The Intern At Work: Internal Medicine

Send us Fan Mail Let's talk about the BCR:ABL negative MPNs! Written by Dr. Sarah Ge (Internal Medicine Resident), reviewed by Dr. Christopher Hillis @HemeHillis (Hematology) and Dr. John Neary @jddneary (General Internal Medicine). Infographic by Dr. Caitlyn Vlasschaert @DrFlashHeart (Internal Medicine Resident). Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Written by: Dr. Roslyn Mainlaind (Internal Medicine Resident)  Reviewed by: Dr. Lindsay Anderson (General Internist) & Dr. Karine Gauthier (Hematologist) Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Take a listen to our live recording of The Canadian Conference of Internal Medicine Top papers of the year 2024 session!  We talk about recent studies involving alzheimer's dementia, community acquired pneumonia, atrial fibrillation, MASLD and long covid.  Host: Dr. Zahra Merali, Expert: Dr. Rajender Hanmiah.  Check out www.medicinepods.com for a live video recording. You can...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we discuss the clinical presentation, work-up, and treatment of CMML. Our medicine minute discusses emerging evidence on the use of ruxolitinib for CMML treatment.  Written by: Dr. Elliot Smith (Internal Medicine Resident) Reviewed by: Dr. Stephanie Lee (Hematology and Oncology) and Dr. Christophe Langois (General Internal Medicine) Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Up to 30% of all healthcare offers no clinical value to patients. Reducing this care has the co-benefit of decreasing healthcare's carbon footprint.  In this special CSIM episode, host Dr. Zahra Merali sits down with guests Dr. Billy Silverstein @WKSilverstein (General Internist, University of Toronto) and Dr. Owen Luo @OwenLuo5 (Internal Medicine Resident, McGill University)...

Send us Fan Mail In the final part of our series leading up to CSIM Dr. Mike Fralick of the Rounds Table sits down with Dr. Raj Hanmiah to discuss the papers that didn't make the cut for the top papers of the year. Join us as we record live at CSIM during the Top Papers breakfast session on October 17th for the reveal of the top 5 of the year!  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail There are everyday practices we can stop or reduce that don’t add value to patient care and harm the environment. In this special CSIM episode, host Dr. Zahra Merali sits down with guests Dr. Mathilde Gaudreau @MathildeGSimard (General Internist, University of Ottawa), Dr. Nabha Shetty (General Internist, Dalhousie University) and Dr. Valeria Stoynova (General Internist, Island He...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we review the screening, monitoring and treatment approaches to patients with diabetes in pregnancy. Our medicine minute reviews the MiTy trial - a landmark randomized controlled trial that provided direct safety data on the use of metformin in pregnancy. Written by: Dr. Ryan Peters (Internal Medicine Resident) Reviewed by: Dr. Katherine Steckham (General Internis...

Send us Fan Mail In part two of our series leading up to CSIM Dr. Zahra Merali sits down with Dr. Raj Hanmiah to discuss the papers that didn't make the cut for the top papers of the year. Keep tuning in to hear the rest and join us as we record live at CSIM during the Top Papers breakfast session on October 17th for the reveal of the top 5 of the year!  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we discuss the epidemiology, clinical manifestations, investigations and treatment of ITP. Our medicine minute discusses the Harrington-Hollingsworth Experiment.  Written by: Dr. Vanessa Giuliano (Internal Medicine Resident) Reviewed by: Drs. Taylor Dear and Zachary Liederman (Hematology) and Dr. Kevin Venus (General Internal Medicine) Infographic by: Dr. Lilly Yu...

Send us Fan Mail In the first of our series leading up to CSIM we sit down with Dr. Raj Hanmiah to discuss the papers that didn't make the cut for the top papers of the year. Keep tuning in to hear the rest and join us as we record live at CSIM during the Top Papers breakfast session on October 17th for the reveal of the top 5 of the year!  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we discuss the history, epidemiology, clinical presentation, investigations and management for invasive aspergillosis.  Written by: Dr. Ravinder Sandhu (Internal Medicine Resident) Reviewed by: Dr. Terrence Ho (Respirology) and Dr. John Neary (General Internal Medicine) Sound Editing by: Tony Walsh Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we discuss the history, related legislation and procedures regarding Medical Assistance in Dying. This episode discusses the state of Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada in 2024. We encourage listeners to continue to be up-to-date on the local legislation and practices.  Written by: Dr. Valerie Kim (Internal Medicine Resident) Reviewed by: Dr. Mark Bonta (Intern...

