After Dr. Rana Awdish published her bestselling medical memoir In Shock, about her own critical illness in the last months of her fellowship, it was translated into multiple languages and taught in medical schools all over the country. She became a leading voice in medicine and the patient experience.  But Rana's healing journey was far from over. In the aftermath of her prolonged hospitalizations, she found herself oddly estranged from her own body. She'd been conditioned by medicine to view sick bodies as broken objects, and so she turned outward for all her healing. But she soon realized this would not be enough. And when her own body warned her that she would be dead in five years, she was unsure whether to trust it.  Welcome to Hippo Education Presents: The Monthly Rounds, an open door to the expert-led learning behind Hippo's podcasts. This month, Dr. Rana Awdish discusses these themes and more from her new book, After Shock: Learning to Reinhabit My Body After Illness. She and Dr. Neda Frayha discuss where and how healing actually occurs, how listening to her body's wisdom saved her life, and why our medical training provides us with only part of the story.   For more, visit us at hippoed.com/podcasts.

Most clinicians didn't learn enough about teeth (unless we're dentists). We may learn about every other body part in depth, but we're often ill-equipped to manage outpatient dental fractures and other injuries.  Welcome to Hippo Education Presents: The Monthly Rounds, an open door to the expert-led learning behind Hippo's podcasts. This month, we're bringing you a conversation from our Urgent Care Reviews and Perspectives podcast about managing dental fractures and other outpatient emergencies like a boss, no matter when the patient's dentist can see them. For more, visit us at hippoed.com/podcasts.

"Game changer for sure. I've listened to it 3 times. Thank you!" This is just one of dozens of listener comments we received about the conversation you're about to hear. Welcome to Hippo Education Presents: The Monthly Rounds, an open door to the expert-led learning behind Hippo's podcasts. This month, we're bringing you a fan-favorite conversation from our Primary Care Reviews and Perspectives podcast about iron deficiency. It's incredibly common, often undiagnosed, easily treatable, and has a real impact on quality of life. This piece will change your practice. For more, visit us at hippoed.com/podcasts. To subscribe to Primary Care RAP to hear part 2 of this conversation, focusing on treatment of iron deficiency, visit hippoed.com/primarycare/rap.

Even if you treat hives all the time, chances are you'll learn something totally new and helpful from this month's conversation. Welcome to Hippo Education Presents: The Monthly Rounds, an open door to the expert-led learning behind Hippo's podcasts. This month, we're bringing you a discussion from our Urgent Care RAP podcast about the expert treatment of urticaria, with a little pop quiz to get the ball rolling. For more, visit us at hippoed.com/podcasts.

There is a lot for frontline clinicians to navigate these days when it comes to vaccines. For many of us, old-school diseases that existed only in our medical textbooks or on our Boards are starting to show up in our practices. No matter our work setting, healthcare providers are under more pressure than ever to educate patients about vaccine-preventable illnesses, and to recognize and manage these diseases should they come through our doors. Welcome to Hippo Education Presents: The Monthly Rounds, an open door to the expert-led learning behind Hippo Education's podcasts. This month, we're bringing you a conversation from a recent 5-part series on vaccine-preventable illnesses that aired on our Peds Reviews and Perspectives and PC Reviews and Perspectives podcasts. Drs. Sol Behar and Micaela Bowers cover polio, Hib, and rotavirus. For more, visit us at hippoed.com/podcasts.

Welcome to Hippo Education Presents: The Monthly Rounds, an open door to the expert-led learning behind Hippo Education's podcasts. This month, we're bringing you a favorite conversation from our new audio course, In Their Prime: A Geriatrics Audio Course. In this conversation, renowned geriatrician and bestselling author Dr. Louise Aronson discusses helpful tips and tools for successful visits with older adults, from language we should (and shouldn't) use to the most important questions we can ask to how to honor our patients' agency and life experiences. For more conversations like this one, visit us at hippoed.com/geriatrics-audio.

Medical professionals are being targeted by scam artists in increasingly creative ways. Whether the phone call comes from a local government agency, court system, or medical licensing board, scammers are finding new, convincing ways to stoke panic in clinicians and then access their money. Welcome to Hippo Education Presents: The Monthly Rounds, an open door to the expert-led learning behind Hippo's podcasts. This month, we're bringing you a conversation from our Primary Care Reviews and Perspectives podcast with a physician who was targeted in an elaborate scam involving her local medical licensing board. She shares exactly what happened, along with specific tips for all clinicians on how to spot and stop medical scams. For more, visit us at hippoed.com/podcasts.

