Internal Medicine Essentials for Clerkship Students

Endocrinology Section

Diabetes (Chapter 8)

Foot Sensory Exam Tutorial - Use this electronic tutorial to learn how to perform a foot sensory examination with a monofilament.

Foot Sensory Exam Worksheet - Use this chart to record results of the foot sensory examination.

Diabetes History and Self-Management Check List - Use this chart to reinforce treatment goals, self-management issues, and preventive services.

Insulin Activity - Review this table to identify the onset of various types of insulin.

Screening Guidelines - Review the American Diabetes Association Screening Guidelines.

Diabetic Foot - Review an early diabetic foot.

Diabetic Foot Callus - View a diabetic foot callus.

Diabetic Foot Pre-Ulcer - View a diabetic foot pre-ulcer.

Diabetic Retinopathy - View diabetic retinopathy.

Dyslipidemia (Chapter 9)

Framingham Risk Scoring System - Use this tool to assign categories of cardiovascular risk based upon LDL cholesterol level and other major risk factors. This resource uses the Macromedia Flash Player.

Lipid Classification - Use this table to classify lipids levels.

LDL Goals - View this table for LDL cholesterol goals.

Diet - View this table for the nutrient composition of the Therapeutic Lifestyle Change Diet.

Thyroid Disease (Chapter 10)

Hot Thyroid Nodule - View a “hot” thyroid nodule on nuclear scintigraphy.

Grave’s Ophthalmopathy - Viewe a patient with Grave’s ophthalmopathy.

Classification of Thyrotoxicosis - Use this table to classify thyrotoxicosis based upon results of the radioactive iodine uptake results.

Cervical Goiter - View a cervical goiter.

Hypothyroidism - Review this table of facts about hypothyroidism.

Adrenal Diseases (Chapter 11)

Addison’s Disease - View a patient with Addison’s disease.

Cushingnoid Face - View a patient with Cushing’s syndrome.

Cushing’s Syndrome Striae - View abdominal striae.

Pheochromocytoma - View CT scan showing a pheochromocytoma.

Adrenal Adenoma - View a CT scan showing an adrenal adenoma.

Hyperaldosteronism - View a table of the differential diagnosis for hyperaldosteronism.

Osteoporosis (Chapter 12)

Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry Report - View a bone density report.

Kyphosis - View a patient with severe kyphosis.

Compression Fracture - View an x-ray of a vertebral compression fracture.

Differential Diagnosis - View a table of conditions in the differential diagnosis of osteoporosis.