Today, we received two 3rd year medical students starting their IM rotation. I told them I would give them a list of podcasts that should help them get oriented to internal medicine. This is my podcast v1.0 list:

From the Curbsiders:

142 Cirrhosis TIPS for Acute Complications

104: Renal tubular acidosis with Kidney Boy, Joel Topf MD

92: Pulmonary Embolism for the Internist

86: COPD: Diagnosis, treatment, PFTs, and nihilism

76: Pneumonia Pearls with Dr Robert Centor

61: Vasculitis and Giant-Cell Arteritis: ‘Rheum’ for improvement

52: Anemia: Tips, and tools for diagnosis and treatment

20: Hypertensive urgency and severe hypertension

From the Clinical Problem Solvers:

Hypokalemia

Hyponatremia

Abdominal Pain

Syncope

Hypercalcemia

From Core IM:

Stress Testing

Hepatic Encephalopathy

From Annals On Call:

C. Difficile

Diverticulitis

Diuretic Resistance

Each podcast above has many more excellent episodes. I picked these out on a first pass, quick suggestion for my new 3rd year students. Would appreciate suggestions for improving this list.