prolific author with more than 360 peer-reviewed publications, 11 books, and 30 book chapters, she joined the Annals of Family Medicine [https://www.annfammed.org] Editorial Advisory Board in 2024 and has delivered several NAPCRG plenaries, including this year’s. Recorded the day before her plenary, the episode previews the talk she and her research collective were about to give, which tells the story of a Pacific co-design research journey that began with a 2016 PaCE workshop and led to the formation of a Pacific community group and a Pacific Practice-Based Research Network in South Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand. Guided by Pacific research frameworks such as fa’afaletui and the Fonofale model of holistic health, their work involves community groups in every step of the research process and includes projects addressing gout and rheumatic fever. Resources Mentioned:  NAPCRG's PaCE (Patient and Clinician Engagement): https://napcrg.org/programs/pace/ [https://napcrg.org/programs/pace/]   "View from the Canoe: Co-Designing Research Pacific Style"  https://www.annfammed.org/content/18/2/172 [https://www.annfammed.org/content/18/2/172]   "Travelling companions: a story told by a patient and her doctor": https://bjgp.org/content/68/671/282 [https://bjgp.org/content/68/671/282] or https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6002010/ [https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6002010/]   Joseph Tuala RNZ article w/ news segment video: https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/insight/audio/2018686731/nz-s-heart-breaker-rheumatic-fever-rates-on-the-rise [https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/insight/audio/2018686731/nz-s-heart-breaker-rheumatic-fever-rates-on-the-rise]   Fa'afaletui: A Pacific Research Framework: https://journals-sagepub-com.revproxy.brown.edu/share/2X7Q2ZPPTNV99BMSRYWM?target=10.1177/1558689820985948 [https://journals-sagepub-com.revproxy.brown.edu/share/2X7Q2ZPPTNV99BMSRYWM?target=10.1177/1558689820985948]