Internal Medicine & Subspecialties Courses and Certifications

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Hepatitis - Diagnosis of Viral Hepatitis

Learn how to diagnose viral hepatitis by interpreting serology for hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E.

• YouTube
• 36 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

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Hepatitis - Pathophysiology of Viral Hepatitis

Learn the pathophysiology and clinical presentation of viral hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

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Pathophysiology of Congestive Heart Failure

A detailed lecture explains how altered contractility, preload, afterload, and compensatory mechanisms produce systolic, right-sided, and high-output heart failure.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 20 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

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Rate and Rhythm - Normal Sinus Rhythm

Learn to read and interpret a 12-lead ECG by identifying the rate and rhythm of normal sinus rhythm.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

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Gastrointestinal - Liver Circulation & Portal Hypertension

Explore liver circulation, including the hepatic portal vein and hepatic arteries, and understand portal hypertension through caput medusae and esophageal varices.

• YouTube
• 48 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

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Endocrinology - Adrenal Gland: Cortisol

Explores the adrenal gland’s zona fasciculata and cortisol, the principal hormone it secretes.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

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Endocrinology - Adrenal Gland: Aldosterone

A focused lecture on the adrenal zona glomerulosa and the aldosterone it secretes.

• YouTube
• 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

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Endocrinology - Pancreas: Insulin Function

Learn how insulin lowers blood glucose and regulates amino acids, fat tissue, and liver metabolism, including its clinical relationship to diabetes mellitus.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

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Endocrinology - Pancreas: Glucagon Function

Explores how glucagon acts on the liver to stimulate glycogenolysis and raise blood glucose levels.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

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Endocrinology - Synthesis of Thyroid Hormone

Explains how thyroid hormone is synthesized, from hypothalamic signaling and iodine incorporation through endocytosis and transport.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

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Endocrinology - Growth Hormone

Learn how growth hormone is stimulated, acts through liver-produced IGF-1, affects target organs, and causes hypo- or hypersecretion disorders.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

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Asthma - Clinical Features and Diagnosis

Recognize asthma’s hallmark symptoms and use pulmonary function tests as part of its diagnostic criteria.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

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Rate and Rhythm - Supraventricular Tachycardia and Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome

Learn to calculate rate and interpret rhythm on a 12-lead ECG while examining supraventricular tachycardia and Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

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Rate and Rhythm - Sinus Bradycardia and Sinus Tachycardia

Learn to calculate rate and interpret rhythm while identifying sinus bradycardia and sinus tachycardia on a real 12-lead ECG.

• YouTube
• 13 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

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Rate and Rhythm - Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter

Practice calculating rate and interpreting rhythm in a real 12-lead ECG showing atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video