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Our noon conference core curriculum covers a wide array of topics to ensure our residents have a broad exposure to frequently tested topics on the ABIM examination in addition to topics that are essential to becoming a well rounded internist. Each year the noon conference series begins in July with daily lectures on core topics that entry level house staff will encounter on a regular basis and the remainder is interspersed throughout the year. The core curriculum (excluding the introductory topics) will routinely be given over an 18 month cycle, thus exposing residents to these topics at a minimum of twice during the 36 month training period. This list is not all inclusive and many other topics are covered throughout residents' training in venues of noon conference, morning report and attending rounds. Medicine Grand Rounds are held weekly on Thursdays from 7:30-8:30 am in Bunts Auditorium http://www.clevelandclinic.org/im/res/calendar.asp

Intern Core Series (covered in Noon Conference and/or Morning Report)

Patient Related Problems/Calls
Lab Related Problems/Calls
Miscellaneous
  1. Abdominal Pain
  2. Alcohol withdrawal/DTs
  3. Chest Pain
  4. Combative Patient
  5. Delirium
  6. Decreased Urine output
  7. GI bleed - Upper and Lower
  8. Hypotension and Shock
  9. Fever
  10. Hypertensive urgency
  11. Seizures
  12. Shortness of Breath
  13. Syncope/Fall
  14. Transfusion Reactions - Recognition and Treatment
  1. Potassium Disorders
  2. Acid-Base Disorders (Practical Interpretation & Implications)
  3. Glucose Disorders (hypo, hyper & DKA/NKH)
  4. Sodium Disorders
  5. Magnesium & Phosphorus & Calcium Disorders
  6. Anemia, Blood products & when to use them
  7. Coagulation Disorders & managing anticoagulants 
  1. Reading chest and abdominal x-rays
  2. Reading ECGs
  3. Evaluating volume status and choosing correct IVF
  4. How to be an efficient house officer/time management skill
  5. Dictation for doctors

Noon Conference Core Curriculum

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Adolescent Medicine

  • Eating disorders
  • Adolescent risk assessment, counseling
  • Legal issues with adolescents regarding sexuality

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Bioethics

  • Consent
  • Advanced directives and the DNR order
  • Competence

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Biostatistics

  • Sensitivity and specificity
  • Bayesian 4-square
  • p-values
  • Type 1 and 2 error
  • Meta-Analysis

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The Business of Medicine

  • Medicare and Medicaid
  • Billing and Coding
  • Negotiating contracts
  • Financial planning
  • Choosing your practice and partners

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Cardiology

  • Coronary Artery Disease
  • Heart Failure
    • Systolic
    • diastolic
  • Cardiomyopathies
    • Hypertrophic
    • Restrictive
  • Acute Coronary Syndromes
  • Aortic Disease
  • EKG
  • Valvular Heart Disease and ECHO
  • Arrhythmias –
    • SVTs - Supraventricular Tachycardias
    • VTs - Ventricular Tachycardias
    • Drug Therapy/Pacemaker/ICDs
  • Hyperlipidemia – primary and secondary prevention
  • Congenital Heart Disease
  • Pulmonary Heart Disease
  • Pericardial disease
  • Pregnancy and Cardiovascular disease
  • Exercise
  • Preventive Cardiology
  • Stress testing
  • Syncope

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Communication

  • The ‘angry' Patient
  • The ‘difficult' Patient
  • Delivering bad news
  • Giving and receiving Feedback

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Dermatology

  • Acnes
  • Dermatology for the internist – workup and approach to common disorders
  • Skin Cancer
  • Dermatologic Manifestations of IM diseases

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Emergency Medicine

  • Overdoses

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Endocrinology

  • DM - Diabetes Mellitus
    • Type I and II
    • Complications
    • How to start someone on Insulin therapy
    • Inpatient Management of Diabetes
  • DKA - Diabetic Ketoacidosis
  • Hypoglycemia
  • Reproductive Endocrine Disorders
    • PCOS - Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
  • Thyroid
    • Hyperthyroidism
    • Hypothyroidism
    • Thyroid Nodule
  • Osteoporosis
  • Hypercalcemia and Hypocalemia
  • Paget's Disease of the Bone
  • Pituitary Disorders
    • Hypopituitarism
    • Pituitary Tumors
  • Adrenal disorders
    • Adrenal Insufficiency
    • Cushing's Syndrome
    • Primary Aldosteronism
    • Pheochromocytoma
    • Workup and Management of an Adrenal Incidentaloma

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ENT - Ears, Nose and Throat

  • Vertigo
  • Otitis Media / Otitis Externa
  • Acute Pharyngitis
  • Common ENT disorders seen by the General Internist

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Gastroenterology

  • Overview of cirrhosis
    • Causes and complications
  • Interpretation of abnormal liver enzymes
  • Hepatitis
    • Acute and chronic
  • Pregnancy related liver disease
  • -Biliary disease
    • PSC - Primary sclerosing cholangitis, PBC - Primary biliary cirrhosis, cholecystitis, cholelithiasis, cancer
  • Pancreatic disease
  • Irritable bowel syndrome
  • Inflammatory bowel disease
  • PUD - Peptic Ulcer Disease and Helicobacter pylori
  • GI Bleeding – upper and lower
  • Esophageal Diseases and esophageal infections
  • Gluten-Sensitive Enteropathy
  • Malabsorption syndromes
  • Gastrointestinal infections
  • Bowel obstruction
  • Ischemic colitis, mesenteric infarction
  • Colorectal cancers
  • Approach to diarrhea
  • Approach to constipation

