Chalk Talks in Internal Medicine

Somnath Mookherjee, MDUniversity of WashingtonDivision of General Internal MedicineSeattle, WA, USALauren A. Beste, MD, MScUniversity of WashingtonDivision of General Internal Medicine Seattle, WA, USA Jared W. Klein, MD, MPHUniversity of WashingtonDivision of General Internal MedicineSeattle, WA, USA Jennifer Wright, MD, University of WashingtonDivision of General Internal MedicineSeattle, WA, USA

• Introduction.- How to create a teaching script for a chalk talk.- How to use a teaching script to deliver a chalk talk.- Management of Acute Coronary Syndromes.- Management of acute decompensated heart failure.- Interpretation of pacemaker settings.- Secondary hypertension.- Approach to Hypertension.- Stroke prophylaxis in atrial fibrillation.- Work-up for chest pain in the clinic.- Management of Hyperosmotic Hyperglycemia.- Management of Symptomatic Hypercalcemia.- Management of Type 2 Diabetes.- Management of Incidental Thyroid Nodules.- Management of Osteoporosis.- Management of Gastrointestinal Bleeding.- Management of Clostridium difficile infection.- Evaluation of Dysphagia.- Approach to abnormal liver function tests.- Work-up of Diarrhea.- Approach to the care of the solid organ transplant recipient.- Screening for lung cancer.- Approach to Hemolytic Anemia.- Management of Monoclonal Gammopathy of Uncertain Significance.- Approach to UnintentionalWeight Loss.- Approach to sepsis.- Approach to fever in the hospitalized patient.- Approach to genital lesions.- Approach to pulmonary embolism.- Management of Pneumonia.- Approach to Dyspnea.- Interpretation of pulmonary function tests.- Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.- Approach to sleep disordered breathing.- Approach to Acute Kidney Injury.- Approach to hyponatremia.-  Workup of chronic kidney disease.- Approach to microscopic hematuria.- Prevention and management of gout.- Approach to Monoarticular Arthritis.- Management of fibromyalgia.- Approach to acute altered mental status.- Approach to vertigo.- Approach to intimate partner violence.- Approach to Contraceptive Counseling.- Approach to secondary amenorrhea.- Approach to Abnormal Uterine Bleeding.- Approach to Transgender Health.- Inpatient Treatment of Opioid Withdrawal.- Approach to determination of decision-making capacity.- Management of pharmacotherapy for depression.- Approach to pharmacotherapyfor alcohol withdrawal.