Internal Medicine — Old Senior Academic Day Lectures (Until Sep 2023)
Diabetes complications: approach to investigations 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 | ||||||
1.3.8.1. Analgesics | ||||||
1.3.8.2. Antimicrobials | ||||||
1.3.8.3. Cardiovascular medications | ||||||
1.3.8.4. Endocrine medications | ||||||
1.3.8.5. Immune modulating therapies | ||||||
1.3.8.6. Neuropsychiatric medications | ||||||
1.3.8.7. Respiratory medications | ||||||
1.3.8.8. Systemic therapies for cancer | ||||||
1.3.8.9. Drugs commonly used recreationally | ||||||
1.3.8.10. Supplementary and complementary 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 | ||||||
1.4.6. Endocrine and metabolic | ||||||
1.4.6.1. Symptoms | ||||||
1.4.6.1.1. Amenorrhea | ||||||
1.4.6.1.2. Fatigue and malaise | ||||||
1.4.6.1.3. Galactorrhea and gynecomastia | ||||||
1.4.6.1.4. Hirsutism | ||||||
1.4.6.1.5. Loss of libido | ||||||
1.4.6.1.6. Weight gain and loss | ||||||
1.4.6.2. Findings and investigations | ||||||
1.4.6.2.1. Hyper- and hypocalcemia | ||||||
1.4.6.2.2. Hyper- and hypoglycemia | ||||||
1.4.6.2.3. Obesity | ||||||
1.4.6.3. Disorders | ||||||
1.4.6.3.1. Adrenal masses | ||||||
1.4.6.3.2. Diabetes mellitus: type 1 and type 2 | ||||||
1.4.6.3.2.1. Complications of diabetes including retinopathy, neuropathy, vascular disease and ulcers | ||||||
1.4.6.3.3. Hyper – and hypoadrenalism | ||||||
1.4.6.3.4. Hyper – and hypoparathyroidism | ||||||
1.4.6.3.5. Hyper – and hypothyroidism | ||||||
1.4.6.3.6. Lipid disorders | ||||||
1.4.6.3.7. Male hypogonadism | ||||||
1.4.6.3.8. Pancreatic endocrine neoplasms | ||||||
1.4.6.3.9. Pituitary masses | ||||||
1.4.6.3.10. Thyroid enlargement and nodules |