Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: Create a quantitative Sankey diagram of the flow of US physicians from medical school graduation through postgraduate training into PC specialties: family medicine (FM), general internal medicine (IM), and general pediatrics (Peds). Dataset: AMA Physician Masterfile and Historical Residency File (2024).

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Medical Education DO 130

The Clinical Problem Solvers

MARCH 7, 2024

He is currently applying for residency in the United States and has interests in Neuroscience, Internal Medicine and Global health. as she embarks on her journey into the 2024 internal medicine residency match. He then attended the University of Ghana for his medical degree.

Internal Medicine 52

Internal Medicine Medical Education Hospital 52

ABIM

JUNE 12, 2025

McDonald shared more about a pilot model announced last year that would create a pathway for exceptionally qualified international medical graduates (IMGs) successfully completing ACGME-accredited subspecialty fellowship to become Board eligible in Internal Medicine and subspecialties.

Board-Certified 52

Board-Certified Internal Medicine Government Community 52

The Clinical Problem Solvers

JUNE 8, 2024

She recently completed her PhD and postdoctoral fellowship in Colorado and will begin her neurology residency at Duke University in North Carolina in the summer of 2024. Outside of medicine, she enjoys playing guitar, discovering new coffee shops, hiking, and climbing mountains.

Board-Certified 52

Board-Certified Internal Medicine Hypertension Clinical Practice 52

Sound Physicians

OCTOBER 30, 2024

I attended medical school in America and completed my residency at the Catholic Health Internal Medicine program in Buffalo, New York. I went to the University of Toronto and finished my Bachelor of Science there in 2013. While there, I was first introduced to the hospitalist team from Sound Physicians.

Hospital 52

Hospital Telemedicine Healthcare Provider 52

ABIM

APRIL 24, 2025

In 2024, 82% of ABIM Board Certified rheumatologists due for an assessment opted for the LKA over the traditional, 10-year MOC exam. Thousands of subspecialists are also using the LKA to reinstate their lapsed certifications in internal medicine. The need for further research in this area with physician input is essential.

Board-Certified 40

Board-Certified Board-Certified Physicians Community Government 40

Physician's Practice

JUNE 23, 2025

This April 2024 article by Neil Baum, MD , on hiring a marketing consultant gives this tip: 3. Reynolds Feature Article Your weekly dose of wisdom from the Physicians Practice experts. lightbulb doodle © Matias - stock.adobe.com With all the useful information available on Physicians Practice, it is easy to become overwhelmed.

Consulting 52

Consulting Management Private Practice Diabetes 52

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 10, 2025

BowFlex filed for bankruptcy in March 2024. But the CPSC says the adjustable design may pose a safety hazard. The recalled units include 3.7 million sets sold by Nautilus Inc., which changed its name to BowFlex in 2023, CBS News reported.

IT 52

IT Family Practice Internal Medicine Primary Care 52

Physician's Practice

JUNE 16, 2025

This April 2024 article by Neil Baum, MD , on being an on-time physician gives this tip: Instruct new patients to arrive 20-30 minutes before their appointment to fill out paperwork or complete the paperwork online if your website provides the forms for patient demographics and a health care questionnaire.

Management 52

Management Private Practice Patients Medical 52

Physician's Practice

JUNE 9, 2025

This January 2024 article by Nick Hernandez on avoiding strategic planning mistakes gives this tip: 2. Reynolds Fact checked by Chris Mazzolini Feature Article Your weekly dose of wisdom from the Physicians Practice experts. With this in mind, the tip of the week is a chance to reflect on some of the wisdom found all across the site.

Management 52

Management Private Practice Patients Medical 52

Physician's Practice

JUNE 6, 2025

A recent Press Ganey survey of nearly 350,000 health-care workers found that employee engagement inched up in 2024, yet almost one in four respondents were still scanning job boards for something better. Turnover is eating medical practices alive.

Management 52

Management Finance Patients Healthcare 52

GeriPal

JUNE 20, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Alex 00:30 And we’re delighted to welcome Alison Huang, who’s a primary care doc and researcher and professor of medicine, urology, and epi-biostats at UCSF in the division of General Internal Medicine. I’m an internal medicine physician.

IT 120

IT Patient-Centered Patients Clinic 120

GeriPal

JANUARY 23, 2025

It’s called Danton, and it was just published mid last year, mid 2024. MOC points per podcast in the American Board of Internal Medicines (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. There have been the DANTE trial as well as the optimized trial, and both have shown really no harm in deprescribing antihypertensives.

Specialization 119

Specialization IT Patient-Centered Medical 119

ABIM

MAY 30, 2025

The Equity Committee remains committed to continuing ABIM’s work and ABIM continues to coordinate with societies and other internal medicine organizations on how new policies and executive orders may affect the work they do. ABIM currently publishes internal medicine residency program pass rates for three-year periods.

Board-Certified 40

Board-Certified Government Internal Medicine Private Practice 40

ABIM

JUNE 4, 2025

In 2024, 77% of eligible ABIM Board Certified endocrinologists who chose an assessment opted for the LKA over the traditional, 10-year MOC exam. Special Consideration IMG Pilot Pathway* In August 2024 , the ABIM Council proposed a pilot model for exceptionally qualified IMGs pursuing accredited subspecialty fellowship in the U.S.

