Interacting with residents studying for the ABIM Internal Medicine board exam, I have found that one of the topics folks often find frustrating to master is working up a thyroid nodule. Dealing with a thyroid nodule can be intimidating initially …
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Here’s a practice question directly from Knowmedge’s Internal Medicine Board (ABIM) Exam QVault.   60-year-old male presents to the clinic to review labs. He has a history of hypertension, diabetes, and lung cancer for which he is undergoing treatment. He …
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Start out your Friday morning with our Radiology Challenge, featuring an Internal Medicine board exam-style image question:   47-year-old female with a past medical history of lupus and hypertension presents to the emergency department left flank pain for 8 hours. …
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As discussed in part one, I have decided to take an article I recently tweeted out and summarize it here high yield nephrology pearls for clinical practice and ABIM Internal Medicine board exam preparation. The article was titled “The Top …
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Recently, I read an article on some very useful chronic kidney disease (CKD) pearls to help those healthcare providers who are not nephrologists care for their patients and also prepare for the ABIM Internal Medicine Board exam at the same …
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Here’s a practice question directly from Knowmedge’s Internal Medicine Board (ABIM) Exam QVault.   In which of the following scenarios is it appropriate to allow outpatient treatment of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP)?   A. 67-year-old male with CAP, blood pressure of …
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Editor’s Note: Anyone who thinks that psychiatry is a distinct field from medicine and thus not covered on the ABIM Internal Medicine Board exam is mistaken. In fact, the ABIM exam blueprint lists Psychiatry as comprising 4% of the exam, …
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Hypothyroidism is a commonly encountered condition in primary care clinic and thus, a high yield topic for the ABIM board examination. The featured ABIM Internal Medicine disease of the week will focus on the most common cause of hypothyroidism: Hashimoto’s …
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Here’s a practice question directly from Knowmedge’s Internal Medicine Board (ABIM) Exam QVault.   38-year-old female with history of rheumatoid arthritis and autoimmune hepatitis is applying for a job as a nurse and needs to have a physical examination performed …
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Specific organisms are a significant part of the Infectious Diseases portion of the Internal Medicine (ABIM) board exam syllabus. Below we review Listeria monocytogenes by examining the recent outbreak and subsequent recall of infected cheese.     In late summer …
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