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MKSAP Quiz: Evaluation for sports participation
This week's quiz asks readers to interpret the cardiac findings of an 18-year-old man with no history of hypertension or other pertinent medical history who is being evaluated before participating on his college basketball team.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/02/21/3.htm
21 Feb 2023
Room for improvement in clinicians' weight-loss advice for patients with obesity, study finds
An analysis of audio recordings of consultations from the Brief Interventions for Weight Loss trial found that primary care clinicians who were trained to provide weight-loss advice in around 30 seconds commonly advised a general “Eat less, do more” approach.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2022/12/20/4.htm
20 Dec 2022
ACP's Coding for Clinicians now includes 2023 guidance
Topics covered include updated inpatient coding, the new unified hospital inpatient/observation E&M code set, and new time-based coding thresholds, among others.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2022/12/06/6.htm
6 Dec 2022
Register for spring or summer 2023 ACP Board Review Courses
The spring course will be held May 22 to 26 in Greater Chicago. The summer course will be held July 10 to 14 in the Washington, D.C., area. Virtual formats are available for both courses.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/03/21/6.htm
21 Mar 2023
Latest updates on ACP's priorities, initiatives
ACP Spotlight offers readers a look at ACP's current top priorities and initiatives, as well as highlights from our e-newsletter, ACP Internist Weekly.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2023/09/spotlight.htm
1 Sep 2023
ACP/Annals forum addresses adult vaccinations
Patient hesitation and physician uncertainty are two barriers to achieving optimal vaccination rates, according to expert panelists.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2024/04/acpannals-forum-addresses-adult-vaccinations.htm
1 Apr 2024
ACP policy emphasizes physician-led team care
State licensing bodies should allow the independent practice of medicine to be performed only by physicians, ACP stated.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2024/01/02/1.htm
2 Jan 2024
ACP partners with Core IM podcast to provide continuing education to ACP members
The podcast features four categories of episodes with topics ranging from knowledge translation and clinical reasoning to critical thinking and humanities.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2019/07/16/4.htm
16 Jul 2019
Telemedicine takes hold in medical education
This issue outlines teaching telemedicine, ways to diagnose and manage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and disparities experienced by women in medicine.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/09/telemedicine-takes-hold-in-medical-education.htm
1 Sep 2022
New ACP learning activity focuses on socioeconomically disadvantaged patients
The online curriculum Caring with Compassion helps clinicians use team-based skills and biopsychosocial models of care to provide personalized care for at-risk patients.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2019/03/26/5.htm
26 Mar 2019