Internal Medicine
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Medicine residents' self-perceived competence in end-of-life care.

30 Oct 2009 PURPOSE: Internal medicine residents frequently provide end-of-life care, yet feel inadequately trained and uncomfortable providing this care, despite efforts to improve end-of-life care curricula. Understanding how residents' experiences and ... Read more...

"I can do patient care on my own": autonomy and the manager role.

30 Oct 2009 PURPOSE: An internal medicine (IM) residency program redesigned its second year, the Manager Year, to restore balance among autonomy, supervision, and clinical competence. This study examined the response of residents and some supervising attendings ... Read more...

Measuring motivational characteristics of courses: applying Keller's instructional materials motivation survey to a web-based course.

30 Oct 2009 PURPOSE: The Instructional Materials Motivation Survey (IMMS) purports to assess the motivational characteristics of instructional materials or courses using the Attention, Relevance, Confidence, and Satisfaction (ARCS) model of motivation. The IMMS ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Internal Medicine'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Medicine residents' self-perceived competence in end-of-life care. 30 Oct 2009
• "I can do patient care on my own": autonomy and the manager role. 30 Oct 2009
• Measuring motivational characteristics of courses: applying Keller's instructional materials motivation survey to a web-based course. 30 Oct 2009
• [Thromboembolic risk and prophylaxis in hospitalized surgical and internal medicine patients. German results of the international ENDORSE study] 11 Oct 2009
• Simulation-based mastery learning reduces complications during central venous catheter insertion in a medical intensive care unit. 29 Sep 2009
• [Differences in thinking model of treatment based syndrome differentiation between acu-moxibustion and internal medicine of TCM] 29 Sep 2009
• Two decades of simulation-based training: have we made progress? 29 Sep 2009
• What academic internal medicine subspecialists identify as important geriatric learning needs for residents: a pilot study. 29 Sep 2009
• Appropriateness of collaborations between industry and the medical profession: physicians' perceptions. 29 Sep 2009
• Association of resident fatigue and distress with perceived medical errors. 21 Sep 2009
• Association of an educational program in mindful communication with burnout, empathy, and attitudes among primary care physicians. 21 Sep 2009
• Coping with the mystery of death. 12 Sep 2009
• Assessment of the capacity to consent to treatment in patients admitted to acute medical wards. 31 Aug 2009
• Job security. 30 Aug 2009
• Interdisciplinary curriculum to train internal medicine and obstetrics-gynecology residents in ambulatory women's health: adapting problem-based learning to residency education. 30 Aug 2009
• [16th Congress of the Czech Internal Medicine Society CLS J. E. Purkinje. Prague, 13-16 September 2009] 30 Aug 2009
• [A reflection on internal medicine] 30 Aug 2009
• Asymptomatic carriage of Clostridium difficile among HCWs: Do we disregard the doctor? 30 Aug 2009
• Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization of house officers. 30 Aug 2009
• A commentary on the use of the internal medicine in-training examination. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Internal Medicine'

Definition: A medical specialty concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the internal organ systems of adults.

Descriptor UI: D007388

Alternative terms: Internal Medicine; Medicine, Internal;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: H02.403.776.409;

Technical Notes: SPEC: SPEC qualif; when permitted for "internal diseases": Manual 28.10; DF: INTERNAL MED