Search results for "Education"
ACP updates obesity learning series
The Obesity Management Learning Series from the College offers insights and strategies to help treat patients with obesity and includes patient education materials.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2024/05/14/5.htm
14 May 2024
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, I.M. Matters Weekly from ACP.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2024/05/latest-updates-on-acps-priorities-initiatives.htm
1 May 2024
Clinical Skills Center programs to offer hands-on and interactive learning opportunities
Tickets for Clinical Skills Center activities during Internal Medicine Meeting 2024, such as skin biopsy and cryosurgery, chronic leg wound management, and ultrasound, must be purchased by April 16.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2024/03/05/5.htm
5 Mar 2024
Making strides to stamp out HCV
While there's a goal of eliminating viral hepatitis globally by 2030, reports indicate a disproportionately high rate of infection and death in the United States among medically underserved populations.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2024/05/making-strides-to-stamp-out-hcv.htm
1 May 2024
New audio versions available for ACP Online Learning Center content
Full-length and chapter-based audio options are available for modules on human trafficking and intimate partner violence.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2024/04/09/5.htm
9 Apr 2024
Considerations about cannabis
As more states legalize recreational and medical cannabis, hospital physicians are finding themselves caring for regular users more frequently.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2024/05/considerations-about-cannabis.htm
1 May 2024
ACP's identity campaign features internal medicine physicians impacting medical education
As part of ACP's multiyear campaign to educate about the breadth, depth, and diversity of the internal medicine profession, a comprehensive webpage offers content showing how ACP's members impact medical education.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2024/01/02/5.htm
2 Jan 2024
Continue BP control, maintain benefits
Helping patients maintain normal blood pressure over the long haul pays off in cardiovascular and other health benefits, yet studies show that U.S. adults continue to backslide.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2024/05/continue-bp-control-maintain-benefits.htm
1 May 2024
Self-administered aspirin immediately after myocardial infarction saves lives, study finds
Taking aspirin within four hours of severe chest pain onset and continuing treatment for 28 days after an acute myocardial infarction delayed 13,016 deaths annually, even after accounting for 963 deaths due to bleeding, researchers estimated.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2024/05/07/4.htm
7 May 2024
Differentiating type 1 from type 2 diabetes in adults
Type 1 diabetes can be challenging to diagnose after childhood in part because the overt symptoms tend to be milder.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2024/05/differentiating-type-1-from-type-2-diabetes-in-adults.htm
1 May 2024