Internal Medicine — Old Senior Academic Day Lectures (Until Sep 2023)

Infective endocarditis: diagnosis and management

Teaching

Competencies covered in this activity

1. Practise medicine within their defined scope of practice and expertise
1.3. Apply knowledge of the clinical and biomedical sciences relevant to Internal Medicine
1.3.8. Pharmacology as it relates to pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, mechanism of action, routes of delivery and elimination, and adverse effects of medications
1.3.8.3. Cardiovascular medications
1.4. Apply knowledge of the following systems, clinical scenarios, conditions, diseases and therapies applicable to Internal Medicine, including the manifestations, investigation, and management
1.4.1. Cardiac
1.4.1.1. Symptoms
1.4.1.1.1. Chest pain
1.4.1.1.2. Dyspnea
1.4.1.1.3. Palpitations
1.4.1.1.4. Syncope
1.4.1.2. Findings and investigations
1.4.1.2.1. Abnormal cardiac enzymes
1.4.1.2.2. Cardiac murmurs
1.4.1.3. Disorders
1.4.1.3.1. Acute coronary syndromes and their complications
1.4.1.3.2. Cardiomyopathies
1.4.1.3.3. Congestive heart failure
1.4.1.3.4. Coronary artery disease
1.4.1.3.5. Pericarditis, pericardial effusion, and tamponade
1.4.1.3.6. Pulmonary hypertension
1.4.1.3.7. Valvular heart disease