September 2011
- Medical Student Perspectives: Evidence-Based Medicine Resources for Medical Students
- My Kind of Medicine: Joshua Grossman Colonel {Ret.} U.S. Army, MD, FACP
- Nominate your Favorite Internist to be featured in My Kind of Medicine
- Internal Medicine Interest Group of the Month: Submit Your IMIG
- Ask the Program Director: Call for Questions
- Medical Students Invited to Participate in Primary Care Progress's National Primary Care Week 2011
- Advocacy Update: Health Policy Internship
- Winning Abstracts: A Zebra in the Prairie: Inflammatory Polyarthritis and Sudden Dyspnea in Central Illinois
- Subspecialty Careers: Allergy and Immunology
- In the Clinic: Acute Sinusitis
- Virtual Dx - Interpretive Challenge
- Highlighted Articles from ACP Internist® & ACP Hospitalist®
Medical Student Perspectives: Evidence-Based Medicine Resources for Medical Students
Physicians have been practicing based on "evidence" for many decades. However, traditionally due to multitude of reasons, including limited availability of sound clinical research and limited access to available data, they heavily relied on anecdotal evidence, which was primarily derived from their clinical experience, the recommendations of their colleagues and the writings of the "authorities" in their field.
MoreMy Kind of Medicine: Real Lives of Practicing Internists: Joshua Grossman Colonel {Ret.} U.S. Army, MD, FACP
Dr. Josh decided that he wanted to become a physician at the age of six when he had his appendix removed. Although the procedure was uncomplicated and he recovered easily, the experience exposed him to "the fundamental value of a timely diagnosis" and inspired him pursue a career in medicine to serve others.
MoreNominate your Favorite Internist to be featured in My Kind of Medicine
Do you know a physician you would like to see profiled in an upcoming issue of IMpact? ACP is seeking nominations to feature your favorite internist in My Kind of Medicine: Real Lives of Practicing Internists.
Internal Medicine Interest Group of the Month: Submit Your IMIG
Do you think your IMIG has what it takes to be featured as the "Internal Medicine Interest Group of the Month" in an upcoming issue of IMpact?
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Ask the Program Director: Call for Questions!
Unsure about residency programs? Nervous about writing a personal statement for your application? Curious to find out what Program Directors are thinking? Submit your question to Ask the Program Director!
MoreMedical Students Invited to Participate in Primary Care Progress's National Primary Care Week 2011
Primary Care Progress will host National Primary Care Week October 10-14, 2011 in partnership with the American Medical Student Association. Primary Care Progress (PCP) is a growing network of primary health care clinicians, trainees, and students engaging their local primary health care communities to promote primary care and transform care delivery and training.
MoreAdvocacy Update: Applications being accepted for 2012 ACP Health Policy Internship Program
This Internship represents a unique opportunity for one Associate and one Medical Student Member to develop legislative knowledge and advocacy skills by working directly with the College's Washington, D.C., staff and participating in ACP's annual Leadership Day.
MoreWinning Abstracts from the 2011 Medical Student Abstract Competition: A Zebra in the Prairie: Inflammatory Polyarthritis and Sudden Dyspnea in Central Illinois
A 41-year-old male initially presented to an outside hospital with painful joints, fevers, and chills for three weeks. Further investigation revealed leukocytosis, elevated ESR, and an elevated rheumatoid factor (RF). Shortly thereafter, he presented to our hospital with disabling medium and large joint pain and morning stiffness lasting for four hours.
MoreSubspecialty Careers: Allergy and Immunology
Allergy is derived from the Greek word allo, meaning "other or different" and ergon, meaning, "work." In this sense, allergy is something that "works differently" from normal.
MoreIn the Clinic: Acute Sinusitis
Acute sinusitis affects millions of persons in the United States every year and is among the most common reasons for physician visits, prompting over 3 million visits annually (1). The more accurate term for this condition is acute rhinosinusitis, because symptoms involve both the nasal cavity and the sinuses.
In the Clinic is a monthly feature in Annals of Internal Medicine that focuses on practical management of patients with common clinical conditions. It offers evidence-based answers to frequently asked questions about screening, prevention, diagnosis, therapy, and patient education and provides physicians with tools to improve the quality of care. Many internal medicine clerkship directors recommend this series of articles for students on the internal medicine ambulatory rotation.
Virtual Dx
This skin condition reappears at the same locations each time this patient is exposed to a sulfa-containing drug.
Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
- Allergic contact dermatitis
- Erythema marginatum
- Erythema multiforme
- Fixed drug eruption
- Granuloma annulare
Highlighted Articles from ACP Internist® & ACP Hospitalist®
Internists
healing tsunami's aftereffects
Six
months after an earthquake and tsunami, Japan's populace and its
clinicians are sizing up the long-term health effects of the
physical injuries, the mental trauma and the damage to the nation's
health care facilities. Internists describe the aftermath in their
own words.
Yet
another use for duct tape: "Red box" isolation pilot reduces costs,
saves time
Trinity Medical Center in Illinois saved over $110,000 in personal
protective equipment costs.