American Family Physician Podcast
More than 40,000 listeners tune in to each episode of AFP Podcast to get their clinical highlights. The episodes have been downloaded over 6,000,000 times. Find out why the podcast is so popular and was awarded the 2018 Innovative Program Award by the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine and top honors by the Association of Media and Publishing.
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EPISODE 227 - APRIL 2025 - PART 1
Labor management (1:30), acute migraine headache (4:00), tirzepatide for sleep apnea (8:20), options for unintended pregnancy (11:20), artificial intelligence scribes (15:00), and testosterone replacement in men with sexual dysfunction (16:50).
EPISODE 226 - MARCH 2025 - PART 2
Down syndrome (1:30), zuranolone for postpartum depression (7:50), muscle relaxants for chronic pain (10:20), temporal artery ultrasound (12:00), pretravel consultation (15:40), and high-flow nasal cannula for bronchiolitis (19:20).
EPISODE 225 - MARCH 2024 - PART 1
Nicotine electronic cigarettes (1:30), acute bronchitis (4:10), berdazimer (6:40), cardiac rehabilitation (11:40), chronic pelvic pain (13:50), and mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists in heart failure (22:10).
EPISODE 224 - FEBRUARY 2025 - PART 2
Fatigue in kidney failure (1:30), gastric cancer (3:50), carpal tunnel injections (6:50), sudden infant death syndrome (9:30), plantar fasciitis (13:20), and measuring ceramide to predict cardiovascular events (15:10).
EPISODE 223 - FEBRUARY 2025 - PART 1
Cardiovascular risk prediction (1:30), topical steroids for phimosis (3:20), genital warts (7:10), psilocybin for depression (12:00), lower extremity abnormalities in children (13:30), and atrial fibrillation (22:10).
EPISODE 222 - JANUARY 2025 - PART 2
Early childhood concerns (1:30), probiotics to prevent urinary tract infections (7:00), triple therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (8:50), sudden vision loss (11:20), macular degeneration (15:30), and a lightening round of AFP Clinical Answers (19:00).
EPISODE 221 - JANUARY 2025 - PART 1
Jaundice in adults (1:30), gepirone for depression (8:20), steroid injections for degenerative joint disease of the hip (12:20), dysuria (14:50), hip osteoarthritis (19:00), and diabetic kidney disease (21:00).
EPISODE 220 - DECEMBER 2024 - PART 2
Mildly elevated liver transaminase levels (1:30), overdiagnosis of myocardial infarction (6:00), predicting bleeding risk in atrial fibrillation (8:30), management of keloids and hypertrophic scars (12:10), weight loss and knee osteoarthritis (15:30), and vitamin D (18:20).
EPISODE 219 - DECEMBER 2024 - PART 1
Noninvasive cardiac testing (1:30), SGLT-2 inhibitors (5:30), opioid prescribing (8:10), children with hypertension (10:20), anemia in infants and children (12:00), premenstrual disorders (15:20), and holiday ICD-10 codes (18:00).
EPISODE 218 - NOVEMBER 2024 - PART 2
Common tongue conditions (1:30), esketamine to reduce postpartum depression (5:50), testosterone replacement (7:40), artificial intelligence in mammography (10:50), rheumatoid arthritis (14:50), and brexpiprazole for agitation in Alzheimer disease (23:00).
EPISODE 217 - NOVEMBER 2024 - PART 1
Vitamin B12 in pregnancy (1:30), genital herpes (4:40), dequalinium in bacterial vaginosis (8:40), prostate cancer (11:50), fruit and vegetable intake and depression (17:10), and AFP Clinical Answers lightning round (19:30).
EPISODE 216 - OCTOBER 2024 - PART 2
Management of late- and postterm pregnancy (1:30), pet therapy for anxiety (5:20), high-sensitivity troponin (7:10), injections of the hand and wrist (10:00), atopic dermatitis (15:10), pediatric umbilical hernias (17:40), and rapid-fire AFP clinical answers (19:40).
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The 2024-2025 Season 10 podcast resident co-hosts: (back row, left to right) Ciara Voy, MD; Sidney Vowles, MD; Nadia Mohammed, MD; Merrion Dawson, MD; (front row, left to right) Christopher Alvarez, MD; Haley Hochstein, DO; Valeria Vasquez, MD; Satyam Patel, MD
The podcast team includes (left to right) Jake Anderson, DO (faculty podcast editor); Bill Dabbs, MD (music); Sarah Coles, MD (faculty podcast editor); and Steven R. Brown, MD (co-host).
The AFP Podcast is a discussion of the key evidence-based learning points from each issue of American Family Physician (AFP). Each episode includes brief summaries of articles and other features, such as POEMs: Patient-Oriented Evidence That Matters, Practice Guidelines, Editorials, and Medicine by the Numbers, and discusses answers to clinical questions from the FPIN's Clinical Inquiries. In addition, the podcast features interviews with family physicians, favorite tweets, and other regular segments.
The AFP Podcast is produced in partnership with the University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix Family Medicine Residency. The 2023-2024 hosts of the AFP Podcast are Program Director Steven R. Brown, MD, faculty member Jacob Anderson, DO, and residents Jacqueline Alvarez, MD; Rob Arend, MD; Lizzie Braunreuther, MD; Kayla Caruso, MD; Sarthak Garg, MD; Ione Locker, MD; Jessi McMinn, MD; and Jennifer Wainwright, MD. Faculty member Sarah Coles, MD, fact-checks and pitches in. Bill Dabbs, MD, provides the music. Tyler Coles is the sound and technical guru.
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