Common conditions seen in family medicine

[Gryphes]

Hey guys,

I am a student who will be enrolled in family medicine rotation. Long story short, I was away for a year, and I wanted to brush up on common conditions and management in my soon-coming-rotation. I realize family medicine deals with broad range of issues, but if you have some obvious ones that you feel students will see and deal with in common basis, tip/pointers would be helpful. I am doing this since I am a bit short on time; I would like to start studying diseases/issues that I will probably see often during my rotation, like diabetes, etc.

Thanks!

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[MJB]

Hey guys,

I am a student who will be enrolled in family medicine rotation. Long story short, I was away for a year, and I wanted to brush up on common conditions and management in my soon-coming-rotation. I realize family medicine deals with broad range of issues, but if you have some obvious ones that you feel students will see and deal with in common basis, tip/pointers would be helpful. I am doing this since I am a bit short on time; I would like to start studying diseases/issues that I will probably see often during my rotation, like diabetes, etc.

Thanks!

Know Diabetes, HTN, COPD, Lipid management, screenings, asthma, depression, etc...

Oh, and brush up on MSK issues.

If I could only study two things, it would probably be DM, and HTN.

 

[Gryphes]

Know Diabetes, HTN, COPD, Lipid management, screenings, asthma, depression, etc...

Oh, and brush up on MSK issues.

If I could only study two things, it would probably be DM, and HTN.

That sounds like a good start! Thanks a bunch for the helpful post.

 

[WFM18940]

Start with the most common conditions that are prevalent: back pain, headache, runny nose, fever, etc.

Then, think about the conditions that are placing significant burdens on the health care system: diabetes, heart disease, cancer, etc.

Finally, there's preventive services: fitness exams, health screening, vaccination.

 

[Muffincakes]

If you get the Case Files in Family Medicine Book, just glance through the main topics (ignoring Peds things), that will cover all the common conditions you will see. Some things that haven't been mentioned that are very common in fam med are dermatitis, thyroid disease (hyper/hypo), and abdominal pain complaints.

As far as screening tests, the main things at my doc's office were when/how often to do colonoscopy, DEXA, mammogram, and pap smears. My doc also did PSA even though the official guidelines give it an I rating (inconclusive as to evidence of the benefits).

Counseling about smoking cessation (and what you can give to help someone quit) is good to know, about safe sex in younger patients, and counseling about other lifestyle things like diet, exercise, etc.

Also, you'll probably be doing a lot of follow-up on labs, but that will be easy since the result will be flagged if it's abnormal. Just know the relevance of the major lab results.

 

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