Core IM | Internal Medicine Podcast

#87 Penicillin Allergy: 5 Pearls Segment

#86 Quality Improvement: Careers Series

#85 Dual Antiplatelet Therapy: 5 Pearls Segment

#84 Supporting Surrogates: At the Bedside Segment

The podcast explores the challenges faced by surrogate decision-makers in healthcare and how clinicians can better support them. It highlights the difficulties surrogates encounter in understanding their role, honoring patient wishes, and managing the emotional toll of their decisions. The discussion includes insights ...

#83 Public Health: Careers Series

#82 Hyponatremia Diagnostics: 5 Pearls Segment

Hyponatremia diagnosis requires moving beyond rigid, traditional algorithms toward a physiological understanding of ADH activity and effective arterial blood volume. Serum osmolality serves as an initial quality check to confirm true hypotonic hyponatremia, while urine osmolality acts as a critical proxy for ADH activi...

#81 Treating Friends & Family: At the Bedside Segment

#80 Medical Education Paths: Careers Series

#79 Struggles with Clinical Reasoning: Hoofbeats Segment

#78 A 29M with Cough, Abdominal Pain, Fever: Hoofbeats Segment

#77 Complimentary and Alternative Medicine (CAM): At the Bedside Segment

#76 COVID Management Update

#75 Stories during Challenging Times

#74 Nephrotic Syndrome: 5 Pearls Segment

# 73 Research Paths: Careers Series

#72 Physical Therapists: Interprofessional Education Series

#71 Capacity Part 2, Voluntarism & Difficult Scenarios: At the Bedside Segment

The podcast explores the concept of voluntarism in medical decision-making, arguing that it's a crucial but often overlooked component of informed consent. It identifies four domains influencing voluntarism: developmental factors, illness-related considerations, psychological, cultural, and religious values, and extern...

#70 A 40M with Fever and Confusion from the 19th Century: Hoofbeats Segment

#69 Inpatient Heart Failure: 5 Pearls Segment

#68 SNF, SAR, NH, ALF, and More Discharge Options: Interprofessional Education Series

Navigating discharge disposition requires a nuanced understanding of facility capabilities, staffing ratios, and insurance coverage. Subacute rehab (SAR) and skilled nursing facilities (SNF) often function as the same physical location, yet provide distinct services for patients needing physical or occupational therapy...