The Preventive Medicine Podcast
Preventive Medicine: Fact vs. Fiction – Dr. Austin Baraki MD
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Dr. Austin Baraki M.D.
A prominent figure on social media with his contributions to Barbell Medicine, Dr. Austin Baraki is a physician dedicated to giving his best to his patients. Dr. Baraki is a board certified physician in internal medicine as well as a coach and educator through Barbell Medicine which aims to highlight the role of resistance training in a healthy lifestyle. Whether in the hospital inpatient floors or his clients in the gym, Dr. Baraki brings evidence-based information and suggestions to help those he works with.
Known for his extremely thorough approach to issues and refusing to accept reductionist explanations, Dr.Baraki explores an evidence-based approach to preventive medicine in this episode. This episode includes discussions on the importance of using data to guide discussions regarding preventive medicine, the potential harms of excessive screening, developing resiliency in patient populations, and the role of resistance training in medicine. Get your keyboard or notepad out because this is one of those podcasts you want to take notes on!
Show Notes
(1:00 – 9:00) – Introductions
Question 1: What is Barbell Medicine, why did you decide to get involved and what are it’s goals?
Question 2: Why did you decide to go into Internal Medicine given your athletic history and interest in exercise?
(9:00 – 15:00)
Question 3: What do you think other physicians that do not lift weights can learn from Barbell medicine, should they attend your seminars?
Question 4: Does the population of those attending your Barbell Medicine seminars trend more towards physicians or healthcare professionals?
(15:00 – 25:00)
Question 5: There are many silly ideas surrounding preventive medicine and other aspects regarding medicine, can you speak to the use of evidence when it comes to recommendations in preventive health?
Question 6: What does preventive medicine mean to you?
(25:00 – 43:00)
Question 7: Why is the allure of more screening with regards to preventive care problematic?
Question 8: How do you balance limiting the allure of physicians to use screenings widely as a way to “check-off” preventive care and patients that desire screening based on false notions of prevention?
Question 9: How do you communicate to patients who come in wanting to get unneeded screening such as a whole-body scan to determine all potential problems?
(43:00 – 55:00)
Question 10: Why is it important that patients are educated and develop a level of self-efficacy?
Question 11: Do you think helping patients develop a positive self-narrative is beneficial in the scope of preventive medicine?
(55:00 – 1:05:00)
Question 12: Do you think we do a poor job of letting our patients know that they should be striving to develop a more robust exercise program based on the current guidelines?
Question 13: How do we bridge the gap between personal trainers and physicians in bringing exercise programs and nutritional counseling to patients?
(1:05:00 – 1:10:00)
Question 14: In 2 minutes what do you tell someone who asks you “how do I get healthy?”