Zulfiqar Rana, MD, MPH, FACP

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
• Up-to-date: Overview of the management of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction in adults
• 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

• 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