Internal Medicine — Rotations

Respiratory Medicine

Teaching

Sites: Amiri, Farwaniya, MKH

EPAs mapped to this activity

For residents in TTD

C5. Performing the procedures of Internal Medicine	When Possible
F2b. Managing patients admitted to acute care settings with common medical problems and advancing their care plans - Part B: Communication with Patient/Family	Required
F7. Identifying personal learning needs while caring for patients, and addressing those needs	Required
TTD1. Performing histories and physical exams, documenting and presenting findings, across clinical settings for initial and subsequent care	Required
TTD2. Identifying and assessing unstable patients, providing initial management, and obtaining help	Priority

For residents in F

C5. Performing the procedures of Internal Medicine	When Possible
C8. Caring for patients who have experienced a patient safety incident (adverse event)	When Possible
F1. Assessing, diagnosing, and providing initial management for patients with common acute medical presentations in acute care settings	Required
F2a. Managing patients admitted to acute care settings with common medical problems and advancing their care plans- Part A: Patient Assessment and Management	Required
F2b. Managing patients admitted to acute care settings with common medical problems and advancing their care plans - Part B: Communication with Patient/Family	Required
F4a. Formulating, communicating, and implementing discharge plans for patients with common medical conditions in acute care settings - Part A: Discharge plan documentation	Optional
F4b. Formulating, communicating, and implementing discharge plans for patients with common medical conditions in acute care settings - Part B: Discharge plan communication	Optional
F5. Assessing unstable patients, providing targeted treatment and consulting as needed	Priority
F6. Discussing and establishing patients’ goals of care	Optional
F7. Identifying personal learning needs while caring for patients, and addressing those needs	Required

For residents in C

C1. Assessing, diagnosing, and managing patients with complex or atypical acute medical presentations	Required
C10. Implementing health promotion strategies in patients with or at risk for disease	Required
C2a. Assessing and managing patients with complex chronic conditions - Part A: Assessment, Diagnosis, and Management	Required
C4a. Assessing, resuscitating, and managing unstable and critically ill patients - Part A: Patient Care	Required
C5. Performing the procedures of Internal Medicine	When Possible
C7. Discussing serious and/or complex aspects of care with patients, families, and caregivers	Optional
C8. Caring for patients who have experienced a patient safety incident (adverse event)	When Possible
C9b. Caring for patients at the end of life - Part B: Discussion about transition away from disease modifying treatment	Optional

For residents in TTP

TTP1a. Managing an inpatient medical service - Part A: Overall Patient Care	Required
TTP1b. Managing an inpatient medical service - Part B: Interprofessional Care	Required
TTP3. Assessing and managing patients in whom there is uncertainty in diagnosis and/or treatment	Required
TTP4. Providing consultation to off-site health care providers	Optional
TTP5. Initiating and facilitating transfers of care through the health care system	Optional
TTP6. Working with other physicians and healthcare providers to develop collaborative patient care plans	Required
TTP7. Identifying learning needs in clinical practice, and addressing them with a personal learning plan	Required
TTP8. Identifying and analyzing system-level safety, quality, or resource stewardship concerns in healthcare delivery	Required

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
			1.3.8.7. Respiratory 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
		1.4.3. Respiratory
			1.4.3.1. Symptoms
				1.4.3.1.1. Acute and chronic dyspnea
				1.4.3.1.2. Cough
				1.4.3.1.3. Hemoptysis
				1.4.3.1.4. Wheeze
			1.4.3.2. Findings and investigations
				1.4.3.2.1. Interpretation of pulmonary function testing
			1.4.3.3. Disorders
				1.4.3.3.1. Bronchial asthma
				1.4.3.3.2. Chronic obstructive lung disease
				1.4.3.3.3. Interstitial lung disease
				1.4.3.3.4. Pleural effusion
				1.4.3.3.5. Pneumonia
				1.4.3.3.6. Pneumothorax
				1.4.3.3.7. Pulmonary embolism
				1.4.3.3.8. Sarcoidosis
				1.4.3.3.9. Lung neoplasms: primary and metastatic, including paraneoplastic syndromes

Training experiences included in this activity

Transition to Discipline

Required
1.1. Any inpatient medical (e.g., coronary care unit (CCU), intensive care unit (ICU), clinical teaching unit (CTU), subspecialty ward) service or emergency department
1.2. After-hours coverage for inpatients and internal medicine consultation to the emergency department

Foundation of Discipline

Required
1.3. Any ambulatory care clinic in Internal Medicine or its subspecialties

Recommended
3.2. Consultation service in a subspecialty of Internal Medicine

Core of Discipline

Required
1.2. Ambulatory care: clinic and/or day hospital. This must include experience with a broad spectrum of conditions as well as patients with complex disorders

Transition to Practice

Recommended
3.5. Experience in any subspecialty of Internal Medicine. This may be inpatient or ambulatory care