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General Internal Medicine – Women's Health, Preventive Medicine and other topics Geriatrics

  • Medicines in the elderly
  • Falls in the elderly
  • Dementia
  • Parkinson's
  • NPH - Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
  • Urinary diseases in the elderly
  • Osteoporosis
  • Nutrition assessment in the elderly
  • Cataracts, visual loss
  • Driving and the Elderly

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Hematology/Oncology

  • Oncologic Emergencies
  • Prostate Cancer
  • Testicular Cancer
  • Bladder Cancer
  • Gyn Cancer
    • Cervical
    • Uterine
    • Ovarian
  • Breast Cancer
  • Colon Cancer
  • Lung Cancer (see Pulmonary)
  • Cancer of Unknown Primary
  • Renal Cell Cancer
  • Pancreatic Cancer
  • Multiple Myleoma and MGUS - Monoclonal Gammopathy of Unknown Significance
  • Leukemia
    • Acute
    • Chronic
  • Lymphomas
  • Bone Marrow Failure, Acute
  • Myeloproliferative Disorders
    • Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, Polycythemia Vera, Essential Thrombocytopenia
  • Platelet. Disorders
    • Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura, Hemolyticuremic Syndrome
  • Erythrocyte Disorders
    • Approach to Anemic Patient
    • Hemolytic Anemia
    • Hemochromatosis / Iron Overload
    • Hemoglobinopathies / Sickle Cell
  • Palliative Medicine
  • Pain control
  • Cancer screening

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Infectious Disease

  • STDs
  • HIV /AIDS
  • Infectious Endocarditis
  • Pneumonias
  • UTIs - Urinary Tract Infections
  • Bacterial Meningitis
  • Toxic Shock Syndrome and Necrotizing Fasciitis
  • Vector Borne Infections
    • Lyme Disease, Babesiosis, West Nile Virus
  • Outpatient Viral infections
  • Influenza
  • Tuberculosis
  • Bioterrorism
  • Travel Medicine
  • Infections in Immunocompromised Hosts
    • Humoral Immunity
    • Cellular Immunity
    • Phagocyte Function
  • Antibiotic Agents
  • Antiviral Agents

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Nephrology

  • Acid/Base disturbances
  • Disturbances in fluids and electrolytes
    • Sodium, potassim
  • Introduction to Hemodyalisis
  • Glomerular disease
  • Chronic Kidney Disease
  • Introduction to Renal Transplant
  • Approach to Acute renal failure
  • Hypertension - overview
  • Hypertensive crisis
  • Secondary causes of hypertension

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Neurology

  • Stroke/TIA - Transient Ischemic Attack (risk factors, primary prevention)
  • Stroke/TIA - Transient Ischemic Attack (recognition, treatment)
  • Vertigo
  • Peripheral neuropathies
  • Overview of multiple sclerosis
  • Guillain-Barre Syndrome
  • Imaging in neurology (indications and tests)
  • NPH - Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
  • Seizure disorders
  • Headaches
  • Sleep disturbances
  • Tremors, Parkinson's, essential, cerebellar
  • Movement disorders ( Huntington 's)
  • ALS - Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrigs)
  • Determination of Brain Death
  • Radiculopathy (cervical, lumbar)

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Occupational Medicine

  • Repetitive motion injuries
  • Chemical exposures (lead, dyes, inhalations … )
  • Overview of worker's compensation assessment, disability

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Ophthalmology

  • Approach to the Patient with a Red Eye
  • Common Eye Disorders seen by a General Internist

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Perioperative Medicine

  • Pre-operation evaluation/assessment
  • Medications and special situations
  • Anticoagulation issues

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Pulmonary and Critical Care

  • Approach to Chronic Cough
  • Pulmonary Function Tests
  • Asthma
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
  • Cystic Fibrosis
  • ILD - Interstitial Lung Disease
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Pleural Disease
  • Pulmonary Vascular Disease / Pulmonary Hypertension
  • MICU issues
    • Respiratory Failure
    • ARDS - Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
    • Sepsis
  • Mechanical Ventilation
  • Lung Cancer
  • Approach to a Solitary Pulmonary Nodule
  • Introduction to Lung Transplant
  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea

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Psychiatry

  • Depression
  • Bipolar disorder
  • Anxiety disorders and Panic Disorder
  • Schizophrenia
  • Somatization Disorder
  • OCD - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
  • ETOHism - Alcoholism
  • ADHD - Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

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Residency / Education

  • Evidence based literature
  • How to search the literature
  • Feedback
  • Clinical Teaching

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Developing your individual leadership style

  • Professionalism in medicine
  • Understanding your personal interaction style
  • Handling stressful interactions
  • Coping with residency and life

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Rheumatology

  • Acute Monoarticular Arthritis
    • Workup, Diff Dx and Treatment
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Polyarticular Arthritis
    • Workup, Diff Dx and Treatment
  • Seronegative Spondyloarthropathies
    • Workup, Diff Dx and Treatment
  • Osteoarthritis
  • SLE - Systemic Lupus Erythematosis
  • Systemic Sclerosis
  • Poly/Dermatomyosities
  • Vasculitis – Large, medium and small vessel
  • FMS - Fibromyalgia Syndrome
  • Common Musculoskeletal disorders
    • Approach to Knee Pain
    • Approach to Shoulder Pain
    • Low Back Pain – Acute and Chronic

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Vascular Medicine

  • DVT - Deep Venous Thrombosis
  • PE - Pulmonary Embolism
  • Hypercoagulable States
  • Ulcers
  • PAD - Peripheral Arterial Disease

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