Diabetes 52

Diabetes Board-Certified Telehealth Government 52

ABIM

JUNE 11, 2025

A small number of infectious disease physicians are dual-certified, meaning they maintain an additional certification—the largest number (208) in critical care medicine. In 2024, 75% of infectious disease physicians who chose an assessment opted for the LKA over the traditional, 10-year MOC exam.

Board-Certified 52

Board-Certified Government Community Education 52

ABIM

JUNE 24, 2025

Of note, 14,777 physicians have been ABIM Board Certified in Hematology since it was first offered in 1972, with 10,730 currently maintaining valid certification and 7,445 simultaneously maintaining certification in internal medicine.

Board-Certified 40

Board-Certified Board-Certified Physicians Government Community 40

GeriPal

JUNE 27, 2024

Alex is a triple-boarded (palliative care, internal medicine, and psychiatry) assistant professor of medicine at Stanford. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. How, though, do we navigate anxiety and help our patients who may end up in the anxiety spiral that becomes so hard to get out of?

Illness 129

Illness IT Diagnosis Patient-Centered 129

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 23, 2025

In 2024, the NIH funded six short-term research projects totaling over $1 million. “NIH is working to ensure that the people of East Palestine and the surrounding communities are listened to, cared for, and get the answers they deserve,” said NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya.

Community 52

Community Asthma Engineering Complication 52

GeriPal

JANUARY 16, 2025

He died in 2024. MOC points per podcast in the American Board of Internal Medicines (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. I’m a little bit of a throwback kind of 70s 80s guy. So if you wouldn’t mind indulging that request, that’ll be great. Alex 02:53 That’s great.

Patient-Centered 109

Patient-Centered IT Patients Healthcare 109

GeriPal

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

And the main topic of today is a paper in Annals of Internal Medicine , Maria first author, that addressed the tradeoffs between initiating dialysis vs continued medical/supportive management. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. For any MOC questions, please email moc@ucsf.edu.

Management 116

Management Patient-Centered Patients IT 116

GeriPal

MARCH 20, 2025

MOC points per podcast in the American Board of Internal Medicines (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. We discussed what makes an illness terminal, what goes into assessing capacity for an action as simple as requesting something to drink, and whether the TV show Severance illuminates any of these answers.

IT 88

IT Patient-Centered Patients Medical 88

GeriPal

AUGUST 1, 2024

Anna Pleet is an internal medicine resident at Allegheny Health Network who has a collection of amazing YouTube videos on aging and the Mediterranean diet. Elizabeth Eckstrom is a geriatrician, professor of medicine at OHSU, and author of a new book, the Gift of Aging. For any MOC questions, please email moc@ucsf.edu.

IT 116

IT Diabetes Chronic Disease Patient-Centered 116

GeriPal

MARCH 27, 2025

Today we are delighted to welcome Jennifer Wolff, Sydney Dy, and Danny Scerpella, who conducted a pragmatic trial of advance care planning (ACP) in primary care practices; and Jasmine Santoyo-Olsson, who wrote an accompanying commentary in JAMA Internal Medicine. Alex 03:54 Very generous. Eric 03:57 Okay, we got a lot to talk about.

Primary Care 79

Primary Care IT Clinic Patient-Centered 79

GeriPal

APRIL 11, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. I don’t know if you all saw, but there was a beautiful essay today in JAMA Internal Medicine by Randy Curtis’s wife and daughter about his end-of-life experiences. For any MOC questions, please email moc@ucsf.edu.

Patient-Centered 128

Patient-Centered IT Patients Consulting 128

GeriPal

APRIL 26, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. I don’t know if you all saw, but there was a beautiful essay today in JAMA Internal Medicine by Randy Curtis’s wife and daughter about his end-of-life experiences. For any MOC questions, please email moc@ucsf.edu.

Patient-Centered 119

Patient-Centered IT Patients Consulting 119

GeriPal

JULY 25, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Eric 44:46 That’s also why I like, you know, talking with surgeons, too, because, like internal medicine doctors, we often like just to give a bunch of options, and then we get really upset if they choose the one that we think is really bad for them.

Family 106

Family Families Patient-Centered Patients 106

GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Malaz: One day I was in internal medicine residency and I had to take care of a patient who was admitted from a nursing home with dementia. So if you can share this early, January 30th, 2024, you can apply as two things, as an established program like us, UCLA, UCSF, or a new program. This is Eric Widera. Malaz: 1999, my friend.

Patient-Centered 125

Patient-Centered IT Family Families 125

GeriPal

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Or, to phrase the question for 2024, Can AI do better? Ill end this intro with a quote from Deb Grady in an editors commentary to our thought piece in JAMA Internal Medicine about this topic: Voice technology that creates a searchable database of patients every encounter with a health care professional? Can we do better?

Patient-Centered 108

Patient-Centered IT Patients Healthcare 108