Internal medicine

in an effort to understand each and every detail of her investigations, management, and prognosis. This dreadful experience taught me to mellow down my sensitivity and adopt strength. Through this tragedy, I discovered my immense passion for internal medicine, a field in which I would be able to study the human body in an integrated manner. Hence, my goal became to train myself in solving puzzling diagnostic problems and handling situations where multiple illnesses are present at the same time,…

Roosevelt once said, “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” I feel this statement applies to my insatiable desire to pursue my dreams of becoming a good physician in the field of Internal Medicine, an adventure where there are many challenges to face Although medicine was always around me since my childhood in the form of both of my parents being doctors to a hospital attached to my childhood home. I didn’t really consider being a doctor till an incident…

stays with me to this day. She told me, my body spoke a different story. From her, I learned that understanding a person is more than what the facts show: it’s about all the little factors involved that lead to the true bigger picture. My Internal Medicine rotation helped me understand that skill more in depth and also put it in action. I remember a 40 years old man presented with a headache. On the same visit, I addressed to him about…

Compare and Contrast In “Stolen Day” and “A Day’s Wait”, both stories have many ideas that are similar and different. For example, the main idea of “Stolen Day” is that a young boy, the narrator, is convinced that he has a disease bad enough to kill him called inflammatory rheumatism. Truth be said is that he did not have the disease in the first place, he just wanted some undivided attention from his family. Both of his parents both know that he doesn’t have the disease so they do not…

According to Yusuf (2010) “One of the debates that hospitals engage in is whether to have an open or closed ICU. The facility at which I currently practice has been having ongoing discussions with regard to this very issue. We have a very good intensive care unit for a moderate sized community Hospital of 200 beds. Up to about 2 years ago we had an open intensive care unit. We also had a large amount of primary care physicians admitting to the hospital and the intensive care unit We were…

She started precautionary measures and started taking medicine regularly. He blood sugar levels were controlled within normal limits within few weeks. Her newly diagnosed illness sent me to the medical college with a preset goal to achieve. Now I clearly knew my objectives. Being a medical student was more interesting…

school for ten to twelve years. The student must complete four years of medical school to earn a Doctor of Medicine degree.After four years of medical school a pediatric hematologist must do six years in residency three years in pediatric residency training and another three years training as a pediatric hematology.Residency involves a track such as pathology or pediatrics,internal medicine and any specific hematology or oncology study. During residency, a physician get a hand on learning on…

them believed that they were prepared to fully assist their patients in this field (Vetter et al. 2008). When assessed for knowledge with a multiple choice test from a nutrition text book, the average score was 66%- thus the authors concluded, “Internal medicine interns’ perceive nutrition counseling as a priority, but lack the confidence and knowledge to effectively provide adequate nutrition education.” (Vetter et al. 2008). With this information, the authors then analyze the data, discuss…

Georgia Regents University Augusta is comprised of three entities; the university, medical center and practice plan. Each entity has a specific role, but must work together to meet the requirements of the academic, clinical and research missions. I will be focusing strictly on the clinical mission in this summary. Problem Georgia Regents University Augusta needs to develop an incentive plan for faculty with a clinical appointment. The previous incentive plan was developed in the late 90’s…

The primary responsibility of an anesthesiologist is to provide sedation and pain relief to patients before, during and after any surgical procedure. Although a career in Anesthesiology can be financially rewarding and emotionally gratifying, a person must be willing to spend twelve years of their life attending medical school, becoming an intern and looking for a job practicing anesthesia. In order to attend a medical school, the student must complete a four year bachelor’s degree…