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The appropriateness of current UK training in acute internal medicine

Author(s) -

Ravi De Silva,

Rupert Negus,

M. Morgan

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

acute medicine journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.14

H-Index - 12

eISSN - 1747-4892

pISSN - 1747-4884

DOI - 10.52964/amja.0768

Subject(s) - current (fluid) , training (meteorology) , medicine , medical education , psychology , geography , engineering , meteorology , electrical engineering

Doctors training in Acute Internal Medicine (AIM) need to provide evidence that they can effectively manage 20 ‘top’ and 40 ‘other important’ acute medical presentations. However, the presentations considered important in the AIM curriculum do not have an empirical evidence base. This study compared real-life presentations against those in the AIM curriculum. Data on all presentations to the acute medical service at The Royal Free Hospital, London, were collected retrospectively for five non-consecutive weeks and prospectively for one week. Five frequently encountered presentations viz: cough, nausea and vomiting, dizziness, hyperglycaemia and lethargy were not amongst those listed as ‘top’ or ‘other important’ in the AIM curriculum. Hence, demonstration of competency in these presentations is currently not an explicit requirement.

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