Open Access Medical Education
Committed to sharing Internal Medicine focused lectures as free open access medical education.
Dr. Nancy Kubiak discusses principles of quality improvement: practiced based learning, PDSA cycles (Plan, Do, Study, Act). She then leads us through the creation of an aim statement and implementation of a PDSA project.
Read MoreDr. Eleanor Lederer covers hyponatremia, hypernatremia and hyperkalemia with an eye to preventing these emergencies through applied physiology.
Read MoreDr. Lina MacKelaite gives a case-based, practical lecture on the topic of renal transplant with a focus on evaluation, qualification, benefits and management. She also discusses complications after transplant.
Read MoreDr. Michael Stillman covers the history of pre-operative evaluation, the ACC/AHA guidelines, and on optimizing risk of patients with major clinical risk factors.
Read MoreDr. Burke is trained in Osteopathic Medicine and her approach to low back pain is outstanding in a world that, as she says, often seems to use narcotics as a first line therapy. She stresses the importance of physical exam findings and discusses exercises to prevent and treat back pain.
Read MoreDr. Espinoza covers basic cardiac electrophysiology and what happens when it goes awry! He discusses supraventricular tachycardias (sinus tachycardia, atrial tachycardia, AVRT, AVNRT), atrial fibrillation and flutter, Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. He discusses recognizing features of ventricular tachycardia to differentiate it from SVT. Finally, he addresses management of tachycardias.
Read MoreDr. Russell Farmer covers the acute abdomen for internists (from a surgeon's perspective). He reviews history and physical findings tailored to an acute abdomen and works through cases to discuss the following: diverticulitis, appendicitis, pancreatitis, peptic ulcer disease, bowel obstruction, cholecystitis, ovarian torsion, testicular torsion.
Read MoreDr. George Aronoff reviews terms used in description of acid-base disorders then creates a construct in which to quickly identify which disorder is present as well as appropriate compensation.
Read MoreDr. George Aronoff provides a working definition of acute kidney injury and discusses relative risks of AKI, a practical clinical algorithm for diagnosis and a rapid approach to treatment.
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