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                               STUDY GUIDE  
                  POSTING: INTERNAL MEDICINE 1 
                                 PPM63211 
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
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               1.    Directory of Coordinator And Lecturers                                          3 
               2.    Aims Of Internal Medicine Posting                                               3 
               3.    Teaching - Learning Objectives                                                  3 
               4.    Course Synopsis                                                                 4 
               5.    Learning Outcomes                                                               4 
               6.    Teaching - Learning Methodology (Delivery Systems)                              5 
               7.    Teaching Guidelines                                                             7 
                    Case Write Up In Internal Medicine  
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                    (Template of Case Write Up In Year 3- Added In Log Book) 
               9.    Core Knowledge In Internal Medicine                                            10 
               10.   Seminars – Medical Specialties                                                 14 
               11.   Assessment System                                                              16 
               12.   List of Recommended Textbooks And Websites                                     20 
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
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                                                              INTERNAL MEDICINE 1  PPM63211 
                
               COORDINATOR AND LECTURERS 
                                                             DESIGNATION 
                         NAME               PHONE NO                                  EMAIL ADDRESS 
                Prof. Dato’ Dr. Omar                                 
                                          012-494 5474                         omarismail@unishams.edu.my 
                Ismail 
                                                            HOD Medicine & 
                Dr. Zalwani Zainuddin      012-5523572                                         
                                                           Gastroentrologist 
                                                            Endocrinologist 
                Dr.Shaffinaz Yusoff Azmi   017-9462053                                         
                                                             AIM Specialist 
                Dr. Nurliza Hanafi         0135882656                                          
                                                              Neurologist 
                Dr. Naimah Saleh           012-5904345                            naimahsaleh@yahoo.com 
                                                             Resp Medicine 
                Dr. Sasi Kumar Maniyam  012-5495440                              sasikumar7284@gmail.com 
                                                               Specialist 
                Dr.Azwarina Hanim                           Rheumatologist 
                                           016-2117579                           azwahanim79@yahoo.com 
                Ramlan 
                DrNadiah Hanim                                ID Specialist 
                                           019-4581370                                         
                                                            Rehab Medicine 
                Dr. Nabilah                017-5707305                                         
                                                           Registrar in Resp 
                Dr.Asyif Fairus                                                                
                                                               Medicine 
                                                                     
                                                                                               
                                                                     
                                                                                               
                
                
               AIMS 
                
               This will be a 10 weeks medical posting whereby students will be exposed to various aspects of 
               clinical training (history taking, physical examination, investigations, patient management) either 
               through small-group workshops or task-based discussions. Bedside teaching, which has always 
               been an important integral part of clinical clerkship, will be retained. 
                
                
               COURSE OBJECTIVES 
                
               The objectives of the course are as follows: 
                
                  1.  Provide basic core knowledge of clinical medicine.  
                  2.  Develop competency in history taking and physical examination. 
                  3.  Develop the ability to formulate provisional and differential diagnoses 
                  4.  Introduce common procedures done in the medical wards.  
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                      5.  Provide basic knowledge of common radiographs and common electrocardiograph 
                          abnormalities. 
                      6.  Provide basic knowledge in the principles of airway management, oxygen therapy, fluid 
                          therapy, and vascular access as introduction to acute medicine. 
                      7.  Provide basic knowledge regarding management and therapeutics. 
                      8.  Inculcate professionalism. 
                      9.  Incorporate Islamic values and ethics in the management patients. 
                   
                  COURSE SYNOPSIS 
                   
                  The course in Internal Medicine introduces students to basic clinical methods and enables them 
                  to acquire communication skills in history taking, physical examination and making diagnosis. 
                  This is the first direct exposure for the students to patients in real life clinical setting in the 
                  hospital wards. The course will be conducted in the in-patient and out-patient hospital set ups 
                  and  involves  direct  contact  with  patients  and  other  health  care  professionals,  all  working 
                  together in a multi-disciplinary team approach in holistic patient care. 
                   
                  As one of the core disciplines during the clinical year, internal medicine shares with other 
                  clinical disciplines the common responsibility of imparting knowledge, teaching the skills and 
                  promoting  good  attitudes  which  are  basic  to  the  development  of  a  competent  general 
                  physician.  
                   
                  The course introduces the student to a unique, complex and challenging field of medicine. It 
                  emphasizes  those  aspects  of  internal  medicine  important  for  all  medical  students  and  will 
                  provide a foundation for those students who elect to further their study in any field of medicine. 
                   
                   
                  LEARNING OUTCOMES 
                   
                  At the end of the course, students must be able to: 
                   
                   1.    Describe basic core knowledge of clinical medicine. 
                   2.    Elicit a complete patient-history and documentation. 
                   3.    Perform a complete and accurate physical examination including general and systematic 
                         examination and document the same. 
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