January Is National Mentoring Month
Moving Forward: Reflections and Recommendations on Fostering a Mentoring Relationship
Mentoring can provide critical benefits for the personal and professional growth of the mentee, including assets considered important in medical education. Yet, despite its importance, the often-informal format of mentoring makes it difficult to judge how often these relationships occur and what the key facilitators and barriers to mentoring in medical education may be.
Feature
Talking About Trainee Treatment
(from the January 4, 2023, ACP Hospitalist)
Historically, there wasn't much doctors in training could do when they felt they were mistreated by their educators.
I.M. Internal Medicine
Spotlight: Gilbert-Roy Kamoga, MD, FACP, CPE
Read about Dr. Kamoga's career path and his advice for medical students.
Council of Student Members (CSM) Spotlight
Understanding a Plant-Based Diet and Why It's Not Always Vegan
The copious number of articles, papers, and publications that have emphasized the importance of plant-based nutrition cannot be measured. There is a misconception that equates plant-based nutrition to veganism.
Medical Student Perspective
Perspectives on Simultaneously Being a Medical Student and a Patient
While waiting for my ultrasound to begin, I overheard one technician whisper to the other, 鈥淪he's a medical student.鈥 I interpreted this to mean that she was encouraging her colleague to exhibit the utmost medical professionalism. I was, in fact, acutely aware of my surroundings.
Advocacy Update
ACP's 2022 End of Year Advocacy Highlights
See how ACP has advocated for physicians, patients, and health care this year.
ACP Clinical Guideline
An updated version of the ACP clinical guideline was published in Annals of Internal Medicine. In the new guideline, ACP recommends bisphosphonates as an initial pharmacologic treatment to reduce the risk of fractures in males and postmenopausal females diagnosed with primary osteoporosis.
A video featuring ACP President Dr. Ryan D. Mire, MD, MACP accompanies the guideline .
Analyzing Annals
How Would You Manage This Patient With Chronic Insomnia? Grand Rounds Discussion From Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Recent guidelines on chronic insomnia strongly recommend multicomponent cognitive behavioral therapy and suggest a limited number of medications that might be useful. Referencing these guidelines, two experts in sleep disorders, a clinical psychologist and a physician, discuss treatment for a patient who had been taking medication for his insomnia.
Annals of Internal Medicine is the premier internal medicine academic journal published by the 麻豆直播app (ACP). It is one of the most widely cited and influential specialty medical journals in the world.
Winning Abstracts
The Role of Sensory Impairment in the Pathogenesis and Treatment of Psychosis and Tardive Dyskinesia
A 54-year-old male presented in a wheelchair to the emergency department with his nursing aid for worsening ataxia, neck extension, eye rolling, and dysarthric speech. The patient had a history of developmental delay, a ten-year history of optic neuritis, and cochlear implants for sensorineural deafness.
Want to have your abstract featured here? ACP holds a National Abstracts Competition as part of the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting every year. Find out more at ACP Online.
Subspecialty and Combined Training Careers
Combined Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Combined internal medicine and pediatrics (usually referred to as Med-Peds) residency programs provide concurrent, dual training in both internal medicine and pediatrics, and allows eligibility for board certification and independent practice in both disciplines.
See what makes internal medicine unique and all the career pathways open to internal medicine physicians. Be sure to also explore a day in the life of an IM specialist/subspecialist at the bottom of our Medical Student Career Path page.
Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance
Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) is of considerable clinical importance to all primary care physicians given its high prevalence in the general population. It has a variable but lifelong risk for progression to hematologic cancer, such as multiple myeloma, Waldenstr枚m macroglobulinemia, or light-chain amyloidosis.
In Case You Missed It
So much happened in 2022 and Annals of Internal Medicine was there through all of it, keeping readers informed and up to date. As the response to COVID-19 transitioned from pandemic to endemic, while also publishing notable articles on firearm injury, insulin rationing, the mortality benefits of coffee and tea, and many more. .
IMIG Event Inspiration
Mentoring Event with University of West Indies, Cave Hill Campus
Third-year medical students at the University of The West Indies Cave Hill Campus in Barbados were mentored by newly graduated medical students who were just starting as interns. The session was held in the form of a MOSCE (Moderated Objective Structured Clinical Exposure) and was hosted by former governor of the ACP Caribbean Chapter, Kenneth Connell, MBBS, DM, PhD, FACP, FACC. Students learned both interpersonal clinical skills and how to conduct clinical examinations. See more IMIG event ideas.
Chapter Chatter
Several months ago, Missouri ACP launched a new video series of interviews with distinguished Missouri internal medicine physicians. Interviewees were chosen for their distinctions in medical practice, research, and education, and their contributions to the medical community and their communities at large. DoctorCorps also documented how medical practice and education evolved over the last 60 years. .
The membership of ACP is divided into 85 chapters and regions, each uniquely tailored to the needs and interests of its members. See what events are coming up in your local chapter.
鈥淨uiz Me!鈥 Question
Test your medical knowledge each month with questions from The Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program庐 (MKSAP).
A 26-year-old woman is evaluated for palpitations that began 2 months ago. The palpitations begin with no specific inciting factors, last 5 to 15 minutes, and are alleviated by rest or deep breathing. They occur a few times per week. Between events, she engages in usual daily activities with no limitations. She has no other pertinent history and takes no medications.
The Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program庐 (MKSAP) has been the 鈥済o-to鈥 resource for board prep and lifelong learning since 1967. Learn more.
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