Send us Fan Mail This week, Dr. Laiya Carayannopoulos from the Intern at Work Podcast and Dr. Mike Fralick from The Rounds Table, our new Medicine Pods collaboration, discuss two recent papers exploring the novel management of two rare diseases – ATTR Amyloidosis and Hereditary Angioedema.  Two papers, here we go! Support the show

Send us Fan Mail "Bad Gut Feeling" Medical & Surgical Management of The Hospitalized IBD Patient. This ask a fellow kicks off our first episode of the new academic year with one of our Queens site leads, Michael Scaffidi (Internal Medicine Resident) hosts Dr. Fiona Milne @not_shreks_wife (Gastroenterology fellow) and Dr. Daniel Potter (General Surgery Resident). Reviewed by Dr. Eliza...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Medicine Pods! Your one stop shop for everything internal medicine, prn. Find us at www.medicinepods.com to find everything from The Intern at Work, The Rounds Table, Everything You Need To Know and Trial Files all in one place.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail For this year's special episode, we sat down with Dr. Mark Soth of the Loonie Doctor and Money Scope to talk about approaching creating a healthy financial future for yourself as a resident and beyond.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Written by: Dr. Vijay Gupta (Internal Medicine Resident)  Reviewed by: Dr. Sabe De (Cardiologist) and Dr. Karen Geukers (General Internist) Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Written by Dr. Isaac Bonisteel (Internal Medicine). Reviewed by Dr Phil Laird (General Internal Medicine and Critical Care) and Dr. Dan Howes (Critical Care). Infographic by Sapriya Birk (Medical Student) Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we review the acute presentation of hepatorenal syndrome. We review the nomenclature, epidemiology, clinical presentation, investigations and management of hepatorenal syndrome. Our medicine minute reviews the utility of terlipressin in treatment of HRS.  Written by: Dr. Elias Hazan (Internal Medicine Resident) Reviewed by:  Dr. Cynthia Tsien (Transplant Hepatolog...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we provide a broad introduction to tracheostomies. This includes indications and contraindications, tracheostomy equipment, procedural options and potential complications of tracheostomies. The medicine minute discusses the TRACMAN trial published in JAMA in 2013.  Written by: Drs . Tharaniya Vallipuram (Internal Medicine Resident) and Liang Chen (General Internal...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we discuss the presentation, typical timing of onset, investigations and treatment for individuals with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy. We also discuss the potential complications of ICP.  Written by: Dr. Kristina Wade (Internal medicine resident) Reviewed by:  Dr Giada Sebastiani (Hepatologist) and Dr Camille Simard (GIM/Ob Med) Support the show

Send us Fan Mail How can we best prevent diabetic related complications before surgery? Learn all about it in this weeks perioperative episode. This episode was written by Dr. Michael Wong (Internal Medicine Resident) and reviewed by Dr. Robyn Houlden (Endocrinology) and Dr. Kristen Marosi (General Internal Medicine). Infographic by Dr. Valarie Kim (Internal Medicine Resident).    Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Written by: Dr. Lori Israelian (Internal Medicine Resident)  Reviewed by: Dr. Eva Piessens (Infectious Diseases) & Dr. Jessica Huynh (General Internal Medicine)  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we discuss the pathophysiology, clinical manifestations and treatment of familial mediterranean fever (FMF). Our medicine minute discusses the history of colchicine use in FMF.  Written by: Dr. Sara Choi (Internal Medicine Resident) Reviewed by: Dr. Zijing Wu (General Internist) and Dr. Marie Clements-Baker (Rheumatologist) Sound editing by: Tony Walsh Support the...