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Learn about palliative medicine from a physician who is also a popular content creator on social media.

My guest Dr. Matthew Tyler is a board certified physician in internal medicine as well as Hospice and palliative medicine. He is the creator of How to Train Your Doctor, a Coaching platform designed to help patients and caregivers make medical decisions related to serious illness and end of life. He specializes in creating short videos for social media that cover a variety of topics related to hospice and palliative medicine. Learn more at this website:

howtotrainyourdoctor.com

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This episode includes:

• How Matt ended up choosing palliative medicine as a career path
• Overview of palliative medicine and how it differs from hospice
• What a palliative doctor does
• How to find a palliative provider near you
• Why early referrals to palliative medicine are important
• How the palliative care team can help patients and families make decisions about medical care
• Why many doctors can use training to have better serious illness and end-of-life conversations
• Why Matt started creating content for social media sites
• The power of short, informative videos online

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Blog Post: How to Make a Difficult Decision for a Loved One at the End of Life
• Dr. Tyler on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/howtotrainyourdoctor/
• Dr. Tyler on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@howtotrainyourdoctor
• Palliative care referrals: https://getpalliativecare.org
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Dr. Karen Wyatt is the bestselling author of the book 7 Lessons for Living from the Dying, which contains stories of patients she cared for as a hospice doctor and the spiritual lessons she learned from them at the end of their lives. Her other books include The Journey from Ego to Soul, Stories from the Dark Night, and The Tao of Death. Dr. Wyatt also hosts End-of-Life University Podcast, which features conversations with experts who work in all aspects of end-of-life care. She is widely regarded as a thought-leader in the effort to transform the way we care for our dying in the U.S. In addition, she is valued for her application of spiritual principles to illness and healthcare and teaches that in order to live life fully we must each overcome our fear of death and embrace the difficulties that life brings us.