In Adei Hospitals Doctors working in general internal medicine to treat patients with a wide range of acute and long-term medical conditions.

Life in general internal medicine

Vital to your success will be your ability to accurately diagnose patients, manage uncertainty, deal with co-morbidities (complex medical problems involving multiple symptoms and conditions) and recognise when the opinion and intervention of another specialist is required. Typically, you’ll deal with: advanced cardiopulmonary resuscitation direct current (DC) cardioversion (a procedure to convert an abnormal heart rhythm to a normal heart rhythm) temporary cardiac pacing insertion of venous lines (peripheral and central) aspiration of fluid from chest and abdomen insertion of drainage catheters into chest and abdomen lumbar puncture prescribing of drugs for acute and long-term conditions Most doctors working in general internal medicine obtain dual specialty e.g. cardiology and general internal medicine, acute internal medicine and general internal medicine or geriatric medicine and general internal medicine. Your dual specialty will increase your patient involvement and see you collaborate with a wide range of colleagues as part of an acute medical care workforce. A large part of your day will involve reviewing newly admitted patients and continuing treatment for the most unwell, as well as providing care for patients awaiting an operation but who have an acute illness. Every day you’ll: diagnose and treat a wide range of medical disorders, referring for specialist opinion and care as appropriate provide advice and care for patients admitted to hospital under other specialties (e.g. surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology) who have medical problems diagnose and treat a variety of medical conditions that are referred to medical outpatient clinics manage inpatients and outpatients with co-morbidities, including elderly patients with frailty and dementia Treating people who are acutely ill and often in life-threatening circumstances is highly rewarding but very challenging.