Internal medicine

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Internal medicine is the medical specialty that deals with nonsurgical, nonobstetric diseases of adults. Its trained practitioners are called internists.

Internists may be primary care provider]]s practicing general internal medicine, or, with additional training, work in a variety of recognized secondary and tertiary specialties:

  • Allergy and immunology]]
  • Cardiology]]
  • Endocrinology]]
  • Gastroenterology]]
  • Hematology and oncology]]
  • Infectious disease]]
  • Nephrology]]
  • Pulmonology]]

Certification

Typical graduate medical education]], to become eligible for board certification, lasts three years.

United States

In the U.S., the relevant specialty board is the American College of Physicians. Board-certified internists are Fellows of the American College of Physicians (FACP).