Mayo Clinic Internal Medicine Board Review

Christopher M. Wittich, MD, is a Consultant in the Division of General Internal Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota and a Professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

• Part I: Allergy 1. Allergic Diseases2. AsthmaSection I Q&As Part II: Cardiology3. Arrhythmias and Syncope4. Cardiac Manifestations of Systemic Diseases and Pregnancy5. Cardiovascular Physical Examination6. Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathies7. Hypertension8. Ischemic Heart Disease9. Pericardial Disease and Cardiac Tumors10. Valvular and Congenital Heart Diseases11. Vascular DiseaseSection II Q&As Part III: Endocrinology 12. Calcium and Bone Metabolism Disorders13. Diabetes Mellitus14. Gonadal and Adrenal Disorders15. Lipid Disorders16. Obesity and Nutritional Disorders17. Pituitary Disorders18. Thyroid DisordersSection III Q&As Part IV: Gastroenterology and Hepatology 19. Colonic Disorders20. Diarrhea, Malabsorption, and Small-Bowel Disorders21. Esophageal and Gastric Disorders22. Hepatic Disorders23. Pancreatic DisordersSection IV Q&As Part V: General Internal Medicine 24. Clinical Epidemiology25. Complementary and Alternative Medicine26. Dermatology27. Genetics28. Geriatrics29. Medical Ethics30. Men's Health31. Otolaryngology and Ophthalmology32. Palliative Care33. Preoperative Evaluation34. Preventive Medicine35. Quality Improvement and Patient Safety36. Women's Health37. Physician Well-Being 38. Hospital Internal MedicineSection V Q&As Part VI: Hematology 39. Benign Hematologic Disorders40. Hemostatic Disorders41. Malignant Hematologic Disorders42. Thrombotic DisordersSection VI Q&As Part VII: Infectious Diseases 43. Central Nervous System Infections44. HIV Infection45. Immunocompromised Hosts 45A. Microorganism-Specific Syndromes46. Infective Endocarditis and Health Care-Associated Infections47. Pulmonary and Mycobacterial Infections48. Sexually Transmitted, Urinary Tract, and Gastrointestinal Tract Infections49. Skin, Soft Tissue, Bone, and Joint InfectionsSection VII Q&As Part VIII: Nephrology 50. Acid-Base Disorders51. Acute Kidney Injury52. Chronic Kidney Disease53. Electrolyte Disorders54. Renal Parenchymal DiseasesSection VIII Q&As Part IX: Neurology 55. Cerebrovascular Diseases56. Headache, Facial Pain, and "Dizziness"57. Inflammatory and Autoimmune Central Nervous System Diseases and the Neurology of Sepsis58. Movement Disorders59. Neoplastic Diseases60. Seizure Disorders61. Spinal, Peripheral Nerve, and Muscle DisordersSection IX Q&As Part X: Oncology 62. Breast Cancer63. Cancer of Unknown Primary Origin and Paraneoplastic Syndromes64. Gynecologic Cancers: Cervical, Uterine, and Ovarian Cancers65. Colorectal Cancer66. Genitourinary Cancer67. Lung Cancer and Head and Neck Cancer68. Oncologic Emergencies and Chemotherapy ComplicationsSection X Q&As Part XI: Psychiatry (PF)69. Mood and Anxiety Disorders70. Psychotic and Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders71. Substance Use Disorders, Personality Disorders, and Eating DisordersSection XI Q&As Part XII: Pulmonology 72. Critical Care Medicine73. Cystic Fibrosis, Bronchiectasis, and Pleural Effusion74. Interstitial Lung Diseases75. Obstructive Lung Diseases76. Pulmonary Evaluation77. Pulmonary Vascular Disease78. Sleep DisordersSection XII Q&As Part XIII: Rheumatology79. Connective Tissue Diseases80. Musculoskeletal Disorders81. Osteoarthritis, Gout, and Inflammatory Myopathies82. Rheumatoid Arthritis and Spondyloarthropathies83. VasculitisSection XIII Q&As

This outstanding text begins with reasonable, practial study preparation and then goes on to the reasonable, practical study methods [and] the practical management of the wide range of illness that a prudent Board Certified Internist might well be reasonably expected to recognize and then provide reasonable and prudent primary healthcare ... I plan to reasonably recommend this outstanding text to all of my/our student candidates for our our U.S.M.L.E. Step 3 as well as all of my/our resident candidates for Certification/Recertification by our American Board of Internal Medicine {our A.B.I.M.}. With humility and with respect I will further reasonably recommend this outstanding text to our candidates for Certification-Recertification by our American Board of Emergency Medicine, our American Board of Family Medicine, and our American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology.