General Internists in Pursuit of Diagnostic Excellence

Abstract

W e read with interest the recent contribution from Kwan and Singh calling for general internists to promote diagnostic excellence. 1 We agree that novel approaches need to be explored and that accurate and timely diagnosis of common conditions-such as CHF and pneumonia-need to be prioritized over the pursuit of the esoteric.

Innovation Through Collaboration: Creation of a Combined Emergency and Internal Medicine Point‐of‐Care Ultrasound Fellowship

“…Although our EM/IM CPUS fellowship is still young, there have already been measurable successes. The IM subspecialty fellows have made numerous research presentations in national and international IM, nephrology, pulmonary, and critical care conferences . In our institution, the partnership has resulted in novel collaborations with hospital medicine, cardiology, radiology, and anesthesia.…”

“…The IM subspecialty fellows have made numerous research presentations in national and international IM, nephrology, pulmonary, and critical care conferences. [20][21][22][23][24][25][26] In our institution, the partnership has resulted in novel collaborations with hospital medicine, cardiology, radiology, and anesthesia. Faculty development for other divisions now has an increased pool of instructors, and the work of image review and quality assurance is divided among a larger pool.…”