Gunnar Esiason was two years old when he was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. He spent lots of time in hospitals, and by the time he was in his 20s, he was really sick. His medical team was running out of options.  But then, when Gunnar was 27, he participated in a clinical trial that would change his life. The drug he received as a research participant made all of his cystic fibrosis symptoms disappear in a matter of days. And today, Gunnar is doing great. His Instagram bio actually reads, "Saved by science." How did this happen? What forces came together to allow this particular clinical trial to happen when it did, and to allow Gunnar to be a part of it?  Welcome to Hippo Education Presents: The Monthly Rounds—an open door to the expert-led learning behind Hippo's podcasts. This month, we're bringing you a live conversation that was held at the 2025 annual Gold Humanism Summit. We'll hear from both Gunnar Esiason as well as Dr. Kathy Reeves, a pediatric hospitalist and the CEO and President of the Arnold P. Gold Foundation, about Gunnar's experiences with CF before and after treatment; the story behind the medicine that saved his life; what it's like to be a human research participant; and how clinicians can support and advocate for our patients to access medical breakthroughs. For more, visit us at hippoed.com/podcasts.

Alpha-gal syndrome has been all over the news as cases are on the rise. Have you ever diagnosed alpha-gal allergy? Would you know what to look for? Welcome to Hippo Education Presents: The Monthly Rounds, an open door to the expert-led learning behind Hippo Education's podcasts. This month, we're bringing you a conversation from our Primary Care Reviews and Perspectives (RAP) and Urgent Care Reviews and Perspectives (RAP) podcasts on everything front-line clinicians need to know about alpha-gal syndrome – presentation, timing, workup, management, and even lifestyle counseling (think: no more steaks). For more, visit us at hippoed.com/podcasts.

Welcome to Hippo Education Presents: The Monthly Rounds, an open door to the expert-led learning behind Hippo Education's podcasts. This month, we're bringing you a short and sweet conversation about the benefit of short and sweet antibiotic courses from our new product, The Right Script: An Antibiotic Stewardship Audio Course. With nearly a third of outpatient antibiotic prescriptions in the U.S. considered inappropriate and antibiotic resistance on the rise, it's more important than ever for front-line clinicians to be excellent antibiotic stewards. In this conversation, Dr. Matt DeLaney and Dr. Greg Moran break down why shorter is better in the world of antibiotic prescribing and why this is such a welcome change. For more, visit us at hippoed.com/abx-audio.

Welcome to Hippo Education Presents: The Monthly Rounds, an open door to the expert-led learning behind Hippo Education's podcasts. This month, we're bringing you a very special conversation with the current President of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Dr. Susan Kressly. With so much mistrust in medicine right now, and so many questions about the new composition of the ACIP and its impact on future availability and affordability of routine vaccines, Hippo Education podcast hosts Dr. Sol Behar and Dr. Neda Frayha interview Dr. Kressly about how to navigate various threats to the public trust in science-based health care. For more, visit us at hippoed.com/podcasts.

One of the most stressful things a clinician can go through is a medical malpractice lawsuit. And all too often, no one talks about these cases.  Welcome to Hippo Education Presents: The Monthly Rounds, an open door to the expert-led learning behind Hippo Education's podcasts. This month, we're bringing you a conversation from our Urgent Care RAP podcast about a real-life medical malpractice case, so that we can all learn from these tough experiences. We'll peel back the curtain to figure out what happened, what went wrong, and what we could do differently. For more, visit us at hippoed.com/podcasts.

Welcome to Hippo Education Presents: The Monthly Rounds, an open door to the expert-led learning behind Hippo Education's podcasts. This month, we're digging into some life-changing strategies to manage pain and anxiety with IUD placement. Dr. Matt Zeitler, a full-spectrum Family Medicine physician and educator at UNC sits down with host Dr. Neda Frayha to explore new recommendations from the CDC, evidence based options for pain and anxiety management, and a toolkit of strategies to make our patients as comfortable as possible. The video demonstrating the tampon + lidocaine hack can be found here. Our blog post with helpful resources and a great table can be found here. For more, visit us at hippoed.com/podcasts.

Welcome to Hippo Education Presents: The Monthly Rounds, an open door to the expert-led learning behind Hippo Education's podcasts. This month, we're sharing a pearl-packed conversation from ERcast on the most important updates in diverticulitis - a diagnosis that feels very bread-and-butter and yet actually has a lot of nuance to it. Should you order a CT? Should you prescribe antibiotics? EM physicians Dr. Matt DeLaney and Dr. Brit Long share tons of information here that any clinician in the ED, Urgent Care, or Primary Care setting should know. For more, visit us at hippoed.com/podcasts.

