Zulfiqar Rana, MD, MPH, FACP
Board Certified in Internal Medicine
Teaching Curriculum
Core topics IM ambulatory care
Before you start
History and Physical
Presenting SOAP note
- Basic format
- Watch a simple youtube video
Presenting new History and Physical
Week 1
Diabetes type I
- Up-to-date: Management of blood glucose in adults with type 1 diabetes mellitus
Diabetes type II
- Therapy for Diabetes and related disorders (book)
- Practical Insulin by ADA (book) (or Read “Insulin therapy in type 2 diabetes mellitus” AND “Management of blood glucose in adults with type 1 diabetes mellitus” from Up-To-Date)
Medicine Algorithm by ADA - Up-to-date: Insulin therapy in type 2 diabetes mellitus
- Up-to-Date: Management of blood glucose in adults with type 1 diabetes mellitus
- Up-to-date: Interactive Diabetes case #17 – new diagnosis
- Up-to-date: Interactive Diabetes case #16 – deterioration
- Up-to-date: Interactive diabetes case #2: Switching from oral agents to insulin in type 2 diabetes
Week 2
Hypertension
- JNC Guidelines: JNC 8 HTN guidelines booklet (.pdf)
- JNC guidelines made simple_2017 (.pdf)
- Full Guidelines link
Hyperlipidemia
- Cholesterol guidelines at a glance
- Management of LDL-C in adults without cardiovascular disease – UpToDate
- Up-to-Date: Management of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) in the secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease
Week 3
COPD and ASTHMA
- COPD (.pdf)
- GOLD-2019 report (.pdf)
- Up-To-Date: An overview of asthma management
- Spirometry
Week 4
CARDIOLOGY
- Up-to-Date: Overview of primary prevention of coronary heart disease and stroke
- Up-to-date: Chronic coronary syndrome: Overview of care
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Up-to-date: Overview of the management of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction in adults
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Up-to-date: Initial pharmacologic therapy of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction in adults
Miscellaneous topics
Common Infections in Primary Care
- Up-to-date: Evaluation of acute pharyngitis in adults
- Up-to-date: Acute otitis media in adults
- Up-to-date: Uncomplicated acute sinusitis and rhinosinusitis in adults: Treatment
- Up-to-date: Acute sinusitis and rhinosinusitis in adults: Clinical manifestations and diagnosis
- Up-to-date: Acute bronchitis in adults
- Up-to-date: Diagnostic approach to community-acquired pneumonia in adults
Office Orthopedics
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Up-to-date: Physical examination of the shoulder
- Up-to-date: Physical examination of the knee
- Up-to-date: Musculoskeletal examination of the hip and groin
- Knee injections
- Shoulder injections