National Internal Medicine Day – October 28

ACP officially established October 28 as National Internal Medicine Day on the National Day Calendar every year.

Celebrate National Internal Medicine Day! 

• Download, customize, print and share the National Internal Medicine Day poster, customizable flyer, and a timeline of internal medicine milestones.
• Share or customize these social media posts before and on National Internal Medicine Day.
• Highlight influential internists with these posts and images. 
• Use the hashtags — #NationalInternalMedicineDay and #IMproud — in social media posts.
• Update your social media profile picture to include a National Internal Medicine Day frame. For Facebook, click here. For Twitter, click here.
• Join the #NIMdayChat Twitter chat on October 28 at 8 p.m. ET, co-hosted by ACP’s Council of Early Career Physicians, Council of Resident/Fellow Members, and Council of Student Members.

To help recognize internists, internal medicine, and National Internal Medicine Day, ACP is also:

• Airing brief radio ads in New York, Philadelphia and Chicago to educate, celebrate, and raise awareness.
• Hosting an I.M. Proud contest where ACP members can submit an essay or video for a chance to win prizes.
• Spotlighting the various career paths of internal medicine specialists and subspecialists.
• Detailing how internal medicine got its name in a new blog post written by Philip A. Masters, MD, FACP, ACP's Vice President of Membership and Global Engagement.