Archive for 'Family Practice' Category

HgbA1c and Diabetes Diagnosis – 2010 ADA Practice Guidelines

A summary of ADA’s 2010 practice guidelines (Diabetes Care. December 29, 2009; January 2010 Supplement): The American Diabetes Association (ADA) revised clinical practice recommendations for diabetes diagnosis promote hemoglobin A1c (A1c) as a faster, easier diagnostic test according to the revised evidence-based guidelines, an A1c score of 5.7% to 6.4% indicates prediabetes, and an A1c [...]

Nasopharyngeal Specimen Collection – A Guide for Medical Students

The New York City Department of Health has prepared an excellent guide for nasopharyngeal specimen collection that describes both nasopharyngeal aspirate and nasopharyngeal swab methods. This concise review will prove helpful for those medical students beginning outpatient medicine rotations or family medicine. Nasopharyngeal Specimen Collection for Viral Respiratory Pathogens [NYC Dept of Health]

How to Approach Adolescent Athletes – Sports Preparticipation Examination

The adolescent athlete frequently appears in clinic for sports preparticipation examination. 3rd & 4th year medical students should be prepared. Important aspects of this assessment include: cardiovascular health (hypertrophic cardiomyopathy) non-cardiac issues (loss of consciousness or concussion, recovery from musculoskeletal injuries) general health assessment counseling assessing fitness level for specific sports Medliorate readers will benefit [...]

Family or Internal Medicine?

Does family medicine training close doors? Some argue pro and some con. When examined objectively, family medicine opens many doors but does close some doors. Choosing family medicine clearly leads to primary care or a closely related field. Internal medicine still often leads to subspecialty training. Many more internists become hospitalists than do family physicians. [...]

Components of Good Rural Doctoring

the success of family practice in adapting to the wide variety of rural settings lies within its generalist approach. We begin with a wide base of common illnesses across the lifespan, and this serves as a base from which to develop competence in more specialized topics. The generalist education prepares us to meet problems we’ve [...]