Search results for "Practice of medicine"
Nominate your heroes, mentors, and colleagues for ACP Awards and Masterships
The Awards Committee of the American College of Physicians invites your assistance in recognizing the accomplishments of distinguished individuals and organizations through the College's awards and Masterships.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/03/nominate.htm
1 Mar 2010
Filling in the GAPPs will strengthen evidence-based medicine
Little data supports the use of genomic testing for subjects such as warfarin dosing. Paradoxically, that lack of evidence leaves open the potential for the misuse of direct-to-consumer genomics tests for fun, or for their premature adoption by clinicians.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/02/genomics.htm
1 Feb 2010
Creating a blueprint for genomic medical training
Genomics education should be integrated into existing paradigms for teaching about health and disease, because the intersection of the patient-centered medical home and genomics requires primary care physicians and specialists with advanced genetics training as necessary links to effective care delivery.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/09/genomics.htm
1 Sep 2009
Economic pressures turn art of medicine into rote practice
While much of a clinician's stature among peers depends on encyclopedic understanding of the scientific literature, his or her effectiveness depends largely on well-honed skills of communication and relationship building. Never have such skills been more critical or more challenging than they are today.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/09/presidents.htm
1 Sep 2009
Genomics impacts everyday practices in unexpected ways
The hospitalization of a relative sets a leader in genomic research musing about how far medical practice has advanced in treating a common condition, and how far cutting-edge advances could go.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/07/genomics.htm
1 Jul 2009
Looking back: Some constants amid change
Looking back at the history of health care reform to gain insight on the future of primary care medicine.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/07/editors.htm
1 Jul 2009
Primary care gains ground but pay reform still up in the air
Politicians acknowledge needing more primary care physicians, but paying for it requires support from elected officials and from the College.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/06/washington.htm
1 Jun 2009
Sharing knowledge is part of a modern Hippocratic Oath
Recent scandals challenge physicians' abilities to embrace the incredible volume of information information and translate new research into bedside practice.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/06/presidents.htm
1 Jun 2009
It's just old age—or is it? Don't be guided by stereotypes
Would you make the same diagnosis in a 50-year-old patient that you would in an 80-year-old? This and a vague history led one internist to press for a better answer to a patient's anemia and SED rate.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/05/mindful.htm
1 May 2009
A warmer, wetter world will mean more work for internists
But what does this environmental crisis mean for internists?.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/06/eleven.htm
1 Jun 2008