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Internal Medicine 2012 coverage highlights core topics
Wrap-up coverage of ACP's annual meeting covers how to make opiates safer and more efficient, how to address the sensitive topics of sexual history and an inability to drive, and what are the worst drugs to come to market, among other topics.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/06/editors.htm
1 Jun 2012
Pinpointing pancreatitis difficult, but key to good outcomes
Several review papers help internists identify patients with pancreatitis who are most likely to progress to severe disease and how to best manage their care.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/02/pinpointing-pancreatitis-difficult-but-key-to-good-outcomes.htm
1 Feb 2018
Serve your trainees a feedback sandwich
The end of residency rotation isn't the only opportunity to teach. Assessing physicians should occur continuously, with a clear plan for a conversation between the attending and the trainee.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/06/feedback.htm
1 Jun 2012
Even many residents in primary care training programs not planning to enter primary care
Most internal medicine residents, even those in primary care residencies, don't plan to practice general internal medicine, a recent survey found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/12/11/1.htm
11 Dec 2012
Call for submissions: ACP Hospitalist wants your pandemic stories
Submit your short article about a strategy, patient or colleague interaction, or other aspect of hospital practice during the pandemic by Aug. 31, and it may be published in the November ACP Hospitalist.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2020/08/25/2.htm
25 Aug 2020
Hospital medicine meeting offers advice for all internists
In addition to complete coverage of the American College of Physicians' Internal Medicine meeting, readers can find coverage from the Society of Hospital Medicine's annual meeting, including a digest of palliative care, consulting as a career and infectious disease control.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/06/SHM.htm
1 Jun 2010
Officers and Regents election results announced
The election of Officers and Regents will become effective at the conclusion of the Annual Business Meeting at Internal Medicine Meeting 2017 in San Diego.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/03/elections.htm
1 Mar 2017
Those lost
A physician recounts colleagues she lost to physician suicide in her seven-year career as an attending hospitalist physician.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/09/those-lost.htm
1 Sep 2019
End-of-rotation handoffs associated with in-hospital mortality, study finds
End-of-rotation transition in care was associated with significantly higher in-hospital mortality in an unrestricted analysis; the association was stronger following institution of duty-hour regulations.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2016/12/13/2.htm
13 Dec 2016
Younger age, other factors associated with new OUD diagnosis after hospitalization
A retrospective cohort study looked at opioid-naive patients who received at least one prescription for an opioid during a surgical or nonsurgical inpatient hospitalization between 2014 and 2017.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2022/05/24/4.htm
24 May 2022