Internal medicine

Issues in Internal Medicine

There are many significant internal medicine problems in aerospace medicine. Although discussing them all is beyond the scope of this chapter, the following topics have been selected because of their particular importance or frequency in aviation medicine. The emphasis will be on aeromedical significance, evaluation, and disposition rather than general medical diagnosis and treatment. This emph...

Equine Internal Medicine

IMED - Internal Medicine

IMED 801 Hematology/Oncology Credits 1.25 to 10. It is the purpose of this elective to provide the student with an introduction to clinical oncology and laboratory hematology/oncology, particularly the approach to and evaluation of the patient with a hematologic/oncology disorder. The student will assist /perform routine hematologic procedures, including evaluation of peripheral smears and poss...

Annals of Internal Medicine

Background: Guidelines advocate changes in fatty acid consumption to promote cardiovascular health.

Training for internal medicine.

I read with amusement the proposal to increase by one year the training for internal medicine specialists. Does everybody today want to be known as having a “special skill”? I submit that if residents who complete four years of training in internal medicine find themselves lacking skills, it is the training that is deficient, not the time spent training. Four years is a substantial amount of ti...