Maintaining Competence in General Internal Medicine

Update in general internal medicine.

Update in general internal medicine.

The big news in women’s health in 2002 came from the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) report, which found that combined hormone replacement therapy (HRT) (estrogen plus progestin) exposes postmenopausal women to more risk than benefit. Before this report, most observational studies showed that HRT decreased risk for heart disease by as much as 35%. In retrospect, however, many of these studies d...

Clinical pearls in general internal medicine 2012.

eneral A t the 2001 Annual Conference of the American College of Physicians, a new teaching format to aid physician learning, Clinical Pearls, was introduced. Clinical Pearls is designed with the 3 qualities of physician-learners in mind. First, we physicians enjoy learning from cases. Second, we like concise, practical points that we can use in our practice. Finally, we take pleasure in proble...

Training in general (internal) medicine alone.

A freestanding training programme for general (internal) medicine (G(I)M) alone was established in the Oxford deanery four years ago. The programme was designed to provide three years' training post-MRCP for specialist registrars, selected in open competition, and covers all aspects of acute medical care including four months in intensive care. The first four to complete training have achieved ...

Maintaining Industrial Competence

Poor quality software and projects that fail to deliver are a toofrequent occurrence. There is thus a clear need for greater professionalism throughout the sector and this must be supported by appropriate Continuous Professional Development (CPD). Details are presented of foundation work, undertaken since 2000, relevant to the on-going professional development of IT practitioners. Information i...