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COVID As a Catalyst:

Medical students become physicians not only through their mastery of biomedical knowledge, but through the process of Professional Identity Formation (PIF). Students move through “stages over time during which the characteristics, values, and norms of the medical profession are internalized, resulting in an individual thinking, acting, and feeling like a physician.” This…

Epidural Pain Management in Gastric Cancer

Bowel obstruction secondary to malignancy, referred to as malignant bowel obstruction (MBO), occurs in 5%–13% of all patients with cancer. MBOs aremost commonly associated not only with cancers ofthe colon and ovaries but also occurs in 6%–19%of patients with stomach malignancy.1 Mechanisms…

Division of General Internal Medicine Awards 2023

Congratulations to the award recipients on their achievements. Thank you for your commitment to our patients and Division! Above and Beyond Award For outstanding dedication to the division. Allison Wrieden, P.A.-C. Patients First Award For outstanding dedication to your patients.

Public Health is Local

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed significant gaps in the nation’s public health infrastructure at the local, state, and federal levels. In particular, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) faced bipartisan criticism from multiple stakeholders, …

Dr. Margaret Lo Receives 2022 INSPIRE Award

American Medical Women’s Association recognizes accomplished women physicians who exemplify the highest values in vision, integrity, service, and collaboration in medicine.

Effectiveness Self-Measurement of Blood Pressure

Is self-monitoring of blood pressure using an enhanced device that pairs with a connected smartphone application more effective in reducing systolic blood pressure than self-monitoring using a standard device?…

Division Chief Named Associate Dean

As associate dean for CME, Rosenberg will lead the college’s efforts in keeping his peers updated on the latest research and medicine trends to better inform the care they provide. Rosenberg, who joined the UF faculty in 2000, has long enjoyed teaching physician audiences. He has done so at the…

Dr. Ryan Nall Receives 2022 Hippocratic Award

Associate Professor Ryan Nall, M.D., receives the 2022 UF College of Medicine Hippocratic Award. The award is presented annually to a faculty member who embodies humanism, professionalism, and teaching prowess.

Division of General Internal Medicine Awards 2022

Congratulations to the award recipients on their achievements. Thank you for your commitment to our patients! Faculty Mentorship Award For outstanding commitment to your mentees. Rebecca Beyth, M.D., M.Sc Patients First Award For outstanding dedication to your patients. Sierra…

SGIM & AAIM Annual Meetings

Recently several GIM faculty traveled to the 2022 Annual Meeting of SGIM and AAIM. These two organizations are comprised of leading academic general internists whose missions include improvements in Internal Medicine, enhancements in the education of our future medical leaders, and advances in…

Destigmatizing Obesity And Overcoming Barriers

Weight stigma is particularly prevalent and detrimental, especially in healthcare settings. With documented high levels of weight bias in clinicians, patients with obesity receive poorer care and have worse outcomes. This activity reviews the stigma associated with obesity and highlights tools the healthcare team may use to help destigmatize…

Improving Burnout and Well-Being Among Residents

With growing resident burnout, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education issued new requirements for program interventions to optimize resident well-being. Little evidence exists on how to best teach resiliency to residents. This study assesses the impact of both a grassroots intervention and formal resiliency curriculum on resident burnout and well-being.

Three-year Clinical Interventions – DOAC

Direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC) are increasingly utilized for the prevention of thrombotic events. Unlike warfarin they do not require drug-level monitoring making dedicated DOAC monitoring uncommon. The purpose of this study is to describe the interventions made by a DOAC monitoring service over 3 years.

Cannabidiol Oil – Time to Talk to Older Adults.

Cannabis use, either as medical marijuana or Cannabidiol (CBD) oil is becoming more popular and prevalent in all age groups, including older adults. CBD oil is more appropriate for some, since it does not have psychoactive properties and is proving effective in the treatment of a number of chronic medical…

Screening for and Managing the Person with Frailty

Frailty is now a well-recognized and common syndrome among older persons (1-3). Frailty is a syndrome which increases the risk of an older person to develop disability or to die when exposed either to physical or psychosocial stressors (4, 5). Although frailty, disability and multimorbidity often…

2022 Exemplary Teaching Award Winners

Every year, eligible faculty are nominated from each division for consideration of this award. Faculty are selected based on the excellence of their teaching of medical students, residents and fellows, graduate students, and post-docs, as well as mentorship of other faculty. Congratulations to our faculty for their outstanding performance teaching…