Physicians may not be accurate in their confidence levels of their diagnoses, says Pitt study
...rd-year internal medicine residents and 72 general internists with faculty appointments and at least two years o...etheless, he added, residents and more experienced internists were "overconfident," believing they are correct when in fact they were not, in 12 to 15 percent of ...Professionalism and professional ethics in medicine
...om sample mail survey of cardiologists and general internists to determine why physicians often do not communicate with patients about out-of-pocket prescription costs, even though previous research indicates that out-of pocket costs may lead to cost-related failure to use prescribed medication and threaten qua...Chronic care medicine: Physicians say 'help!'
...ey of practicing family physicians, pediatricians, internists and surgeons, the majority reported that their training in chronic care medicine was too thin overall to meet the demands of their practices. Specifically, nearly two-thirds felt poorly trained in skills related to the care of chronically ill patien...ACP announces international medical fellowship
...o last for two to three months. Participating internists will also receive additional funding to attend ACP...event. Interested international physicians must be internists or subspecialists of internal medicine and must be a member of ACP (or willing to become one). T...Annals of Internal Medicine, tip sheet, April 20, 2004
...tiple, complex and chronic diseases); that general internists should usually work in teams, and that the final two years of residency training should be tailored to the type of practice the physician will enter and to his or her career goals. The task force, commissioned by the Society of General Internal Medic...ACP guidelines: Many diabetics should be taking statins
...he seventh most common reason patients visit their internists and the second most common diagnosis made by internists, according to 2001 data from the National Center for Health Statistics. ACP says that to control cholesterol in people with diabetes: All adults with type 2 diabetes and known CAD should...Internists to screen for alcohol misuse on April 8
...is is a wonderful way to increase the awareness of internists and other health care providers to problem drinking," said Patrick Alquire, MD, FACP, director of ACP's Education and Career Development Department. On April 8, 2004, participating physicians, nurses, psychologists and social workers will give pati...ACP hosting summit to address the future of internal medicine and patient care
...eer but also the career satisfaction of practicing internists and internal medicine subspecialists. The summit i...ovember summit is ACP's latest effort on behalf of internists and internal medicine subspecialists. The organization has worked diligently to increase the attract...Illustrated internal medicine book features UNC faculty, famous artwork
...common clinical problems encountered by practicing internists and asking authors to provide sufficient detail for accurate diagnosis and selection of therapy, "along with insights into complex medical problems, in concise yet complete chapters that can be read and understood in a short period of time," said Gre...Do doctors sometimes fail their heart failure patients? New study seeks hard data
...es a survey of 1,200 cardiologists, geriatricians, internists and family/general practitioners from across the country to assess how their knowledge and attitudes influence their practices in treating end-stage heart failure patients. Approximately one-third of the physicians will be known prescribers of inotro...Genetic risks for disease often missing from patient charts
...atients' risks for developing certain diseases and internists may lose opportunities to provide preventive medical recommendations, according to a study from Northwestern University. Researchers on the study included Theresa M. Frezzo; Wendy S. Rubinstein, M.D.; Daniel Dunham, M.D.; and Kelly E. Ormond of the ...Rheumatoid arthritis patients caught in middle of doctors' disagreement over hand surgery
...e a rheumatologist, a senior hand surgeon, general internists and a statistician -- surveyed nearly 1,000 doctors selected by random sampling from among the members of top rheumatology and hand surgery societies. For the October paper, they also analyzed data on numbers of hand operations performed on rheumatoi...Internal medicine organizations agree on principles of recertification program
...ical specialty society with a membership of 90,000 internists and internal medicine subspecialists. ACP-ASIM provides education, including self-assessment courses and more than 50 postgraduate courses annually, develops clinical practice guidelines, advocates for medical students and member physicians, and publ......, topic and year of publication. Forty-two general internists rated the articles, using 10-point scales, on 6 dimensions addressing the articles' importance, ease of applicability and impact on health outcomes. For each dimension, the mean score was significantly higher for the case articles than for the contro...'Telephone Medicine,' guide for physicians published
...s the first of its kind specifically developed for internists but is applicable to other primary care physicians...l Medicine is an organization of more than 115,000 internists and medical students. It is dedicated to providing continuing medical education for its members so t...New depression and anxiety treatment goals defined
... primary care physicians, family practitioners and internists must be further educated about mood disorders causes, treatments and outcomes and how to help their depression and anxiety patients understand their illnesses and the recovery process. Additionally, participants pressed for political action to reap ...Say two prayers and call me in the morning
...andora's box." Family practitioners, neurologists, internists and surgeons participated in the study. The sample was 80 percent male and 20 percent female. Some of the physicians reported they did not discuss spirituality in the clinic due to lack of time, but Dr. Chibnall and Brooks found that even if physici......bjects in the study included faculty-level general internists with at least two years of post-residency clinical experience; internal medicine residents, either late in their second training year or early in their third year; and fourth-year medical students. Initially, participating clinicians received traini...Misinterpretation of heart rhythm recordings may cause unnecessary treatments
... by a trained expert.Knight says cardiologists and internists are not always adequately trained torecognize artifact, which can be difficult to distinguish from true ventriculartachycardia. "There needs to be an increased awareness of artifact by physicians and agreater emphasis that it not only occurs, but tha......ry. She also will train resident pediatricians and internists how toprovide high-quality health care to adolescents in clinical settings. Ford, a graduate of Florida State University and the University ofFlorida's medical school, directs the UNC-CH adolescent medicine program. Sheserved her internshi...