PREEMPT ACTIVITY MONITOR PROJECT
11/1/2020
By Christopher M Moore, MD & Ann Tuzson, PT, PhD The PREEMPT project aims to develop and validate an activity monitor that patients can wear continuously in the acute care…
EDUCATION HIGHLIGHT: FOUNDATIONS OF CLINICAL MEDICINE (FCM) DURING COVID-19
11/1/2020
By Andrew Parsons, MD Launched in 2018 by UVA School of Medicine, the Foundations of Clinical Medicine (FCM) program is a novel () 4-year long curriculum focused on clinical skill…
DEVELOPING NOVEL PATIENT MONITORING AND EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS
11/1/2020
By Shrirang Gadrey, MD We developed a model for the oxygen-hemoglobin dissociation curve, which is more accurate than older models for acutely ill subjects. It was published in the journal…
EDUCATION HIGHLIGHT: ACUTE CARE/INTERNAL MEDICINE INTERNSHIP READINESS COURSE
11/1/2020
By Amber Inofuentes, MD Since 2017, Dr. Amber Inofuentes has served as the Co-director for the Acute Care/Internal Medicine section of the Internship Readiness Program for the School of Medicine…
Message from the Chair – November 2020
11/1/2020
Wow, what a busy and exciting month for the Department of Medicine. We are pleased to welcome Dr. Michael Nelson as our new Division Chief for Allergy and Immunology. Dr.…
Section Head Message – Dr Paul Helgerson, MD
11/1/2020
What a year! As in all other aspects of our lives, 2020 has been unprecedented in the realm of hospital medicine. COVID has dominated our practice and driven much of…
Medicine Matters Newsletter – -November 2020
11/1/2020
The November 2020 Medicine Matters Newsletter features the Division of Hospital Medicine. We welcome your feedback and continued updates, which can be sent to: Kim Kelley-Wagner at kak2cj@hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu
CLINICAL HIGHLIGHT: ACUTE CARE SPECIAL PATHOGENS UNIT– A QUICK GLANCE THROUGH THE REARVIEW MIRROR
10/30/2020
By Charles Magee, MD Perspective can become distorted or lost if we allow too much time between glances into the rearview mirror. I want to take a moment to share…
Diversity, Equity and Community Engagement in the Department of Medicine: Our road ahead
10/28/2020
The country, the state, and our community in Central Virginia are living unprecedented challenges where a public health crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic and the exacerbation of racial-ethnic tensions are…
Division of General Medicine – Educational Highlights 2020
10/1/2020
WHAT BECAME OF AIM? By Evan Heald We have all seen how COVID 19 has impacted our clinical care and research. It has affected our teaching missions as well. The…
