Why Internal Medicine? (And Why It's One of the Most Underrated and Incredible Specialties!)

Here's a highly recommended video about why I picked Internal Medicine! This includes some details about why I think this is the best specialty in the world and why it prepares you for a wide variety of careers.

What’s an Internal Medicine Physician?
Internal Medicine physicians, sometimes known as Internists or Doctors of Internal Medicine, are experts in complexity. They specialize in adult medicine, and are specially trained to solve diagnostic problems, manage severe long-term illnesses, and help patients with multiple, complex chronic conditions. They provide comprehensive, longitudinal patient care. They have life-long relationships with adult patients, and their recommendations are based on each patient’s unique situation.
Source: https://www.acponline.org/about-acp/a...

Internal Medicine Subspecialties
Some Internal Medicine physicians choose to take additional training to "subspecialize" in a more focused area of internal medicine. Subspecialty training (often called a "fellowship") usually requires an additional one to three years beyond the basic three year internal medicine residency. Although physicians who have completed additional training in a particular area of internal medicine are frequently referred to by their area of subspecialty focus (for example, those who subspecialize in diseases of the heart are usually called “cardiologists”), all share the same basic internal medicine training and are also considered internal medicine physicians The training an internal medicine physician receives to subspecialize in a particular medical area is both broad and deep, and qualifies them to manage very complex medical issues and in many cases perform advanced clinical procedures.
Source: Same as Above

Differences Between Internal Medicine and General/Family Practice
While they are both primary care doctors — and the terms are often used interchangeably — internists are not the same as general practitioners and family physicians. One of the key differences is that internists see only adults, and family practitioners see both children and adults.
Source: https://www.castleconnolly.com/topics...

What Kinds of Sub-Specialties Come from Internal Medicine?
Here are a list of the few that you get from Internal Medicine:
Adolescent Medicine
Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Advanced Heart Failure And Transplant Cardiology
Cardiovascular Disease
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
Critical Care Medicine
Endocrinology, Diabetes, And Metabolism
Gastroenterology
Geriatric Medicine
Hematology
Hematology And Medical Oncology
Infectious Disease
Interventional Cardiology
Medical Oncology
Nephrology
Neurocritical Care
Pulmonary Disease
Pulmonary Disease And Critical Care Medicine
Rheumatology
Sports Medicine
Transplant Hepatology


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