Curriculum Block

Objectives

• Inflammatory bowel disease
• Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
• Peripheral neuropathy
• Leukopenia
• Leukocytosis
• Vitamin B12 deficiency
• Hemolysis
• Empyema
• Shortness of breath
• Identify resources to help determine appropriate treatment options for common and uncommon medical problems.
• Hepatomegaly
• Hepatitis : acute and chronic
• Cirrhosis
• Connective tissue diseases (specifically: systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis)
• Septic arthritis/osteomyelitis
• Hypo/hyperthyroidism
• Meningitis
• Valvular heart disease (specifically: mitral stenosis and regurgitation and aortic stenosis)
• Recurrent falls
• Bradyarrhythmias and heart block
• Substance abuse (specifically: alcohol, opioids, benzodiazepines)
• Pyelonephritis
• Lymphoma (Hodgkin’s and non-Hodgkin’s)
• Multiple myeloma
• Gout /pseudo-gout
• Toxidromes (specifically: aspirin, acetaminophen, opioids, cocaine)
• Endocarditis
• Pericarditis
• Hyperlipidemia
• Ventricular tachycardia
• Atrial fibrillation
• Chest pain/angina
• Edema: generalized or peripheral
• Nephrotic syndrome
• Chronic renal failure
• Acute pancreatitis
• Splenomegaly
• Upper GI bleeding
• Acute coronary syndrome
• Shock
• Adverse drug reactions/drug allergies
• Dehydration
• Fever
• Diarrhea
• Jaundice
• Lower GI bleeding
• Congestive heart failure
• Delirium
• Syncope
• Acute renal failure
• Hypo/hyperkalemia
• Hypo/hypernatremia
• Acid-base disorders
• Anemia
• Cardiac arrest
• Types I and II diabetes mellitus
• Seizures
• Coma
• Hypo/hypercalcemia
• Thrombocytopenia
• Respiratory failure
• Pleural effusion
• Cellulitis
• Peptic ulcer disease
• Specific Clinical Presentations and Disease Problems in Internal Medicine: Describe key illnesses in the elderly, focusing on their often atypical presentation. (eg. Urinary tract infection, pneumonia, tuberculosis, depression, thyroid disease, myocardial infarction).
• Dementia
• Cerebrovascular disease (including stroke)
• Urinary tract infection
• Venous thromboembolism (specifically: deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism)
• Asthma
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• Pneumonia
• Hypertension

Tags

Clerkship Internal Medicine Rotation Internal Medicine 2.2 Apply biomedical scientific principles fundamental to health care for patients and populations. 2.3 Apply principles of clinical sciences to diagnostic and therapeutic decision-making, clinical problem-solving, and other aspects of evidence-based healthcare 2.4 Apply principles of epidemiological sciences to the identification of health problems, risk factors, treatment strategies, resource allocation, and disease prevention/health promotion efforts for patients and populations