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A Brief History of Nutritional Medicine and the Emergence of Nutrition as a Medical Subspecialty
Published in Michael M. Rothkopf, Jennifer C. Johnson, Optimizing Metabolic Status for the Hospitalized Patient, 2023
Michael M. Rothkopf, Jennifer C. Johnson
Figure 2.1 shows that several subspecialties were designated in the early 1940s, such as gastroenterology, with further additions in the early 1970s. Yet, since the late 1980s, subspecializations have continued to emerge in the field of internal medicine, along with certification boards.
Anatomy and surgery
Published in Vivienne Lo, Michael Stanley-Baker, Dolly Yang, Routledge Handbook of Chinese Medicine, 2022
Li Jianmin 李建民, Michael Stanley-Baker, Vivienne Lo
In external medicine, they took the pulse and [prescribed] ingested drugs. The ‘prescription and pulse specialists’ referred to here are doctors of internal medicine. This culture of opposition to surgery in Southern China was very common during the Ming and Qing periods. Even until now, this current in Chinese medicine of ‘giving weight to internal medicine and slighting external medicine’ is still prevalent. Is it possible that in the future history of Chinese medicine, research into China’s medical traditions could take a long awaited and highly necessary external medicine turn?
Career Opportunities in Industrial Clinical Research
Published in Gary M. Matoren, The Clinical Research Process in the Pharmaceutical Industry, 2020
Physicians who enter clinical research with internal medicine or other specialties will be sought after if they have internal medicine subspecialty training in cardiovascular diseases, immunology /allergy, infectious diseases, oncology, endocrinology, hematology, rheumatology, or gastroenterology.
“Ego massaging that helps”: a framework analysis study of internal medicine trainees’ interprofessional collaboration approaches
Published in Medical Education Online, 2023
Joanne Kerins, Samantha Eve Smith, Victoria Ruth Tallentire
Internal medicine training is a three-year training programme for doctors in the United Kingdom (UK) who wish to pursue a career in hospital medicine. Between August 2020 and March 2021, 124 internal medicine trainees participated in an interprofessional communication workshop in groups of six. The workshop, attended only by internal medicine trainees, was on the topic of interprofessional communication. It has been argued that education for collaboration should provide uni-professional opportunities which can address workplace structures, power and conflict, of which this workshop is an example [5]. Key learning objectives were to explore challenges of interprofessional interactions and collaboration approaches. The workshop was facilitated by two consultant physicians who aimed to create a safe space for trainee-led discussion. The discussion was guided by participants with trainees setting their own agenda at the start of the session. Trainees were asked to voice areas of difficulty regarding interprofessional interactions and a facilitator documented these on a paper flipchart. Thereafter, a free-flowing discussion followed this agenda. Facilitators used open questions to enquire about experiences and prompt reflection on the impact of challenges and the strategies that trainees have employed.
Perceptions and preparedness of senior medical students about antimicrobial stewardship programs: are we providing adequate training to future prescribers?
Published in Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy, 2023
Wenjing Ji, Ali Hassan Gillani, Dan Ye, Hang Zhao, Jiaxi Du, David J McIver, Yun Tian
This study is first of its kind to assess attitudes and perceptions of senior medical students about AMR and their preparedness toward AMS activities across multiple medical schools of Northwest China. Most students intended to pursue residency training in internal medicine and surgical specialties. More than 2/3 (69.8%) of our respondents were of the view that medical schools should impart more education on the antimicrobial resistance, and 70% agreed that they would like to acquire more knowledge on the appropriate use of antimicrobials. A previous study found similar results, which highlighted that there was an urgent need to accommodate antimicrobial education into the curriculum of medical students, including pharmacy [17]. In similar studies conducted in USA and United Kingdom (UK), almost every student requested more education focused on antimicrobial prescribing [18]. Accordingly, in the past years, medical schools in the UK have revised their syllabi to enhance the student decision-making for proper antimicrobial selection and prescribing practices [19].
Fabrication of pH responsive hydrogel blends of chondroitin sulfate/pluronic F-127 for the controlled release of ketorolac: its characterization and acute oral toxicity study
Published in Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy, 2022
Saba Naeem, Kashif Barkat, Maryam Shabbir, Ikrima Khalid, Irfan Anjum, Nadia Shamshad, Yasir Mehmood, Daulat Haleem Khan, Syed Faisal Badshah, Muhammad Ali Syed, Sana Afzal, Zainab Abdullah
The acute toxicity study was carried out according to the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development) guidelines on animal models. Six healthy and active rabbits were randomly assigned into two groups, i.e. one controlled group (C-group) having three rabbits, to which no formulation was given, and the second test group (T-group) having other three rabbits, to which the blend was administered. Food and water were given to both groups and quantities were observed. Two grams per kilograms CS–Pl hydrogel was orally administered to each rabbit of the test group. Observations for physical activity, sign of illness, salvation, diarrhea, skin irritation, mortality, and body weight were keenly noted during this time period. On day 14, the blood samples were taken via marginal vein of ear, and the rabbits were sacrificed for the weight variation and histopathological examination of the internal organs which were preserved in 10% formalin solution. The internal organs investigated included heart, spleen, liver, kidney, small intestine, and lungs [32,33].