"Internal Medicine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A medical specialty concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the internal organ systems of adults.
| Descriptor ID |
D007388
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| MeSH Number(s) |
H02.403.429
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Internal Medicine" by people in this website by year, and whether "Internal Medicine" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Internal Medicine" by people in Profiles.
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Ando L, Matsuda B, Watai T, Devendra G, Takenaka C, Masaki K, Ikeda R. Improving Communication Skills of Residents Using Family Meeting Simulation Exercises. Clin Teach. 2025 Jun; 22(3):e70095.
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Belyea L, Acoba JD. Internal Medicine Residents' Perception of Cancer Prognosis. J Cancer Educ. 2020 10; 35(5):983-987.
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Hernandez-Suarez DF, Rodriguez-Ruiz C, Malav?-S?nchez M, Mirabal-Arroyo JE, Col?n-M?rquez JA, Jim?nez-Vel?zquez IZ, Rassi-Stella N, Febles-Negr?n A, Lopez-Candales A. Adapt and Evolve: How our Internal Medicine Residency changed in Hurricane Maria. P R Health Sci J. 2018 03; 37(1):3-4.
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McDonald JE, Deloney LA, Jambhekar K. Pulmonary arterial hypertension: Part 1: A review for an internist. J Ark Med Soc. 2014 Sep; 111(4):62-4.
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Clever SL, Dudas RA, Solomon BS, Yeh HC, Levine D, Bertram A, Goldstein M, Shilkofski N, Cofrancesco J. Medical student and faculty perceptions of volunteer outpatients versus simulated patients in communication skills training. Acad Med. 2011 Nov; 86(11):1437-42.
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Owens JB, Wilder RS, Southerland JH, Buse JB, Malone RM. North Carolina internists' and endocrinologists' knowledge, opinions, and behaviors regarding periodontal disease and diabetes: need and opportunity for interprofessional education. J Dent Educ. 2011 Mar; 75(3):329-38.
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Afzal KI, Khan FM, Mulla Z, Akins R, Ledger E, Giordano FL. Primary language and cultural background as factors in resident burnout in medical specialties: a study in a bilingual US city. South Med J. 2010 Jul; 103(7):607-15.
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Cruz-Oliver DM, Thomas DR, Scott J, Malmstrom TK, De Jesus-Monge WE, Paniagua MA. Age as a deciding factor in the consideration of futility for a medical intervention in patients among internal medicine physicians in two practice locations. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2010 Jul; 11(6):421-7.
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Brim NM, Venkatan SK, Gordon JA, Alexander EK. Long-term educational impact of a simulator curriculum on medical student education in an internal medicine clerkship. Simul Healthc. 2010 Apr; 5(2):75-81.
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Sharma G, Kuo YF, Freeman J, Zhang DD, Goodwin JS. Comanagement of hospitalized surgical patients by medicine physicians in the United States. Arch Intern Med. 2010 Feb 22; 170(4):363-8.