Welcome to Hippo Education Presents: The Monthly Rounds, an open door to the expert-led learning behind Hippo Education's podcasts. In light of the current measles outbreak, we are bringing you a conversation from Hippo's Peds RAP podcast in which pediatricians Drs. Liza Mackintosh and Mike Cosimini review the most important things front-line clinicians need to know about measles. They cover the clinical presentation, testing protocols, and strategies for minimizing community spread. For more, visit us at hippoed.com/podcasts. Find our blog on measles, here: MMR Vaccines in the Time of Outbreak

Welcome to Hippo Education Presents: The Monthly Rounds, an open door to the expert-led learning behind Hippo Education's podcasts. In this episode, Drs. Micaela Bowers and Neda Frayha from Hippo's Primary Care RAP podcast tackle a clinical topic that has gained a lot of attention lately: menopausal hormone therapy. MHT has had a bad rap for years, but it's time for clinicians to rethink what we were taught and feel confident prescribing MHT to the appropriate patients. Listen in as Micaela and Neda break down the who, when, why, and how of menopausal hormone therapy in an empowering way. For more, visit us at hippoed.com/podcasts.

Join Dr. Kelly Heidepriem and pharmacist Dr. Kyle Dvoracek as they dive into the growing concern around xylazine, also known as "Tranq," a potent substance increasingly being found in illicit drugs. In this discussion, they'll unpack the latest developments surrounding this dangerous drug, its effects on the body, and what clinicians need to know to recognize and respond to cases of xylazine exposure. From its rising prevalence to its impact on treatment protocols, this discussion offers essential insights for healthcare professionals navigating the complexities of this emerging threat. Explore Our Podcasts: hippoed.com/podcasts

The opioid epidemic is an ongoing crisis that devastates individuals and communities across the U.S. But did you know opioid use disorder dates back to the early 1800s? In this conversation, we'll explore the history of this public health issue and then shift focus to how clinicians and lawmakers can collaborate on harm reduction and effective treatment strategies for OUD. Explore Our Podcasts: hippoed.com/podcasts

Three months after Dr. Beth Weinstock's 20-year-old son, Eli, tragically died in 2021, the coroner revealed that his body contained both kratom, a legal herbal supplement, and fentanyl—something Eli never intended to ingest. His death highlights the deadly rise of fentanyl, which contributed to over 107,000 drug overdose deaths in the U.S. in 2022, with synthetic opioids like fentanyl involved in 67% of those cases. In this conversation, Dr. Sol Behar and Neda Frayha speak with Dr. Weinstock, a Family Medicine physician and founder of BirdieLight, to discuss Eli's story, the fentanyl crisis, and practical harm reduction strategies clinicians can use to prevent further loss. Explore Our Podcasts: hippoed.com/podcasts

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in emergency medicine is here, particularly in the last several months and all of us will have our careers impacted by AI soon. There is a lot of computer science and jargon to understand, and Drew and Cam will help break down some of this nomenclature. Computers/AI are good at generating probabilities. But, making a diagnosis about a patient in front of you is more than understanding/predicting probabilities and is based on an understanding of human values and cause/effect. Explore Our Podcasts: hippoed.com/podcasts

What do you do with the patient who arrives in the ED with an unreasonable request? DeLaney, Drew, and Andy discuss how to best handle this all-too-common occurrence. Explore Our Podcasts: hippoed.com/podcasts

Drs. Matt Delaney and Kelly Heidepriem review a real-life urgent care case on testicular torsion and discuss the known malpractice data on torsion, ways to reduce our legal risk, and how this can be an easy miss by anyone. Explore Our Podcasts: hippoed.com/podcasts

The terms vocation and profession are both commonly used to describe the practice of medicine. While these terms may seem interchangeable, there are subtle differences in their definitions that can make a big difference. DeLaney covers how we describe our lives in the emergency department and how what we say may make a difference. Explore Our Podcasts: hippoed.com/podcasts

We so frequently see patients in the Urgent Care with complaints about their ears - everything from pain, to fullness, to hearing loss to "I'm all plugged up!". Today Brett talks with Dr. Matthew DeLaney to cover strategies we can use to get these patients some relief. Explore Our Podcasts: hippoed.com/podcasts

Ketorolac is our go-to UC workhorse for MSK pain, kidney stones, and so much more. But are you giving the right dose? We'll dive into the literature. Explore Our Podcasts: hippoed.com/podcasts

Parul and Sol review neuroendocrine causes of obesity, including some syndromes associated with obesity. Explore Our Podcasts: hippoed.com/podcasts

Down Syndrome or Trisomy 21, is one of the most commonly encountered syndromes seen in the primary care office. Guidelines for the care of the patient with Down Syndrome has changed several times in the past couple of decades, and in keeping with this tradition, the AAP came out with yet another set of guidelines in May of 2022. This Clinical Report for the Health Supervision of Patients with Down Syndrome is packed with awesome updates and tips of how to successfully navigate the well child encounter, and is a must read for every primary care provider. Here to help us unpack this great bundle of information is Dr. Eyal Ben-Isaac, general pediatrician from CHLA. Explore Our Podcasts: hippoed.com/podcasts

Nirsevimab - the new RSV monoclonal antibody has been FDA approved for use in infants. Parul and Sol review what it is, how effective it is in preventing severe RSV bronchiolitis, and who should receive it. Explore Our Podcasts: hippoed.com/podcasts

Patients sometimes ask us about further testing for lipids beyond the standard lipid profile. Neda Frayha sits down with cardiologist, Dr. Stanley Liu, to dive into advanced testing for lipids and how to evaluate and treat the results of that testing. Explore Our Podcasts: hippoed.com/podcasts

It's well-documented that the insertion of an IUD can be painful, sometimes excruciatingly so. But somehow it has taken a public outcry about this extreme discomfort to bring the issue to the forefront of the medical community. Neda sits down with Matt to explore new recommendations from the CDC, evidence-based options for pain and anxiety management, and a toolkit of strategies we can use when inserting IUDs to make our patients as comfortable as possible. Explore Our Podcasts: hippoed.com/podcasts

Thyroid disorders can be confusing. In this episode, Neda Frayha, MD sits down with endocrinologist Rana Malek, MD for a thyroid Q&A lightning round. Listen as Dr. Malek answers our burning questions about T3, subclinical hypothyroidism, thyroid antibodies, levothyroxine formulations, and more. Explore Our Podcasts: hippoed.com/podcasts

Antibiotic Stewardship with an Expert Guillermo Sanchez, PA-C, MPH, MSHS and Tiffany Proffitt, DO   Antibiotic stewardship is a complex issue, influenced by factors beyond just medical necessity. Late-night shifts, public misconceptions, and patient expectations can all drive inappropriate prescribing. In this discussion, Guillermo (Memo) Sanchez, PA-C, MPH, MSHS from the CDC's Office of Antibiotic Stewardship, joins Dr. Tiffany Proffitt to explore the impact of overprescribing, common culprits, and strategies to effectively educate patients on when antibiotics are not needed.   Learn More at https://home.hippoed.com

Primary Care RAP presents a segment on Hypogonadism Featuring Margaret Wierman, MD and Andrew Buelt, DO

Mike and Rob dive back in to give you some new finds on Smoking Cessation from the March 2016 Edition of Urgent Care RAP.

Dr. Ilene Claudius discusses the safety, risks and laws relating to hoverboards.

Solomon Behar, MD and Danelle Fisher, MD discuss the most common skin conditions in children and basic approaches to management. Pearls: First line management of atopic dermatitis includes good skin hygiene and topical moisturizers; topical corticosteroids are often needed to control flares as well as help with relapses. Topical calcineurin inhibitors are used as second line treatment in children older than 2 years of age. Topical corticosteroids come in varying potencies and formulations and should be tailored to the specific clinical situation. Atopic Dermatitis (AD).  AD is one of the most common skin findings in the pediatric population.  AD can present in early infancy and with varying clinical presentation.

Mike Weinstock, MD and Mizuho Spangler, DO discuss fingernail pathologies, management of paronychia and risks for aggressive antibiotic usage in outpatient settings. PEARLS: Fingertip lesions can be isolated injuries or evidence of more serious, systemic processes. Radiographs of fingertips are useful if there is a concern for a retained foreign body, underlying fracture or deep-space infection like osteomyelitis. It is important to remember that nothing we do in medicine, including writing prescriptions and admitting patients to the hospital, is without risk, and we need to consider these risks in determining the right course of action for our patients.   More information on this topic can be found on the Hippo Education blog here.

A patient you’re caring for, but don’t know very well, dies in the hospital. You feel awkward about writing a condolence letter since there isn’t much of a relationship with the family. Should you write one? Will it bring up unpleasant memories for the family? Eric Lamotte and Susan Merel explore these questions and more (as well as brief how to guide) in this Primary Care RAP short.