* Principles of Ambulatory Medicine, Sixth Edition , Edited by L. Randol
Barker*, winner of SGIM’s 2001 Career Achievements in Medical Education
Award, John R. Burton, and Philip D. Zieve (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins)
* Ambulatory Medicine Case Book by Joyce P. Doyle and Laura J. Martin
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
* Primary Care Medicine: Office Evaluation and Management of the Adult
Patient, Fourth Edition, by Allan H. Gorroll and Albert G. Mulley, Jr.
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins)
* Primary Care Medicine Recommendations – Also available for Palm OS,
Windows
CE, and Pocket PC handheld computers -- by Allan H. Gorroll and Albert G.
Mulley, Jr. (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins)
Topics to be completed at the Johns Hopkins Ambulatory Care Site
http://www.hopkins.ilc.org
Basic Gynecology for the Internist
Cancer Screening
Dementia
Diabetes: Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis and Management of Depression
Diagnosis and Management of Low Back Pain
Emerging Screening Technologies in Primary Care
Evaluation of Rash by the Internist
Hip and Knee Pain
Hypertension for the Internist
Immunizations
Osteoporosis: Diagnosis and Management
Palliative Care
Preventive Cardiology
Respiratory tract infections
The Preoperative Assessment for the Internist
Topics of focus for AHRQ Effectiveness (5/2005):
Dr. Clancy emphasized the Effectiveness Program, AHRQ’s $15 million
initiative to conduct and support research with a focus on outcomes,
comparative clinical effectiveness, and appropriateness of health care items
and services including pharmaceutical drugs. Under this initiative, AHRQ has
compiled a list of the top 10 conditions affecting Medicare beneficiaries:
Arthritis and non-traumatic joint disorders.
Cancer.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease/asthma.
Diabetes mellitus.
Dementias, including Alzheimer’s disease.
Depression.
Ischemic heart disease.
Peptic ulcer/dyspepsia.
Depression and other mood disorders
Population:
Screening and prevention and the USPSTF guidelines
