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…
Hospital Medicine Faculty Profile – Joseph Hall
11/4/2019
Why healthcare? I initially became involved in healthcare as an Occupational Therapist, out of a desire to help people in a tangible way to achieve more independence and normalcy in…
