We are proud to present the incoming Intern Class of 2023. We wanted to take the opportunity to go a little past the names and faces and learn a couple things about them. We asked them each to tell us about why they chose Internal Medicine at Iowa for their residency. And, now that they […]
ACP Resident Clinical Vignette Competition Finals 2023
Medicine residents showcased their strangest, most complex, and puzzling cases they have seen while practicing at University of Iowa Health Care in this year’s American College of Physicians (ACP) Clinical Vignette Competition. Attendees—made up of Internal Medicine faculty, learners, staff, and judges—of the final presentations on Monday, September 18, offered supporting questions to the four […]
Meet Your Interns 2023, part 7
We are proud to present the incoming Intern Class of 2023. We wanted to take the opportunity to go a little past the names and faces and learn a couple things about them. We asked them each to tell us about why they chose Internal Medicine at Iowa for their residency. And, now that they […]
Recognizing Teaching Excellence
Learners in the Carver College of Medicine are invited to provide examples of effective teaching at the end of each rotation. Read what our trainees recently had to say about Internal Medicine educators below. Three were submitted in June, at the end of the previous academic year, which is noted parenthetically, and their rank at […]
2023 Iowa Heart Rhythm Symposium
For the first time, the Electrophysiology program within the University of Iowa Heart and Vascular Center hosted the annual Iowa Heart Rhythm Symposium on Friday, September 8, 2023, at the Hyatt Regency Coralville Hotel & Conference Center. University of Iowa Health Care (UIHC) co-chairs Paari Dominic, MD, MBBS, MPH, section chief for clinical cardiac electrophysiology, […]
Meet Your Interns 2023, part 6
We are proud to present the incoming Intern Class of 2023. We wanted to take the opportunity to go a little past the names and faces and learn a couple things about them. We asked them each to tell us about why they chose Internal Medicine at Iowa for their residency. And, now that they […]
Advances in Diabetes and Obesity Management, 2023
As the post-pandemic continuing medical education (CME) calendar settles in to a more traditional rhythm and set of expectations, leaders continue to innovate curriculum for their annual conferences. Relaunched in 2018 and continuing to expand, organizers from the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism added a second half-day to their conference structure this year, dedicated in […]
Escape room, pulmonary style
Director of the Medical ICU and clinical professor in Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine, Kevin Doerschug, MD, and Desmond Barber, MD, first-year pulmonary and critical care fellow, have designed a new method of instruction that combines puzzle-solving, teamwork, and didactic lessons. The pair devised an Escape Room around the steps and equipment necessary for […]
Meet Your Interns 2023, part 5
We are proud to present the incoming Intern Class of 2023. We wanted to take the opportunity to go a little past the names and faces and learn a couple things about them. We asked them each to tell us about why they chose Internal Medicine at Iowa for their residency. And, now that they […]
Transition to Residency: Continuing to lead the medical education experience
“The transition from med school to residency is super stressful. You go from, as a med student, having very little power to, as a resident, signing orders that usually get acted upon. So, it’s a big jump in responsibility, and one that literature shows is a source of anxiety for incoming interns,” clinical assistant professor […]